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The popularity of yoga and the prevalence of total hip arthroplasty (THA) have simultaneously increased in the United States. Accordingly, one can assume that the number of THA patients practicing yoga has increased. Certain yoga poses reach the extremes of hip range of motion, potentially leaving patients vulnerable to dislocation. To date, 2 case...
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... hip dislocation. She was performing the warrior one pose, hyperextending and externally rotating her hip in a standing position with her contralateral hip and knee both flexed. She felt a sudden pop to her left hip and immediately fell. She was taken to the emergency department where a left prosthetic anterior hip dislocation was diagnosed ( Fig. 5a and b). A closed reduction was performed ( Fig. 6a and b). She was discharged to follow-up as an outpatient with her surgeon and instructed on anterior hip precautions and refraining from extremes of hip range of motion, especially hyperextension and external rotation. Before this incident, the patient reported no hip pain and had resumed an ...
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