Going the Extra Mile for Hip Dysplasia
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Healthy Hips, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
Miles4Hips, PAO Buddies, and Help for Hip Dysplasia are joining together for “Healthy Hips, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Week” from March 22 to March 28. It will be a fun week full of inspiration, motivation and information! 3/22 Monday Motivations, reflecting on our silver linings. 3/23 Tasty Tuesdays, featuring nutrition information and some tasty recipes! 3/24 Don’t Worry…
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Can You Help Us Develop a Hip Surgery Journal?
We are looking for patients to help us with developing a hip surgery journal. A guided journal provides users with simple prompts to allow self-reflection and guide action. A hip surgery guided journal would allow the user to chronicle their thoughts, feelings, emotions, and experiences with their hip surgery experience, from diagnosis through recovery. It…
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Chelsea’s Story
Chelsea from the UK shares her journey of diagnosis and undergoing Triple Pelvic Osteotomy (Birmingham Interlocking Pelvic Osteotomy) surgery and hardware removal on both hips. She also completed her Master’s Degree at a top UK university during this time! Read her story at: https://miles4hips.com/chelseas-story Visit https://miles4hips.com/our-stories for more stories, and email us at miles4hips@gmail.com if…
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The First M4H Event: The Bear 100
Do you know how Miles4Hips got started? It began with Nancy’s dream of running a 100 mile race after having both left and right PAO surgeries. In September, 2018, she completed The Bear 100, running from Logan, Utah to Fish Haven, Idaho in just under 33 hours. But even better, between the support of her…
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Help For Hip Dysplasia Podcast – PAO Buddies
On a recent Help for Hip Dysplasia Podcast Laura chatted with Sydney Steinberg, founder of PAO Buddies. From Sydney’s dysplasia experience, she quickly recognised the value of having someone to talk to that had a similar story, hobbies and at a similar stage of their journey. Sydney has been able to give others the opportunity…
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Meet Our New Board Members!
We would like to welcome our new Miles4Hips board members! Mary Strehl is our new Volunteer Coordinator, Ariel Berwald as our Junior Board Member, Jonathon Ashkin as our Marketing Advisor and Melissa Arnold as our Social Relations Coordinator. Meet our board members by visiting us at https://miles4hips.com/miles4hips-executive-board. We are always looking for volunteers, and if…
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Nutrition and Prehabilitation
Do you have questions about nutrition and its role in surgery recovery? Check out our great new resource on nutrition written by Claire, who is a physiotherapist in the UK. She goes over nutrition basics, the effects of surgery on our body, and some recommendations to help prepare and recover from surgery.