You can do this exercise 3 or 4 times a day.
Exercises for hip surgery patients.
Therapy can reduce swelling decrease pain improve range of motion build strength challenge balance and develop endurance.
Hold for five seconds.
Perform three sets of 10 three times a day.
Recovery after surgery.
Repeat 10 more times.
Call your surgeon if.
Gently point and pull ankle of your surgical leg by pumping foot up and down.
Ankle pumps lie on your back.
Don t let your knee roll inward or outward.
Rest and elevate lie down with your legs at the level of your heart for at least 20 minutes.
Lying down on the bed slide the heel of one foot up toward your buttocks.
Early on walking will help you regain movement in your hip.
Your goal is to achieve a bent knee with your heel remaining on the bed.
Stand comfortably and erect with your weight evenly balanced on your walker or crutches.
Total hip replacement.
To see the full benefit of hip replacement therapy will be a necessary part of the rehabilitation process.
Hold this bent knee position for 15 seconds and repeat the bend 10 times.
At first you will walk with a walker or crutches.
Squeeze your buttock muscles together as if you are holding in flatulence.
Repeat 10 times 1 set.
You may place a pillow lengthwise beneath your surgical leg if you have an increase in swelling.