This from the Centre for Clinical Effectiveness at Monash University.

www.med.monash.edu.au/hea...Report.pdf

We have a surgeon performing Birmingham hip resurfacing in our practice, I have no hard research but the patients we have had have done remarkably well. We normally keep them to 90 degrees of flexion for six weeks then aim for maximum available range, with no other restrictions.

They have returned to golf, mountain biking, jogging - I saw a man recently who is aiming to get back to serious karate and who four months post-op was able to demonstrate a very passable sidekick and roundhouse kick, albeit at a lower height than previously.

They have the advantage, of course, of being much younger than most THR patients, but the patients I have seen have all been very happy with their lot post-surgery.

www.med.monash.edu.au/hea...Report.pdf