When is it the right time to seek advice about hip replacement?

Problems that people typically describe when hip replacement should be considered include:

•When they are no longer able to maintain an acceptable quality of life through non-operative treatments.

•When they are experiencing difficulty finding a comfortable position to go to sleep and they are waking from sleep, often when they turn over.

•When their friends and family notice that they are limping.

•When they are finding it progressively more difficult to walk at a normal pace and notice that other people are having to slow down for them.

•When they are experiencing difficulty putting on their socks or cutting their toe-nails.