Get Hip! Supports Surgical Foreign Aid

Get Hip! has made a contribution to help provide joint replacement care to those suffering from severe arthritis in developing countries.

Frog’s Leap, publisher of Get Hip, made a donation to Operation Walk, Los Angeles.

Since launching in 1996, Operation Walk has performed free knee and hip replacement surgeries for some 17,000 residents of less developed countries. In 2020, it plans to send volunteer teams to perform surgeries in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

When they published “Get Hip! How to Prepare for and Recover from Total Hip Replacement” the book’s authors committed 25 percent of profits to orthopedic charity. In 2019, the book produced its first profits to fund that commitment.

“I like Operation Walk because it has a strong track record of doing joint repairs and surgical training,” said Rob Taylor, prime author of Get Hip! “And I am pleased that it is targeting countries in Latin America where those services are badly needed.”

“Joint replacement surgery can be life changing for those debilitated by arthritis and Op Walk has a proven track record of delivering care to those in need” said Dr. Wayne Moschetti, surgeon and co-author of Get Hip!.