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Hip Arthritis and Hip Replacement

There are many options to help lower your pain and have a better quality of life when you have hip pain that is caused by arthritis. Knowing the tools to take charge of your arthritis is key to your success.

With a referral from your primary care provider (family doctor, nurse practitioner etc.) the team at the Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) can help you make a plan to better manage your arthritis and pain.

Orthopedic Assessment Clinic Intake & Arthritis Action Plan

Once the Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) receives a referral from your primary care provider you will be contacted about an intake appointment with a registered nurse and/or physiotherapist.

In this appointment the OAC team will complete a medical review and physical assessment to help you make an “Arthritis Action Plan” for your hip. Your plan may include offering ways that you can manage your arthritis without surgery such as a Conservative Management for hip and knee arthritis, or community based programs in your area.

Hip Replacement Surgery & Pre-Habilitation

Your Arthritis Action Plan may also include seeing an orthopedic surgeon about hip replacement surgery.

If you and your surgeon decide that hip replacement surgery is the best plan you will have the option to go to the Hip & Knee Replacement Surgery Pre-habilitation program to help you prepare for your surgery and recovery.

The Pre-habilitation program helps you learn the skills to prepare for surgery with a multi-week exercise and education program with a team that may include a registered nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, dietitian, social worker and rehab assistant.

Most patients will stay in hospital one to two days after surgery. Your surgeon may also talk to you about outpatient hip replacement surgery where you have surgery in the morning and go home in the afternoon/evening after working with the team to make sure you can return home safely.   

In the year following your surgery you can expect a follow-up appointment with your surgeon and health care team.

To read more details about what to expect before, during and after hip replacement surgery please click the following link: Hip Replacement Surgery (PDF)

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Accessing this Clinic, Program or Service

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Switchboard: 902-473-1501

4th floor, Halifax Infirmary

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Switchboard: 902-465-8300

Note - This is not an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) or Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Tel: 902-460-3638

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:
2nd Floor, Outpatient Physiotherapy Department

Tel: 902-473-7187

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Tel: 902-717-6518

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Switchboard: 902-567-8000

Note - This is not an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) or Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Orthopedic Assessment Clinic - 
Tel: 902-563-8512

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel:  902-563-8513

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Tel: 902-258-1955

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Switchboard: 902-752-7600

Note - This is not an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) or Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Orthopedic Assessment Clinic
Tel: 902-396-1198  

Pre-habilitation Clinic
Tel: 902-396-1198  

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Orthopedic Assessment Clinic
Tel: 902-690-3802   
Toll free:1-844-594-4314

Pre-habilitation Clinic
Tel: 902-679-2657 ext 2936

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel: 902-742-3541

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel: 902-543-4604 x 2396

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel: 902-543-4604x2396

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