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Get Back in the Game Whether it’s golf, gardening or simply the game of life, Midland’s joint replacement program can keep you playing at your best D eeDee had always been active, getting out for long walks and going to the gym. But when her hip started acting up and aching something ﬁerce, she put off hip replacement surgery for as long as she could. It’s not that she didn’t think it would help. She just didn’t want to go through a long, possibly painful, recovery. It’s just not that way anymore—at least, not at Midland Memorial Hospital. Especially since the opening of its Total Joint Center earlier this year, Midland Memorial has an individualized, streamlined process that gets patients treated and back to their lives in no time. “The national average hospital stay after a total joint replacement is about three and a half days,” says David J. Power, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and the medical director of the total joint program. “Our current length of stay here is just a little over two days.” That’s just one of the many advantages of the way TAKE THE Midland Memorial’s FIRST STEP program is set up. Let’s walk through To learn more about Midland the process to take Memorial’s total joint replacement a closer look. program, call 855-26-JOINT or 432-221-2400. 6 Midland Memorial Hospital • midland-memorial.com http://www.midland-memorial.com

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House Call - Fall 2013