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