Natallia's Blog

How many of you knew that spinal anaesthetic could potentially affect your bladder function for weeks, and even months (hopefully not years!). I can only speak from experience and I’ve not yet hit a one year hip replacement anniversary, so I’ll go with ‘months’! This isn’t something that was communicated to me at any stages of my hip journey, so I thought it would be useful to make those on the same path, aware of this situation. When I was back to my room after the hip repla

Whatever you’ve felt, experienced, or lived through before that point — once you know surgery is definitely happening — it’s a whole new ball game . Those conflicting emotions of relief and joy  mixed with anxiety and stress  are completely natural in the first few days (and even weeks) after getting the news. I’m speaking from personal experience and want to share the approach that really helped me. I knew my hip replacement was happening within six months from the day it wa

The previous blog post was quite heavy with medical terminology and might have been a bit less entertaining. Saying that, I had to...

For years, I built my life around movement. CrossFit, Zumba, Pilates, Yoga, long walks with my dog — being active was simply who I was....

This blog series is my story of living with hip dysplasia for eight years, the choices I had to make, and what it was like to finally...

A few ways to make your feet more alive and healthy!