With a New Hip, He Rides His Bike Across Iowa

A serious bicycle accident left David Goodman with a severely shattered left hip.

But ever since Michael Stover, MD, of Loyola University Health System rebuilt Goodman's pelvis and replaced his hip, the 67-year-old Chicago resident has been able to do everything that he could before his accident -- without pain.

Goodman works out or does yoga six days a week. Four months after surgery, he climbed a mountain in Israel. Last summer, he rode his bicycle 442 miles across Iowa in a week, averaging 63 miles per day. This winter, he plans to go skiing.

Dr. Stover is seeing more hip and pelvic fractures in older patients who are injured in activities such as bicycling. "Our aging population is more active than it was before," he said.

Dr. Stover and his partner, Hobie Summers, MD, use leading edge technologies to treat serious and sometimes life-threatening orthopaedic conditions such as pelvic fractures, broken legs, foot and ankle injuries and dislocations. They also treat patients who have experienced multiple traumatic injuries.

"You can significantly improve patients' function, pain and disability, and get them back to work and to their normal activities," Dr. Summers said. "They are very happy."