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