- Nearest rooms
- Maroochydore
- Operating hospital
- Maroochy Private Hospital
- Hospital stay
- 1 to 3 nights
- Walking
- Day of surgery, with aids
- Driving
- About 2 to 6 weeks
- Referral
- GP or nurse practitioner
Total hip replacement for Buderim patients.
A total hip replacement replaces the worn ball and socket of the hip with an implanted socket, stem and bearing. It is one of the most reliable operations in surgery for pain relief, and it is offered for established arthritis that is limiting daily life once non-operative treatment has stopped working.
Professor Rodda most often performs hip replacement through the direct anterior approach, which works between muscle planes at the front of the hip rather than detaching muscle from the back. The full account of the operation, the implant choice, the evidence and the risks is on the total hip replacement page. This page is about what it looks like from Buderim.
Where you are seen.
Buderim patients are seen at the Maroochydore rooms, on Level 9 of Maroochy Private Hospital in the CBD, straight down the hill and across the river flats.
These are the only rooms Professor Rodda consults from, so every appointment is at the same address and booked on the same number. If travel is difficult, say so when the rooms call: telehealth is available for the first consultation and appointments are grouped where they can be. Patients from Mountain Creek, Sippy Downs, Kuluin, Maroochydore and Mooloolaba are seen at Maroochydore as well.
Where the operation happens.
Professor Rodda consults and operates at the same address, Maroochy Private Hospital at Maroochydore. For a Buderim patient that means one building and one car park for the consultation, the imaging, the pre-admission clinic, the operation and every review, down the hill and across the river flats.
Getting there and getting home.
Buderim is among the shorter drives in the catchment. Admission is early, often before six in the morning, and the run down the hill to Maroochydore is short and predictable at that hour. It is still worth whoever drives you doing the trip once beforehand, because the car park is unfamiliar and the morning of surgery is not the time to find that out.
Discharge is the harder direction. Going back up the hill with a joint that is sore and a leg that does not want to bend is easier in a car with a seat that reclines, but it is a short trip rather than half a day.
Worth counting the trips before you commit to a date. A hip replacement is a consultation, a pre-admission appointment, the admission itself, four reviews across the following year, and a short course of physiotherapy rather than the twelve to eighteen sessions a knee replacement usually needs. That makes the total number of journeys substantially smaller than for a knee.
Recovering in Buderim.
Hip replacement recovery is less protocol driven than knee replacement. You walk on the day of surgery, full weight bearing, and after an anterior approach there are usually no formal movement precautions. Most people are walking unaided somewhere between two and six weeks, and the second half of the first three months is about strength, balance and endurance rather than about range of movement.
Hip replacement asks much less of you afterwards than a knee does. There is usually a short course of physiotherapy rather than a six-week programme, and most of the work is walking, progressive loading and balance that you do yourself. Buderim's steep streets are the one local factor worth planning around: they are genuinely useful strength work at six weeks and genuinely unhelpful at six days, so start on flat ground and let the hills come to you. Choose a Buderim practice for the sessions you do have and the rooms will send them the written protocol. Follow-up reviews are back at the Maroochydore rooms.
You are reviewed at about two weeks for the wound, then at six weeks, three months and twelve months. Written rehabilitation protocols are provided and your physiotherapist can request them directly through the referrer page.
Who this operation is for.
Not all hip pain comes from the hip joint. Pain over the outer hip that is tender to press and painful to lie on is more often gluteal tendinopathy, and pain in the buttock that runs down the leg is often the lumbar spine. The hip pain guide and is it time for a hip replacement set out how that is separated out before an operation is considered.
Fees and cover.
Where you live does not change the fee. You receive written informed financial consent covering the surgeon, the assistant, the anaesthetist and the hospital before anything is booked. See fees, no-gap cover and, if the injury is work or motor vehicle related, WorkCover and CTP.
Frequently asked questions.
Where does Professor Rodda see Buderim patients for hip replacement?
At the Maroochydore rooms, Maroochy Private Hospital, Level 9, 12 Future Way, Maroochydore QLD 4558. Appointments are booked on (07) 5493 8038, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Do I need a referral for a hip replacement consultation?
No, not immediately. If you have a GP referral it comes straight to the rooms and the rooms contact you within two business days. If you do not, you can start with a telehealth consultation with a GP or with our nurse practitioner, who can provide the referral. A referral is still needed to claim the Medicare rebate on the consultation.
How much does a hip replacement cost from Buderim?
The same as from anywhere else in the catchment. Location does not change the fee. You receive a written estimate covering the surgeon, the surgical assistant, the anaesthetist and the hospital before anything is booked, and Professor Rodda participates in no-gap arrangements with several health funds.
Will Buderim's hills be a problem after a hip replacement?
Not for long, but they are hard work in the first fortnight. Start your walking on flat ground and reintroduce the slopes as your gait normalises, which for most people is somewhere between two and six weeks. By six weeks the hills become useful strength work rather than an obstacle.
Where will my surgery be?
At Maroochy Private Hospital at Maroochydore, which is also where you are seen. Professor Rodda consults and operates at the one address, so there is no second hospital to plan around.
Can I be seen closer than Maroochydore?
The Maroochydore rooms are the only rooms Professor Rodda consults from, and from Buderim they are the closest they could reasonably be: down the hill and across the river flats, and surgery is at the same address.
Nearby areas.
The same rooms serve Mountain Creek, Sippy Downs, Kuluin, Maroochydore and Mooloolaba. See also travelling to the rooms from Buderim and all locations.
Written and reviewed by Professor Daevyd Rodda, MBBS, Dip. Surg Anat, FRACS, FAOrthA. Last reviewed August 2026.
This page provides general information about a medical condition and a surgical procedure. It is not individual medical advice and does not replace consultation with a qualified practitioner. Outcomes vary between individuals and all surgery carries risk. A referral is needed for a consultation with Professor Daevyd Rodda; without one, you can start with the practice nurse practitioner, who can provide it.