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The Hip Replacement Podcast: Recovery Tips, Insights, Inspiration
The Hip Replacement Podcast is a leading resource for people searching for hip replacement, hip replacement surgery, hip replacement recovery, and life after hip replacement. Whether you’re preparing for hip surgery, recovering from a hip replacement, or learning how to live fully after hip replacement surgery, this podcast offers real-world insight from someone who has lived it.
Hosted by Chris Bystriansky—author, IRONMAN triathlete, and double hip replacement patient—this podcast focuses on what patients actually want to know about hip surgery recovery and recovering from hip replacement.
Chris had both hips replaced more than a decade ago and went on to complete two IRONMAN triathlons, endurance events, and maintain an active lifestyle that includes golf, fitness, and travel. His journey demonstrates what’s possible when recovery is approached with patience, perspective, and purpose.
This podcast does not provide medical advice. Chris is not a doctor, surgeon, or physical therapist. Instead, he shares lived experience, guidance, and inspiration to help hip replacement patients better understand what to expect after hip replacement, navigate setbacks, and confidently move forward.
Each weekly episode explores highly searched topics related to hip replacement recovery and life after hip replacement, including:
• Preparing mentally and physically for hip replacement surgery
• Pain, stiffness, nerve sensations, and sleep after hip replacement
• Tools, equipment, pools, and strategies for hip surgery recovery
• How long does it take to recover from hip replacement surgery
• Getting back to walking, running, golf, swimming, and daily life
• Intimacy, scars, leg length concerns, and confidence after surgery
• Overcoming fear, frustration, and the stigma of hip replacement
• Real comeback stories and long-term success after hip replacement
The Hip Replacement Podcast is for:
• People scheduled for hip replacement surgery
• Patients recovering from hip replacement at any stage
• Active adults seeking a better life after hip replacement
• Anyone living with a hip replacement who wants more than “just OK” or "Back to Normal"
Chris is also the author of NEW STEEL, a book chronicling his hip replacement surgeries and his path back to endurance sports, and he brings the same honesty and encouragement to every episode.
If you’re searching for hip replacement recovery, hip surgery recovery, living with a hip replacement, or inspiration from someone who truly understands the journey, this podcast is for you.
New hips. New you. Let’s go.
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Hip Replacement Revision: What Is Recovery Really Like?
Hip replacement revision surgery is something many people with an artificial hip know they may someday face—but probably hope they never have to.
Our guest, Pauline from Scotland, had her first hip replacement more than 16 years ago, when she was only in her early 30s. About six weeks before this conversation, she underwent a hip revision surgery.
She shares what happened when her original hip began causing problems again, how she knew something wasn't right, why her revision was different from her first hip replacement, and what revision hip replacement recovery has really been like.
Pauline also talks openly about the fear before surgery, recovering while living alone, using crutches longer than she expected, physical therapy, learning to put weight on her revised hip, and the mental challenge of accepting that hip replacement recovery isn't always linear.
If you've had a total hip replacement and have ever wondered what happens if that implant eventually needs to be revised, Pauline's firsthand experience provides a rare look at the process from someone who is still going through it.
Her message is powerful: prepare well, don't compare your recovery to someone else's, and keep moving forward—even when progress feels slow.
Welcome to a very special Episode 65 of The Hip Replacement Podcast.
-Chris
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Questions to Ask Your Surgeon Before Hip Replacement Surgery
Hip replacement surgery starts long before you enter the operating room. One of the most important steps is knowing the right questions to ask your hip replacement surgeon—and remembering that you are interviewing the surgeon, too.
Before total hip replacement, ask about anterior vs. posterior hip replacement, the surgeon’s experience, complication and revision rates, implant components, personal risks, pain management, physical therapy, hospital stay, driving, showering, scar tissue, follow-up appointments, and what activities you can realistically return to after surgery.
Some common hip replacement questions need a deeper conversation. “How long is hip replacement recovery?” “Can I return to my activities?” and “Which surgical approach is better?” may sound simple, but the answers depend on your goals, health, activity level, and the surgeon’s philosophy.
Choosing a hip replacement surgeon is a major decision. You may live with that artificial joint for decades, so ask tough questions before saying yes.
Whether you’re preparing for hip replacement surgery or already recovering, these questions can help you better understand your surgery, recovery, and long-term life with your new hip.
