Dear Doctors: I am 68 years old, and I am going to need a hip replacement.
I’ve been reading about it, and some people say that you can prepare yourself physically so that you will do better after the surgery. Do you know if this works? If so, what do you need to do, and when?
Dear Reader: This approach to surgery is known as prehabilitation, or prehab.
While rehabilitation (rehab) focuses on recover…