Thank you
@Layla! It was actually a great day.
I went back to my outpatient PT for a ' check-up' and gait discussion after that comment.
He said he's seen thousands of postop hips and....drumroll....mine is a GREAT hip for 3 months.
. What a relief! Again reiterated this is a 6 to 12 month rebab process and I'm just 1/3 to 1/2 way through but doing great.
He said my idea of the rehab Pilates was a great idea - starting slow and with careful assessment. He thinks I will be able to join one of her group classes if I want, after I know what to modify.
But here's my 3 month challenge:. Turns out my gluteus medius muscle is quite weak. To be expected because as a posterior THR that's the one that got manhandled the most. Also he said that all my glute muscles have atrophied from the OA in bad hip so long before the op - that my right bottom is actually smaller than my left (lefty had to compensate)! Couldn't tell at first because of the Kim Kardashian swelling post op ha!
The thigh tightness I've been experiencing happens because the quads, hamstrings etc are trying to compensate for the weak glutes when I get tired and start to limp. They are fine themselves, nothing to strengthen there.
At the time he said I wasn't limping at all. But was sure that I dont have the stamina yet to go long distances or perhaps just later in the day when I will tire he's sure I'm probably limping, but again, to be expected. I need to use a crutch, stick, cane, countertop or something when that happens, as we all know, false virtue in braving on without aids if you're not walking properly! The people who do that risk injuring the other compensating muscles and tendons.
So I'm not being a baby needing some walking aid for a bit more, but not necessarily all the time.
Bottom line is I feel SO much better with an accurate diagnosis (and 3 specific exercises designed to strengthen glute medius and it's friends). He thinks another couple of weeks doing these will do the trick but I'm seeing him in another month(on my 4 month hipaversay). I have s spring in my step again!! Thanks to bone smart for all the moral support through this whole process, you and all my pals.
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I hope you're having a lovely Sunday! 
. Yeah, I spent too much emotional energy on a careless remark. Perhaps I've got another touch of post op blues? Nah, but I do think as I said in an earlier post, I'm in the wasteland called hip recovery desert. That period after the bulk of the obvious healing, after the 6 week checkup and you're 'cut loose' so to speak with very little ongoing feedback. I said it's like walking and walking and walking but you've got a lonnnnng way to go yet, plus you get lonely in the desert. Your mind starts to play tricks in you! Thank god for virtual friends on Bonesmart! 
. Time will heal the hurtful words as well as my hip. Moving on! 
. If they saw a video of a hip replacement they would be in awe of us for sure that we were even able to walk at all. I think it's @Eman85 who often aptly says THR