►Get my book, NEW STEEL here – available in Hardcover, Paperback, eBook and Audio versions
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What’s 1 question you’re going to ask a surgeon or 1 question you wished you asked a surgeon prior to your surgery? Use the link above to submit your comment.
Hip Replacement Recovery: Discharge Instructions, Physical Therapy & What to Do After Hip Replacement Surgery
Hip replacement recovery doesn’t end when you leave the hospital.
In Episode 63 of The Hip Replacement Podcast, Chris pulls out the actual discharge instructions he received after hip replacement surgery and looks back at what they told him to do—and which recovery habits still matter more than a decade later.
From physical therapy exercises, icing, compression stockings, pain medication, walkers and crutches to fall prevention, stairs, driving, and anterior hip replacement precautions, Chris walks through the basic hip replacement discharge instructions he was given before going home. He also shares how surprisingly alone and uncertain he felt once he left the hospital, even with family support.
If you’re preparing for hip replacement surgery, in the first days or weeks of hip replacement recovery, or years into life with a hip replacement, this episode is a reminder that simple recovery instructions can still be useful long after surgery.
Don’t ignore your hip replacement recovery instructions.
Go back to one thing that helped you early in recovery and start there.
►► Download my Top 12 Tips for Hip Replacement Patients here
►Get my book, NEW STEEL here - available in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audio versions
►For more information, or to send a question or comment, visit The Hip Replacement Podcast website
New hips. New you. Let’s go.
Thanks for joining THE HIP REPLACEMENT PODCAST.
-Chris
Hip Replacement Recovery Harder Than Expected? Pain, Setbacks & What No One Tells You
►► Download my Top 12 Tips for Hip Replacement Patients here
►Get my book, NEW STEEL here - available in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audio versions
►For more information, or to send a question or comment, visit The Hip Replacement Podcast website
Hip replacement recovery problems, pain after hip replacement surgery, setbacks, and what to expect after hip replacement surgery are the focus of Episode 62 of The Hip Replacement Podcast, “Hip Replacement Recovery: Pain, Setbacks & Unrealistic Expectations.”
Chris looks at the side of hip replacement recovery that doesn’t get talked about enough. We hear plenty of success stories and reassurances that recovery will be easy, fast, and life-changing—but what happens when your experience doesn’t match that promise?
Chris shares why a successful hip replacement can still include pain, sleepless nights, stiffness, muscle and soft-tissue issues, frustration, slower progress, and unexpected setbacks. He also explains why recovery is rarely a straight line, why comparing your recovery timeline to someone else’s can hurt more than help, and why a new hip doesn’t instantly fix everything around it.
If your hip replacement recovery is harder than expected, this episode offers a more realistic look at what to expect after hip replacement surgery—without taking away the hope of a great long-term outcome.
Were you overpromised about your hip replacement? Was recovery slower, harder, or more painful than expected? Share your experience, subscribe to The Hip Replacement Podcast, and join the conversation.
New hips. New you. Let’s go.
Thanks for joining THE HIP REPLACEMENT PODCAST.
-Chris
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Realistic Advice for Hip Replacement Recovery
3 Keys to Hip Replacement Recovery
Hip Replacement Recovery: What to Do Instead of Merely Listening to Your Body
Hip Replacement Recovery Plan: 3 Keys to Stay Active for Life
Hip replacement recovery takes more than vague advice like “listen to your body.”
A successful hip replacement recovery plan needs direction, consistency, and long-term thinking.
In Episode 61 of The Hip Replacement Podcast, Chris shares three practical guidelines to help you recover from hip replacement surgery, rebuild strength and flexibility, and protect your new hip for an active life.
First, set a meaningful recovery goal. Whether you want to walk without pain, travel, exercise, play golf, hike, or keep up with your family, a clear goal gives your physical therapy, walking, stretching, and hip replacement exercises a purpose.
Second, be consistent. Small actions repeated over time can help you maintain mobility, strength, balance, and overall health long after the early recovery period ends.
Third, think long-term. Instead of only asking, “Can I do this?” consider whether an activity supports the long, active life you want with your new hip. Follow your recovery plan, listen to your medical team, and learn from hip replacement patients who have successfully traveled this road before you.
What is one thing in your hip replacement recovery plan? Share it in the YouTube comments or contact Chris through the link in the show notes.
Subscribe to The Hip Replacement Podcast for practical hip replacement recovery tips, patient experiences, and encouragement for life after hip replacement surgery.
►Get my book, NEW STEEL here – available in Hardcover, Paperback, eBook and Audio versions
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