Andy Murray Hip Surgery | What Happened and Can He Still Play?

Published 2019-03-13
Andy Murray underwent hip surgery this past winter and now many people are wondering whether or not he can return to the tennis court.

What might have happened to cause Andy Murray to need surgery? How is this different from a regular total hip surgery and what are the chances he can return to the court?

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-Girard J, et all, "Can patients return to high-impact physical activities after hip resurfacing? A prospective study." Int Orthop. 2013 Jun;37(6):1019-24

All Comments (21)
  • @Matheusfk3
    I am a tennis player and a tennis fan, and I also sugested this topic about murrays injury, because even though it's not the most common one, when it happens, this injury tends to end the player's career, like it did to Guga Kuerten and Magnus Norman. Thanks for the vid doc! Tennis injuries are always welcome!
  • as someone who suffered a labral tear, you explained this perfectly. Also recently stumbled upon andy murray: resurfacing doc... really great stuff. thanks for sharing
  • Last time I was this early, I didn’t even know about this amazing channel.
  • @JavonWilliams29
    It was terrible to watch his interview at the Australian Open in January. Very emotional. Hope Murray can continue to play or if not, end it at Wimbledon. Thanks for the explanation of his injury. I hope you can do a video on tiger woods' fusion surgery.
  • Very articulate explanation; does sound like the jury is out on what the long term affects are going to be on AM; 🀞
  • @innercircle341
    great video Now we know he is back playing tennis. He will need to periodise his progress careful so that the joint becomes adapted to the effort and loads. If he starts going deep in every tournament, playing a lot of heavy matches too soon that could cause trouble Needs to pick and choose his events, training really well in between and recover fully
  • @jjg1815
    Having had one of the first resurfacings from McMinn himself (he was the major developer of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing) in 2001 (due to congenital dysplasia) , I returned to active martial arts (judo/jujutsu) and can vouch that it works great. No restrictions and I took up heavy weightlifting to boot post-op. As for metal, I routinely get tested and all of my bloodwork shows that the levels are within normal ranges. I also returned to McMinn to get a Birmingham Knee Replacement in 2015 (I blew out left my knee in 1980 and got one of the earliest ACL repairs, so it was high time for new knee) and still, all of my numbers of excellent. I would state up front that surgical ability is the deciding factor in a return to high-end athletics. In the case of McMinn, he has very detailed checklists for placement and other quality assurance, plus he is just a fantastic workman. I am getting ready for having the other hip resurfaced now. This bring me to the reason for this post. The injury to the knee has accelerated the wear and tear of every other joint on the opposite side (right. ankle, knee and shoulder issues) as well as the hip. This is what playing hard even after a successful bit of orthopedic surgery does. This is because the left knee after the ACL rebuild was a tiny bit off. The hip resurfacing, however, was most excellent and actually fixed several growing issues I was having.
  • @justadude5659
    I loved the video as always but what I loved the most is the change of music, avoiding that hip-hop base that's everywhere.
  • @BrianSuttererMD
    Excited to bring some coverage to another sport!! For the non tennis fans, this surgery is the sort of thing an injury like what Isaiah Thomas could lead to if not treated well.
  • Do a Del Potro wrist injury... Do a grant hill injury, staph infection too. He almost died.
  • Should consider doing Ken Roczen's 2017 arm injury he sustained in Supercross. I realise that it's from a less popular sport but I would love to have you break it down.
  • @allenasbury
    Hey man love your vids you give me so much info and I was just wondering if you were up to doing Cj McCollum
  • @jpmeryortiz
    Hi Brian, loved the video. Am a 30 year old and former junior tennis player from Chile. Now am avoiding this surgery for more than a year just with therapy, but everytime I play tennis the pain comes back so really started to consider the surgery. Any suggestion on how to approach and take the decision (doctor, place, etc)? Thanks man, any input will mean the world.
  • @Hollix00
    Hi Brian, just found your channel. I am facing a replacement too, and wonder whether I can do crossfit again. The issue is e.g. on deep loaded squats, box jumps and rope jumping. Any idea? And: you talk about a study. Have a reference? Thanks for these informing and promising videos
  • It depends on the experience of the surgeon and the brand. In 2008 there was a international recall of the ASR of dePuy these implants where very bad developed so they took them out of the market. But they also tried to take the BHR Birmingham of the market (these were the best and had no problems) unfortunately some countries they quit resurfacing and thinking all of the brands of resurfacing are the same. (some countries you need a very strict qualification being a resurfacing surgian :more than 15 years of experience in total hip replacement and at least 50 resurfacing surgerys joining a year) Anyway... There is now something new the H1.. A ceramic hip resurfacing, so there will be no metal icons any more... (it's gonna be a to long story)..I know many martial artists with resurfacing and they doing amazing great even JCVD has resurfacing (the best surgians in the world are in Belgium Dr. Koen de smet in the UK. Dr. Derek mcminn and in New York Dr. Edward su) So... Ok.. Good video and thank you very much..