Squeeze your buttock muscles together as if you are holding in flatulence.
Exercises for hip surgery patients.
Stand comfortably and erect with your weight evenly balanced on your walker or crutches.
The majority of patients are able to.
Repeat 10 more times.
Perform three sets of 10 three times a day.
Call your surgeon if.
Your surgeon or therapist will tell you how much weight to put on your leg.
2 lie on your back with your knees bent in a 10 to 15 degree angle.
Total hip replacement.
Hold for five seconds.
Repeat 10 times 1 set.
Recovery after surgery.
You may place a pillow lengthwise beneath your surgical leg if you have an increase in swelling.
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.
Don t let your knee roll inward or outward.
Therapy can reduce swelling decrease pain improve range of motion build strength challenge balance and develop endurance.
Ankle pumps lie on your back.
To see the full benefit of hip replacement therapy will be a necessary part of the rehabilitation process.
Early on walking will help you regain movement in your hip.
Rest and elevate lie down with your legs at the level of your heart for at least 20 minutes.
At first you will walk with a walker or crutches.