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Eminent Orthopedic Surgeon Reveals Secrets to Getting Back to Golf and Improving Handicaps After Joint ReplacementRecent surveys of golfers found that it can take an average of up to 4.73 months to get back on the course after hip replacement and up to 5.1 months for knee replacement. This stands in stark contrast to patients who undergo hip and knee replacement with Richard Berger, M.D., a renowned joint replacement surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Rush Medical Center, Chicago who has treated several professional and amateur golfers. When Dr. Berger’s hip replacement patients ask when they can return to an 18-hole game, they are surprised to hear, “four to six weeks.”While golfers aren’t pounding the pavement like runners, years of stress on the lower extremities means joints can take a beating. However, if someone is fortunate enough to have Dr. Berger for joint replacement, they can safely—and rapidly—get back to the joy of golfing. Why? Because he uses a minimally invasive hip replacement proce