Jennifer was in her 60s when she started wind foiling. However, an excruciating pain in her hip kept her from progressing in the sport, until one day at the beach she met Dr. Michael Staebler, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at University Orthopedics in Rhode Island.
Dr. Staebler told Jennifer she likely had arthritis in her hip. When she had scans done, they showed bone-on-bone. After briefly receiving shots for the pain, Jennifer wanted a permanent solution and opted to have hip replacement surgery at Newport Hospital. After months of recovery and physical therapy, she was able to return to the water, pain-free. Here’s her myUOIstory.
Michael P. Staebler, MD is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine. His areas of interest and expertise include operative and non-operative treatment of sports injuries in children and adults at the recreational, collegiate and professional levels. His surgical skills include minimally invasive arthroscopic treatment of shoulder, knee and ankle injuries but also performs hip and knee replacement, and custom partial knee resurfacing in older athletes with arthritis. He’s team physician for several high schools, Roger Williams and Salve Regina Universities.