@Cg21
So glad you found us hippies on Bonesmart! I hope you don't mind some questions?
What was the date of your bilateral THR's? This is very helpful when we want to offer advice. If you notice here at the bottom of my post that there is a signature that shows my surgery dates and details.
I am also interested in your physical therapy sessions.. did you begin with thsoe early on in your recovery? Sometimes, if the muscles and soft tissues are inflamed and so acutely sore, it's better not to push the exercises..
For now, I'd love to leave you some of our hip recovery guidelines and I think they will help you in this process. Some of us take longer to recover, we are all individuals with different bodies and issues and sometimes it takes a lot of patience.
So here you go.. there's some great and sage advice enclosed.. so glad you've joined us!
Hip Recovery: The Guidelines
1. Don’t worry: Your body will heal all by itself. Relax, let it, don't try and hurry it, don’t worry about any symptoms now, they are almost certainly temporary
2.
Control discomfort:
3.
Do what you want to do BUT
a. If it hurts, don't do it and don't allow anyone - especially a physical therapist - to do it to you
b. If your leg swells more or gets stiffer in the 24 hours after doing it, don't do it again.
4.
PT or exercise can be useful BUT take note of these
5.
At week 4 and after you should follow this
6.
Access these pages on the website
Pain management and the pain chart
BIG TIP: Hips actually don't need any exercise to get better. They do a pretty good job of it all on their own if given half a chance. Trouble is, people
don't give them a chance and end up with all sorts of aches and pains and sore spots. All they need is the best therapy which is walking and even then
not to excess.
We try to keep the forum a positive and safe place for our members to talk about their questions or concerns and to report successes with their joint replacement surgery.
While members may create as many threads as they like in a majority of BoneSmart's forums, we ask that each member have only one recovery thread. This policy makes it easier to go back and review history before providing advice.