HIP REPLACEMENT BRENTWOOD – SERVING WILLIAMSON COUNTY & THE BRENTWOOD AREA
Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Serving Brentwood, TN
Direct anterior approach with Mako robotic precision — 15 minutes south of Brentwood at the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee in Franklin.
Dr. Cory Calendine performs direct anterior approach total hip replacement for Brentwood patients at the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee in Franklin, approximately 9 to 12 miles south of most Brentwood neighborhoods. The 15 to 20 minute drive down Franklin Road or I-65 South brings Brentwood patients to a practice built around the anterior surgical approach paired with Stryker Mako robotic guidance. Dr. Calendine performs more than 700 hip and knee replacements annually and is a Stryker Mako consultant.
HIP REPLACEMENT BRENTWOOD FROM FRANKLIN, TN
Brentwood's Closest Path to Anterior + Mako Hip Replacement
A 15-Minute Drive, One Building, One Surgical Team
Dr. Calendine’s practice is located in Franklin, Tennessee, immediately south of Brentwood. For Brentwood patients evaluating hip replacement, that geography matters because anterior approach surgery paired with Mako robotic guidance is not universally available in the immediate Brentwood area. Every consultation, pre-operative visit, surgery, and follow-up takes place at one address — 3000 Edward Curd Lane in Franklin, just off I-65 Exit 65, approximately 9 to 12 miles south of most Brentwood neighborhoods. For most Brentwood residents, the drive is shorter than the trip to many Nashville-area medical offices.
For a Brentwood hip replacement patient, that proximity translates to clean logistics during recovery. Pre-operative CT imaging for Mako planning, the consultation, anterior approach surgery at the on-campus BJIT Ambulatory Surgery Center or Williamson Medical Center, and every follow-up visit happen within 15 minutes of Brentwood. Same-day discharge is the norm for appropriate candidates — meaning most patients sleep in their own bed in Brentwood the night of surgery. Brentwood patients access an end-to-end orthopaedic experience built around a single fellowship-trained joint replacement surgeon, at a distance that functions essentially as local care.
Driving to the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee from Brentwood
From most Brentwood neighborhoods, the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee is a 15 to 20 minute drive south — short enough that pre-operative visits, the surgery itself, and follow-up appointments fit naturally around work and family schedules. There are two equally good routes depending on where in Brentwood you start.
The Two Best Routes
Via Franklin Road (Highway 31): Take Franklin Road / Highway 31 South through Cool Springs directly into Franklin. Turn left onto Highway 96 East at the Cool Springs intersection, then right onto Edward Curd Lane. This route avoids highway interchanges entirely and is preferred from Brentwood neighborhoods near Maryland Farms, Hillsboro Road, and Granny White Pike — typically 18 to 22 minutes.
Via I-65 South: Take I-65 South one exit to Exit 65 (Highway 96 West / Murfreesboro Road). Turn right onto Highway 96 West and continue approximately 1.5 miles to Edward Curd Lane on the right. This route is the fastest from Brentwood neighborhoods near Old Hickory Boulevard, Concord Road, and the eastern Brentwood corridor — typically 13 to 16 minutes.
Drive Time by Brentwood Starting Point
- From Maryland Farms and Brentwood Library: approximately 15 minutes via Franklin Road or I-65 South.
- From the Cool Springs business corridor edge: approximately 10 minutes.
- From Concord Road and Old Hickory Boulevard intersection: approximately 12 to 15 minutes via I-65 South.
- From Hillsboro Road and Granny White Pike corridor: approximately 18 to 20 minutes via Franklin Road.
- From Crockett Park and Wilson Pike: approximately 15 to 18 minutes via Concord Road and Edmondson Pike.
- From the Five Points area in downtown Brentwood: approximately 16 minutes.
Distance from Brentwood
~9-12 miles
Best Driving Route
Franklin Road or I-65 South
Average Drive Time
15-20 minutes
Facility Parking
Free, on-site at BJIT campus
HOW DR. CALENDINE PERFORMS HIP REPLACEMENT
Total Hip Replacement with Dr. Calendine
The Anterior Approach + Mako
Hip replacement is one of the most successful procedures in modern medicine, with outcomes that have improved steadily over the past decade as surgical technique and implant technology have advanced. For Brentwood patients evaluating hip replacement, the relevant question is no longer whether hip replacement works — it works reliably — but which surgical approach is used and how precisely the implants are placed. Those two decisions directly shape the early weeks of recovery, the absence or presence of activity restrictions, and the long-term function of the new hip over its expected 20+ year lifespan.
