@stellaluna Your routine is super, and it is very helpful to see all the modifications you have made. I understand everything you said, thank you so much. I have a floor routine that I am still doing, with the ROM I have (!) and within my comfort zone. As the hips went decidedly down hill, I switched to all somatic yoga and did what I could in class. Now I just do at home, with some pilates mat stuff like the 100, leg circles (tiny LOL!!), spine stretch forward (love for my back and will miss this while I can't do it) and modified roll down (I don't go down all the way anymore). I also do the plank, down dog (love for my back/hips and could hang out there all day!), modified child's pose (I can sit on my hips and then lean forward with my hands stretched out to a pine trunk so get the back stretch, but can't get down to the floor with my forehead anymore...not sure if that is hip or back issues or both!. I do a somatic clam shell where I have a firm pillow between my knees, and position my legs so the hamstrings don't kick in. I "lift" my knee, not even off the pillow, but just enough to engage the hip muscle for a second (can't remember the name of which one engages) and relax. I also do the reverse, in which one lifts the ankle, keeping the knees (with pillow for me) together and relax. Literally it is the tiniest of lifts, just enough to get the appropriate muscle to fire. If anything hurts on any given day, I don't do. The other exercises that help me stay functional are the lay on my back, hip flexor release...a somatic yoga exercise as I know it where one knee is bent and the other leg is flat and relaxed (took me forever to learn to relax it, I was so tight). I can drop my bent knee in over the other leg and back, relax, repeat etc. That is OK for me, but don't ask me to let that knee fall out though!! I was so excited for you when you could do that in physio! I also do window wipers after the releasing of the hip flexors. That feels awesome to me. If they hurt at all I stop. The last exercise I do is another somatic, super gentle exercise that releases my back. The first is a slight tilt to the front with the pelvis and then tilt back using the TO muscle, almost like a lying down cat cow. Just that gentle movement gets my core engaged. Once engaged, then I add a head tilt forward to my chest, with my hands behind my head, with my elbows at the side of my head, not out to the side (so not a sit up). All I do is tuck my chin and then relax, then repeat. I find this exercise alone has helped so much with fighting the OA wanting to put my pelvis out behind me like a duck and walking bent foreward. Anything that tightens the abs and loosens the back works for me! It is like fighting City Hall at the moment. Can't wait to get my pelvis back underneath me without the battle, and stand straighter. I picked up the walker etc. this week and the Red Cross fitted them for me. I stand SO straight again with the walker. Can't wait to be post op! Your posts are so helpful! Thank you again!