Going the Extra Mile for Hip Dysplasia
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Allison’s Story
Allison is an adult hip dysplasia patient and advocate who has shared her story previously with the International Hip Dysplasia Institute and, more recently, through an essay challenge through Faith Writers (where she received a 1st place award!) Allison chronicles her hip dysplasia journey from treatment in childhood through her hip replacement as a young…
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Amber’s Story
All I knew growing up was limitations due to my hip dysplasia. My first surgery when I was 18-months old. I loved moving and being active, but my hip told me different. I couldn’t sit crisscross like the other kids. I had to stop dancing because it was getting too intense, and my mom was…
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Ashley’s Story
My hip story begins before 2009, before two dozen hip surgeries, before losing my hip and 1/3rd of my proximal femur, before my life changing forever… My story begins in college when I was playing basketball during an Army ROTC tournament and thought I had pulled a muscle or just tore some cartilage. Little did…
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Amy’s Story
Amy is a yoga teacher who was diagnosed with hip and shoulder dysplasia and hypermobility (hEDS). She has used her journeys as a patient as inspiration to specialize in teaching individuals with hypermobility. Visit the video link to meet Amy as she shares her inspiring story about negotiating adversity and pain and using her passion,…
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Connie’s Story
After countless hours, days, months, and years in physical therapy and six hip surgeries between both hips, here I am today recovering from the most recent surgery. At the age of 41, I am now walking on two prosthetic hips due to hip dysplasia. How did I get here? Well, here’s my story. At the…
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Betsy’s Story: Five Things I Learned Leading Up to My THR
Five Things I Learned Leading Up to My Total Hip Replacement By Betsy Miller Hi, I’m Betsy Miller. I’m the author of The Parents’ Guide to Hip Dysplasia and an IHDI Advisory Committee member. I was diagnosed with bilateral hip dysplasia (DDH) in infancy. When I was a baby I was treated with traction, closed…