Anterior Approach — Muscle-Sparing Total Hip Replacement
Dr. Calendine's primary technique is the direct anterior approach, which accesses the hip from the front through a natural interval between the muscles. No gluteal muscle is cut. No posterior structures are disrupted. For Brentwood patients — whose lifestyle profile skews toward active, working-age, golf-and-tennis-engaged adults — that muscle preservation has measurable consequences. Most anterior hip patients walk with a walker the day of surgery. There are no posterior hip precautions: no restrictions on bending past 90 degrees, no restrictions on crossing legs, no restrictions on sitting in normal chairs. Patients sleep in their preferred natural positions from the night of surgery. The recovery does not require a special chair, a raised toilet seat, or any of the equipment most people associate with traditional hip replacement.
Mako® Robotic Assisted Precision Technology
Layered onto the anterior approach is the Stryker Mako robotic-arm assisted system. Dr. Calendine uses Mako on his hip replacement cases. The system builds a three-dimensional model of your specific hip from a pre-operative CT scan — imaging that Brentwood patients typically complete at a Cool Springs or Brentwood-area imaging center within the week or two before surgery. Mako lets Dr. Calendine plan cup angle, leg length, offset, and implant size before the first incision is made, and verify those decisions in real time during surgery. Cup position in hip replacement is one of the strongest predictors of long-term implant stability, and robotic guidance is engineered specifically to ensure that position matches the pre-operative plan. As a Stryker consultant on the ongoing development of the Mako platform, Dr. Calendine works with the technology at a depth few surgeons reach.
Same-day Hip Replacement Surgery
Most appropriately selected hip replacement patients return home the same day as surgery. For Brentwood patients, the same-day discharge model is particularly clean: morning arrival at the BJIT Ambulatory Surgery Center, anterior approach surgery, recovery, and a 15-minute drive home to Brentwood that evening. No overnight hospital stay. No unfamiliar recovery environment. The transition from operating room to your own home happens within hours — and because the anterior approach eliminates posterior hip precautions, the at-home recovery setting does not need to be modified with restrictive equipment.
THE BRENTWOOD CHOICE
Why Franklin Is Brentwood's Natural Choice for Hip Replacement
Brentwood is a community of 41,000 people with strong medical infrastructure for primary care and many specialties — but dedicated, high-volume joint replacement surgery is not an in-city offering. Most hip replacement surgeons that Brentwood patients consider are either north in Nashville or south in Franklin. For Brentwood patients, Franklin is the shorter trip, the lower-traffic route, and the destination where the combination of direct anterior approach + Mako robotic guidance is the standard rather than the exception.
The Anterior + Mako Combination
The direct anterior surgical approach paired with Mako robotic guidance is the technique combination that defines Dr. Calendine’s hip replacement practice. While some Nashville-area surgeons offer the anterior approach and some offer Mako, the combination of both as standard — not as a premium option reserved for select cases — is not universal. For Brentwood patients researching their options carefully, that consistency matters.
Volume That Reflects Specialization
Dr. Calendine performs more than 700 hip and knee replacements annually. Joint replacement is his entire surgical practice — not one subspecialty among many. He is a Stryker consultant on the development of the Mako platform and trains other surgeons nationally and internationally on robotic technique. His fellowship was completed at the Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute, one of the most respected joint replacement fellowship programs in the country.
No Posterior Precautions, Same-Day Discharge
The anterior approach eliminates the posterior hip precautions that follow traditional posterior approach surgery — no bending restrictions, no crossed-leg restrictions, no special chairs or raised toilet seats. Combined with the BJIT Ambulatory Surgery Center on the same campus as Dr. Calendine’s clinic, most Brentwood patients complete the entire surgery day and return home within a 15-minute drive. For working-age patients, that translates to a faster path back to independence than traditional inpatient hip replacement.
