Mobility After Hip Replacement: What to Expect and How to Adapt During Recovery

Total hip replacement is a major surgery and one of the most rewarding surgeries. After your hip replacement, you must know what to expect from your joint and what changes you need to bring for recovery. Following your doctor’s advice, maintaining your exercise routine, eating healthy diet, and watching for any sign of infection will help you in achieving successful total hip replacement. Every individual is different so recovery Part and time may also differ in different patients.

During Hospitalization

With advancements of techniques and pain medicines, patient can walk after hip replacement on the same day of surgery with support. Your doctor may advice pillow between the legs and knee brace initially and continue for one month. Your hip strengthening exercises are started at this time.

3-4 Days After Surgery

Patient is able to go to the washroom with help of support and can walk with support independently.

4-12 Days After Surgery

This is an important time when the patient can walk with support inside the house and continue the exercise Routine. Also patient must look for any sign of infection like redness, excessive swelling or pain, high grade fever with chills.

12-14 Days After Surgery

During this time your doctor will Call you for follow visit and your sutures or staples will be removed. After suture removal, you can take your shower.

3-6 Weeks After Surgery

During this period you may do light activities  light activities and also walk without support. Stair climbing is allowed after 5 weeks and driving after 6 weeks.

10 Weeks – One Year

Most patients are able to do routine daily activities during this period. Generally, the pain goes during this period. Patient is walking without support and follows hip strengthening exercises. Patient can travel during this period.

Patient can resume sexual activities after Consulting your doctor.

After One Year of Surgery

Your doctor may call you for a follow-up visit at 1 year of surgery to get check X-rays. Subsequently, you are required early follow ups and X-rays. Generally the implants last more than 30 years now a days but you must take care air of any loosening or infection. Any new pain arising in the Hip or symptoms of infections will require follow up with your doctor.

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