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Life & recovery
The hip replacement diary and the maths of coming back, plus acrobatics and community projects.
Andrew had his right hip replaced at 35, two weeks after the 2024 Worlds. Start with the surgery diary, then the three-month Q&A and the maths of how much load the implant can take. Also here: Trick Soc, the tricking society he co-founded at the University of Birmingham, and a community website for his home estate in Daventry.
Posts
What readers ask me about lifting after a hip replacement
Andrew's hip replacement posts bring emails from athletes facing the same operation. Here are the questions they ask most, and how he approached each one himself.
How strong is my hip bone-implant interface? Returning to powerlifting after a total hip replacement
Could heavy lifting tear a hip implant loose? Andrew models osteointegration, hip contact forces and liner wear to estimate his lifting limits after surgery.
Hip replacement Q&A: my recovery journey at the three-month mark
Three months after a total hip replacement at 35, Andrew answers 32 questions on lifting, pain, a groin strain, mindset, diet and what he would do differently.
Surgery diary: powerlifting athlete Andrew has a total hip replacement at 35 (case study)
Andrew's day-by-day diary of a total hip replacement at 35: the surgery, his first week at home, a groin setback, the six-week check-up and heavy lifting again.
The Tricking and Acrobatics Society Project: Trick Soc
How Andrew Lee Ward hosted the first UK tricking gathering in 2005, then co-founded Trick Soc at the University of Birmingham and grew it to over 500 members.
The Daventry YourGrange.co.uk Initiative
How litter picking on Daventry's Grange Estate grew into YourGrange.co.uk, a community site and Facebook page the local police now use to reach residents.
Andrew Tricking Video (2011 Acrobatics Reel)
A 2011 video of Andrew Lee Ward tricking, the freestyle mix of gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts he helped grow in the UK via gatherings and Trick Soc.