Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 > He explained that due to my high level of > activity pre op my body had tried to protect itself by restricting > the ROM in my hip. This it did by growing Sophites(I think, which is > bone growth) " Osteophytes " , informally known as " bone spurs " . I had a ton of them - that's why my surgery took twice as long as they expected It sounds like yours were even worse than mine, becaue nobody mentioned anything to me about my joint being " too loose " postop or about needing a brace. You're through the worst of it. It'll only get better from here! Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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