leejaa
Former BoneSmart staff member
With the first hip I was given a book about hip replacements and it did have exercises in it. I could not do them - pain. Even before the final diagnosis when I was sent to PT there were many exercises I just could not do even some in water therapy. This time, with my right hip when I spoke with the PA at the OS office I said please do not send me to PT and she said of course not- there is no way you can do much when you cannot move your hip without pain.
I am not doing any exercises again except for those movements that are done as part of daily living activities. Sometimes, just getting through cleaning up a little or grocery shopping is enough to do and painful so I definitely do not want to do anything to cause more pain. I am not concerned as last time I recovered and was fine and was rebuilding muscle when the other hip went into pain mode.
If there are any exercises in what they gave you that do not cause pain, do them but if it hurts why increase the discomfort while waiting for surgery. It is hard enough to wait without making it worse.
I am not doing any exercises again except for those movements that are done as part of daily living activities. Sometimes, just getting through cleaning up a little or grocery shopping is enough to do and painful so I definitely do not want to do anything to cause more pain. I am not concerned as last time I recovered and was fine and was rebuilding muscle when the other hip went into pain mode.
If there are any exercises in what they gave you that do not cause pain, do them but if it hurts why increase the discomfort while waiting for surgery. It is hard enough to wait without making it worse.