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281 Hiking Stories

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Hiking is a great low-impact, outdoor sport. It’s generally safe for patients to participate in after having a total hip replacement or ACL surgery. Read how these patients were able to find the right trail to recovery.

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MaryEllen and Michael Milford, CT hip Image Hip Replacement
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Ilana New York, NY knee Image Broken Leg
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Juliana New York, NY foot Image Ankle Injury/Condition
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Darlene New York, NY knee Image Knee Replacement
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Dorine Lake Placid, NY knee Image Knee Revision Surgery
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Janis Dalton, PA hip Image Hip Injury/Condition
Barbara New York, NY

"I was an ardent yoga practitioner for many years and avid hiker until black ice brought me down. Not in an ashram or on a mountain but right on Fifth Avenue and 13th St. I realized what had happened -- a broken kneecap -- and that I couldn’t get up. I once thought I would never cross the street without crutches again, but now I’m back on the mountain!"

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Harry Beacon Falls, CT knee Image Knee Replacement
Robert Wayne, NJ

"I'm just an "average joe" who had a relatively active lifestyle until osteoarthritis got the best of my hips. It took a lot of convincing before I was ready to accept that I needed surgical intervention to alleviate my worsening hip pain."

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Virginia Hackettstown, NJ

"I am hiking and riding a bike; two things that I have not done for five years. Going up and down the stairs is no longer an arduous task. "

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William East Quogue, NY

"This commendation goes to the team effort of three specific individuals that made it possible for me to continue to walk and live a normal unrestricted life. It started with the keen skills of Dr. Brian Halpern who instantly recognized that my sudden onset of shin splints was a serious lower back problem that had developed. I was training at 65 to take my first vacation in years to go climbing in the Alps."

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Lucy Pawling, NY

"Dr. Darren Lebl is an amazing and talented surgeon. I was a runner and a few years ago started getting these awful headaches and neck aches. I was always told, either I had a sinus infection or was under too much stress. They'd pass but not after taking Aleve and not running for a few days. I'd run through the discomfort and pain as much as possible. Back in September of 2013 I had an awful headache, by far the worst I had experienced."

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