Read a post about riding after knee replacements but I am having hip replacement sugery in April and wondering how long before i can ride again.

 

Wouldn't you ask your doctor that question?

 

It probably depends on your age and how fast you can heal. My work partner had hip replacement surgery last fall and he was back to work after two weekds. It took him about three months to get back to semi-normal. He said he feels fully healed now and the surgery is about five months old I think. My partner is 46.

 

My Doctor wanted me to wait 6 months after mine. He was worried about me falling over and jamming my leg down to catch the back. Apparently it takes a while for the metal lining of the socket to fully grow in to the bone.

 

That's what the doctor told my wife too. She had hers done in February, 2 years ago.

 

2 first posts on the HDForum is on hip replacement..... Is there a Dr. in the house?.... LOL.....

 

I had my hip replacement done in the middle of last January. I was out of work for 5 weeks, and healed pretty quickly. Come April, when the roads were finally rain washed and ready, I was too. No problems.

Good luck!

 

I really hate to tell my story for fear of traumatizing you but here goes anyhow. Mine is the exception to the rule. I had both hips replaced last May. The ones initially put in were the wrong ones. They kept popping out of joint. Ten days later they put larger ones in. Then my body thought it was a fracture and the hip muscles started turning to bone (heterotopic osification). It took a couple of months to figger this out. Had to get a specialist to fix it. He would not replace both at the same time. He replaced the right one in Aug and the left one in Oct. The specialist had to to put in restrictive joints because he had to remove some muscle on each hip to remove the ossification. I was riding again in 90 days after the last surgery. I have been riding for three weeks now with no discomfort. Before the specialist fixed me up I could barely lift my leg 2 inches off the floor. I also have been going to the gym and working out since the first of the year. It really helps. I can not do the work that I used to do( big truck mechanic) so I'm retired now. If you are not in good physical shape now, start working out now. The better physical shape you are in the better you will do in physical therapy. The first day after my first surgery they got me up and said I need to take two steps, I walked twenty feet. I did have use the walker and they held on to me. I surpassed all of their expectations all the way through physical therapy. Even with the heterotopic ossification I was walking 1.5 miles a day within two weeks of release of the first surgery. I hope this does not discourage you any. Like I say get into good physical shape beforehand , have positive attitude and you will do great. The bad part of mine was just a fluke. You might ask your surgeon about the heterotopic ossification though. It is prevented by getting a radiation treatment from an oncologist within 24 hours after surgery. I wish you the best of luck. Keep us informed of your progress.

 

Finally a subject I can speak intelligently on!

 

My wife had a hip replacement on her left side back the beginning of Sep 2010. Before the surgery she rode a Yamaha V-Star 650 and was having a hard time getting on the bike and lifting it off the stand. Just before Thanksgiving she started riding again with no pain, discomfort, or problems. Seeing she wasn't having any problems riding it was time to upgrade. Since Xmas she has put 800 miles on her 2011 Street Glide.