Hello,
Welcome to BoneSmart. Thanks for joining us here!
You seem to be doing well but I'd have to agree with your wife that some of your activity feels a bit too ambitious for only 33 days post op. I understand you feel well and want to jump back into life but please take it slow and realize that there was a "controlled" trauma that took place inside your leg which can take up to a full year to completely heal, even longer for some.
You'll find many here agree that exercise, aside from walking, is unnecessary in the early weeks of recovery. If at six to eight weeks post op, you'd like to work with Physio on gait to lose the limp, that's totally different. And it sounds like that may be something for you to look into. In the interim try heel - toe walking and see if that helps. Let your heel hit the ground first followed by toes. It takes a concentrated effort but I believe you'll notice a difference. Give it a try.
You're not to far along to still benefit from our Recovery Guidelines below.
Pay speacial attention to the BIG TIP toward the bottom of the page. Also the article titled Activity Progression For THR to use as a rough guideline to keep you out of trouble and the ODIC (Over Did It Club) as we fondly refer to it here.
For THRs. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are assessed in hospital as a means of assessing your fitness to be discharged home. Your domestic circumstances will be taken into account as in if you are living alone, etc. ADLs include: ~ Personal hygiene and grooming ~ Dressing and undressing ~...
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Take it slow, you'll get there and have less chance of being sidelined due to an accident or overdoing it.
Stop back often, we'd love to follow your progress.
A great evening to you!
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 to these pages on the website
Pain management and the pain chart
Healing: how long does it take?
Chart representation of THR recovery
Dislocation risk and 90 degree rule
Energy drain for THRs
Pain and swelling control: elevation is the key
Post op blues is a reality - be prepared for it
Myth busting: on getting addicted to pain meds
Sleep deprivation is pretty much inevitable - but what causes it?
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 the at each member have only one recovery thread. This policy makes it easier to go back and review history before providing advice. @RMJD6