BRENTWOOD PATIENTS ACROSS THE CITY
Brentwood Hip Replacement Patients from Every Corner of the City
Dr. Calendine’s Brentwood hip replacement patients come from across the city — from the Maryland Farms business corridor where many are still working full-time when surgery becomes necessary, to the Concord Road and Old Hickory Boulevard neighborhoods where families balance work and caregiving during recovery, to the Hillsboro Road and Granny White Pike corridor where many longtime Brentwood residents have settled into retirement. Patients near Crockett Park and the Brentwood Library typically use Franklin Road for the drive south. Patients near the I-65 corridor — including Wilson Pike, Edmondson Pike, and the Concord Road interchange — favor the interstate route. The geographic spread means no Brentwood neighborhood is meaningfully farther from Franklin than any other. Brentwood patients particularly appreciate the freedom that comes with anterior hip replacement: returning home to familiar stairs, familiar chairs, and familiar routines without the activity restrictions of traditional posterior approach surgery. Patients also travel to Dr. Calendine from Nashville, Murfreesboro, and Spring Hill.
Considering knee replacement instead? See Knee Replacement for Brentwood Patients.
BRENTWOOD HIP REPLACEMENT FAQ
Common Questions from Brentwood Patients
How far is Dr. Calendine's office from Brentwood — and what is the best route?
Brentwood is the closest major community to Dr. Calendine’s Franklin office — just 9 to 12 miles depending on your starting neighborhood. The most direct route is Franklin Road (Highway 31) south from Brentwood through Cool Springs directly into Franklin. This drive typically takes 15 to 20 minutes in normal traffic and avoids highway interchanges entirely.
Alternatively, I-65 South is one exit away — Exit 65 at Highway 96 West — and takes approximately the same time. Free parking is available at the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee campus, and the BJIT Ambulatory Surgery Center — where many outpatient joint replacements are performed — is on the ground floor of the same building as Dr. Calendine’s clinic.
What should Brentwood patients know about hip replacement recovery at home?
Brentwood’s proximity to Franklin makes the logistics of hip replacement particularly smooth for local patients. Same-day discharge is the norm for appropriate candidates — meaning you leave Williamson Medical Center or the BJIT ASC and are home in Brentwood within 20 minutes of being discharged. No extended hotel stay, no navigating an unfamiliar city during recovery.
Physical therapy after anterior approach hip replacement typically begins within the first few days and can be arranged with a provider in the Brentwood or Cool Springs corridor — reducing travel during the early recovery weeks when minimizing unnecessary car trips is helpful. Dr. Calendine’s team can recommend physical therapy practices familiar with his post-operative protocols.
Is hip replacement with the anterior approach available in Brentwood — or do I need to come to Franklin?
Dr. Calendine’s practice is located in Franklin, not Brentwood — but for Brentwood residents, the 15-minute drive is one of the shortest distances any T1 community travels to access his care. Anterior approach hip replacement with Mako robotic guidance is not universally available in the immediate Brentwood area, and patients who specifically seek this combination of technique and technology typically make the short trip south.
For Brentwood patients who are in early research mode, a consultation appointment requires no commitment to surgery — it is simply a conversation about your hip, your imaging, and your options. Many Brentwood patients who were uncertain about surgery before their consultation leave with a clear plan and a timeline.
Does Dr. Calendine work with Brentwood-based physical therapists for post-operative care?
Yes. Post-operative physical therapy is coordinated based on your location and preference. Dr. Calendine’s team can recommend physical therapy practices in the Brentwood, Cool Springs, and Franklin area that are familiar with his post-operative protocols for anterior approach hip replacement. If you have a preferred physical therapy provider in Brentwood, Dr. Calendine’s team will communicate the specific protocol and goals directly with them.
For anterior approach hip patients, physical therapy typically focuses on gait normalization, hip abductor strengthening, and functional milestones rather than restriction-based precautions. Because there are no posterior hip precautions with the anterior approach, therapy progresses more naturally and quickly than many patients expect.
LOCATION & PRACTICE INFORMATION
Visit the Bone and Joint Institute
of Tennessee
The Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee is located in Franklin, Tennessee, just off Exit 65 of Interstate 65, adjacent to Williamson Medical Center. Our facility serves patients throughout Middle Tennessee, including Nashville, Brentwood, Murfreesboro, Spring Hill, and surrounding communities.
BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE OF TENNESSEE
3000 Edward Curd Lane
Franklin, TN 37067
🕐 Office Hours: Monday – Friday: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
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Brentwood patients are 15 minutes from an anterior hip replacement consultation with Dr. Calendine. The first appointment includes a clinical exam, imaging review if available, and an honest conversation about whether surgery is the right next step. Learn more about Dr. Calendine’s training, credentials, and surgical philosophy.