Some more interesting reading
Some more links I found:
My experience with Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement
Hip Dislocation: Are Hip Precautions Necessary in Anterior Approaches?
Anterior Total Hip Replacement Precautions - Scottsdale Joint Center
www.anteriorhip.net.au/patient-info/anterior-hip-replacement/ (great article about what to expect and videos of patients at different days post op)
My oldest kid is 25 which is nice because it means that his friends are too, and one of them is a grown-up sports-rehab physiotherapist now! I know I will be getting some physio advice from the surgery practice, but I wanted to get a reality check from someone who knows me and my actual level of fitness, as well as my goals.
The good news is that he says the Anterior approach has very few dislocation risks/precautions. Really I just have to avoid crossing my legs (like you do when you put on shoes, the rotate and cross movement). He said that all the 'below parallel' precautions don't apply to anterior surgery.
I asked him about the stairs at home, and he said that I will feel sore, sure (from the soft tissue part of the surgery) but won't have any pain from the joint (can't even imagine!), but that there is no reason I can't carefully go up and down the stairs as needed. In fact the more I do, within reason, the quicker I will recover.
He also thought that getting back to upper-body weight training as soon as I feel like it would be good for my overall recovery, so we'll see how I feel.
Obviously I will take the advice of my actual surgeon, but I feel like I am being given a lot of very conservative, CYA type information, which may not reflect my situation. I'm determined to NOT overdo it and set myself back, but at the same time not using this as an excuse to lose the progress I have made over the last year.
My experience with Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement
Hip Dislocation: Are Hip Precautions Necessary in Anterior Approaches?
Anterior Total Hip Replacement Precautions - Scottsdale Joint Center
www.anteriorhip.net.au/patient-info/anterior-hip-replacement/ (great article about what to expect and videos of patients at different days post op)
My oldest kid is 25 which is nice because it means that his friends are too, and one of them is a grown-up sports-rehab physiotherapist now! I know I will be getting some physio advice from the surgery practice, but I wanted to get a reality check from someone who knows me and my actual level of fitness, as well as my goals.
The good news is that he says the Anterior approach has very few dislocation risks/precautions. Really I just have to avoid crossing my legs (like you do when you put on shoes, the rotate and cross movement). He said that all the 'below parallel' precautions don't apply to anterior surgery.
I asked him about the stairs at home, and he said that I will feel sore, sure (from the soft tissue part of the surgery) but won't have any pain from the joint (can't even imagine!), but that there is no reason I can't carefully go up and down the stairs as needed. In fact the more I do, within reason, the quicker I will recover.
He also thought that getting back to upper-body weight training as soon as I feel like it would be good for my overall recovery, so we'll see how I feel.
Obviously I will take the advice of my actual surgeon, but I feel like I am being given a lot of very conservative, CYA type information, which may not reflect my situation. I'm determined to NOT overdo it and set myself back, but at the same time not using this as an excuse to lose the progress I have made over the last year.
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