Savyasachi "Savya" Thakkar, M.D. explains how patients can prepare for hip replacement surgery including physical therapy (prehab) and what to expect after surgery.

Dr. Thakkar is a Johns Hopkins hip and knee orthopaedic surgeon practicing at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland. For more information, visit http://www.hcgh.org/ortho.

In June 2023, the hospital was renamed Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center.