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Paddling with my hands: pain and hip dysplasia

By Jill Pringle February 17, 2019August 4, 2019 In Personal, surgery, 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, 2018August 4, 2019 In hip dysplasia, Personal 0 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 dysplasia. 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, 2018August 4, 2019 In hip dysplasia, Personal, South Downs Way, surgery 0 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.

Walking Test One: Ditchling Beacon

By Jill Pringle August 30, 2018August 4, 2019 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.

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