Early on walking will help you regain movement in your hip.
Exercises for hip surgery patients.
At first you will walk with a walker or crutches.
Perform three sets of 10 three times a day.
Ankle pumps lie on your back.
Don t let your knee roll inward or outward.
Your surgeon or therapist will tell you how much weight to put on your leg.
Your goal is to achieve a bent knee with your heel remaining on the bed.
2 lie on your back with your knees bent in a 10 to 15 degree angle.
Stand comfortably and erect with your weight evenly balanced on your walker or crutches.
Repeat 10 more times.
You may place a pillow lengthwise beneath your surgical leg if you have an increase in swelling.
Rest and elevate lie down with your legs at the level of your heart for at least 20 minutes.
You can do this exercise 3 or 4 times a day.
Hold for five seconds.
Repeat 10 times 1 set.
Lying down on the bed slide the heel of one foot up toward your buttocks.
Gently point and pull ankle of your surgical leg by pumping foot up and down.
To see the full benefit of hip replacement therapy will be a necessary part of the rehabilitation process.
Total hip replacement.
The majority of patients are able to.
Recovery after surgery.
Therapy can reduce swelling decrease pain improve range of motion build strength challenge balance and develop endurance.