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An early Spring in my Steps…

By Jill Pringle April 5, 2019 In South Downs Way, Walking 0 AdultDDH, Buriton 0

Jill Pringle South Downs Way Sign Buriton to Harting Down

I’ve taken a break from walking the South Downs Way for the last four months. Today I decided to spring into action and get back on the trail from Buriton to Harting Down.

Paddling with my hands: pain and hip displaysia

By Jill Pringle February 17, 2019 In Uncategorised 0 hip displaysia, hip pain 0

People often ask me if it hurts to walk. The answer is ‘sometimes’. Funnily enough, since I had my hip
replacement, the one part of my body I rarely feel pain is in that left
hip.

Hip-py New Year!

By Jill Pringle December 31, 2018 In Uncategorised 1 hip displaysia, South Downs Way 1

Wow. What a year 2018 has been for me and my hips. I celebrated my Birthday three days ago, 47
years after I was born with hip displaysia.
This time last year I never imagined that I’d have walked a 10K race and
24.5 miles of the South Downs Way.

These hips weren’t made for walking

By Jill Pringle November 25, 2018December 17, 2018 In Personal, South Downs Way, surgery, Walking 1 AdultDDH, Buriton 0

JillPringle Hips Xray DDH hip displaysia

Yet here I am having just completed two more days and 12.5 miles walking my hips along the South Downs Way. I’m very grateful that I have the mobility, time and support to do so.

Best foot forward. Winchester to Exton in 46,000 steps.

By Jill Pringle October 28, 2018 In Rambling, South Downs Way, Walking 0 Beacon Hill, DDH 0

Sign at top of Beacon Hill 10 miles from Winchester @WalkingJill

It’s estimated that one in every 1000 people are born with hip-displaysia. It takes many forms and I suspect that no two DDH walks appear quite the same. For me,

Walking Test Two: Jill (not Jack) goes up Beacon Hill

By Jill Pringle September 25, 2018September 26, 2018 In Uncategorised 2 Beacon Hill, DDH 0

Jill on Beacon Hill diff-abled.co.uk hip displaysia

Today I took a sneaky day off work and headed for the South Downs Way. My goal was to try out Beacon Hill with my walking boots and some new walking poles.

Walking Test One: Ditchling Beacon

By Jill Pringle August 30, 2018 In Personal, Rambling, South Downs Way, Walking 0 No tags 0

Last week I completed my first South Downs Way walking test, with my good friend Beth and her cool dog, Bo. I wanted to gauge how far I could walk without too much pain.

Left hip, right path. Getting me walking with hip displaysia.

By Jill Pringle August 17, 2018 In Personal, surgery, Walking 1 DDH, hip displaysia 0

Right path south downs way signpost alfriston

Recently I found myself overnight in Alfriston which, as it happens, is directly on the South Downs Way. I had a spare hour or so and decided to walk along the path that I will return to at some point on my 100-mile walk.

If the shoe doesn’t fit… orthotics and hip displaysia

By Jill Pringle July 8, 2018 In fitting in, Personal, Walking 1 DDH, hip displaysia 0

Walking my first 10K for Steps last month taught me a couple of valuable lessons. Firstly, I need to build up my leg strength, particularly around my knees,