this morning, supermodel christie brinkley saying you're never too old to get hip.yes, that's a band-aid on my hip. i injured it in a back country skiing helicopter crash on a mountain top in telluride many years ago. adding that 12 years ago i was told it needed to be replaced, but the surgery was daunting and i had things to do. i can relate. i too had hip replacement surgery after years of competitive athletics and a tennis injury. my surgeon at the hospital for special surgery in new york also did brinkley's. >> she had an accident where basically the hip was pulled upon and that probably tore some of the structures and the cartilage in the joint. she was able to maintain herself for years and years and exercise through it, but it got to the point where the cartilage wear was too great, and she started experiencing stiffness, limitations of motion, sudden pain that would come on where she almost would feel like the leg couldn't support her. because of a little bit of downtime during the pandemic, not having her usual schedule, it ended up being a really good tim