How do they fix a broken hip?

To me it's almost like a miracle that they can replace out body parts as they do. My mom had a hip replacement after she slipped and broke her hip. She never had a problem with it after that. A few years before that she had broken her pelvis. That was very painful, but she also recovered from that. My husband had both hips replaced a few years ago. He had not broken them. The sockets had just worn away from arthritis. He had them done six months apart, and he spent a few days in a transitional care center before he came home so that he could get a good start on his physical therapy. He is doing very well, but he swims an hour or two three days or more a week to keep strong. His range of motion isn't as good as when he was younger. He cannot, for example, touch his feet, so I have to help with his nail care, and sometimes with his compression socks if he is very tired. I cannot tell you how they replace the hips. But i'm sure a surgeon would have that information to let you know what to expect. I think hip replacements are much easier than knee replacements, which cause more problems.