When is it hip replacement time?

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I'm 52 years old and having to straighten up slowly from any length of time sitting or lying down. Yesterday I was tending to my feet to get them summer ready, so I had been adopting something akin to that yoga move with knees splayed outwards for some time. Feet are now pretty. Then, upon standing, my hips were so painful I had to hold on to the wardrobe until I had warmed up, as it were.
This can't be normal, or is it? Once I've warmed up, which takes only a few seconds, everything is fine, but for those few seconds I feel helplessly pained. I do 3k hill walks about 3 times a week and work full time, and, as long as I keep moving, all is good. But as soon as I stop it's like someone takes the opportunity to pour glue into my joints.
Is this what 52 feels like, or do I need to get checked out?

Asking for a friend. How far down the list would a knee replacement for a 66 year old man be?

Replacement joints are evolving all the time & lasting longer, a replacement now will be much better & long lasting than one done 30 years ago. I would recommend anyone suffering the pain to ask to be referred NHS Choose & Book to their nearest private hospital, you will get seen sooner & have less chance of being cancelled. My mum's friend was referred in March last year to see a knee specialist, she saw then in May 2021, had her first knee last August & her second last month. Had she gone to an NHS hospital she would still be waiting to have her first one done.

I’m so glad I found this thread. I had a car accident when I was 27 and smashed my hip socket into many pieces. I’m now 61 and have avoided surgery for 34 years. I can’t reach my toes, I have pain at night and when sitting or driving, and painkillers aren’t working any more. I have very little rotation or abduction left on that side. It’s time isn’t it? I had cancer in 2020 so I’m not keen on hospitals right now but I haven’t got much choice.