Hi
@lanstan , keep up the good road to recovery. You're doing fine. I understand, you had the lateral approach to your surgery. I had the lateral, too, and my surgeon told me, I had no hip restrictions. That meant, I could move as I wanted to, so long as it didn't hurt. I was able to bend more than 90° before the standard 6-week-period to put my socks on for example. My favorite sport is running and triathlon, i.e. swimming and cycling as well, but some of the stretching exercises I practice as a runner after a training unit are the same as yoga, and I was able to do them only 6 weeks after surgery (maybe less). I assure you that in the long run, yoga won't be an issue for you, you'll get better and better at it. In fact, you may still improve after a year or even 2. They say on bonesmart that the road to recovery is very long, don't they?
I was pleasantly surprised that after a few weeks of surgery, I was able to do the yoga pose whereby you coil up like an embryo in the womb. Something I couldn't do before surgery, because my hip was so stiff and because of the bone-on-bone pain. Could someone let me know what that position is called in English? I've forgotten.
I wish you, lansstan, all the best for your recovery journey.