Observe the wound each day — if you develop redness or discharge, notify your doctor. Leg swelling following hip replacement is normal and may take several months to disappear. Elevation, regular icing and using compressive stockings when up and about will help.
A post operative review is scheduled for the 6 week mark following hip replacement surgery. You should have an xray of the hip just before this appointment to bring on the day. Your surgeon will examine your hip looking at hip movement, muscle strength, balance and the surgical wound. If these parameters and the xrays are OK, then usually you can progress your walking, discarding crutches progressively.
Walking is the best overall exercise for your hip and body. Most people need to continue with some specific hip muscle strengthening exercise to assist with balance and endurance for walking. Your surgeon and physio should help guide this process.
After 6 weeks you can generally sleep on your side. Most people will sleep on the non-operated side first and it is recommended that you place a pillow between your legs for a few weeks. It is quite safe to sleep on your operated leg if it is comfortable to do so. You may recommence driving at this stage if you feel confident. It is important that you are able to get in and out of the drivers side of the car safely. You should practice applying the brake quickly and forcefully as may be required in an emergency situation.
If you can do these things then it should be safe to drive a short distance. You may also recommence other simple activities at this time eg. Sports and past-times like golf, dancing and bowls can be safely commenced after 3 months from surgery. If there is a significant physical component to your work then it may take up to 3 months to resume.
The aim in the first 6 months is to progress walking, activities of daily living and simple recreations back to a level that you are normally accustomed to.
Take your time —recovery is not a race! These precautions include: Sleeping on your back with a simple pillow between your legs — avoiding lying on your side. In addition, it means getting back to work sooner and more importantly, getting back to your life sooner. One final advantage of the anterior hip is one that is difficult to measure. That means the muscle recovers more quickly and it feels more like your own hip sooner.
In fact my patients will often say that within a few months after their anterior hip replacement they forget which hip they had replaced.
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How did he feel after bowling? He was a little sore from not having made the motions in 3 years.. I'm a stop by his house after work and see how he's feeling. I think tomorrow I'm gonna surprise him with a new ball try to do some bowling with him this Sunday again. Do you know what kind of components they used in his hip replacement? The ones with the big ball are the hardest to dislocate.
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