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