As a physical therapist, having done thousands of home rehabilitation treatments of total hip recipients, starting within 48 hours of discharge from their 2-day hospital stay, one thing is perfectly clear: All total hip replacement surgeons are not equal. This article represents the information I feel I would need to select the best total hip…
After seeing hundreds, if not thousands of total hip replacement patients in the past 40 years, be they in the hospital immediately after surgery, in their homes a day or two after surgery, or in the outpatient clinic about three weeks after surgery, these are the things that I see that are the most important…
As an orthopedic physical therapist, I have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of total hip replacement surgeries over the more than 4 decades of treating patients as a hospital-based physical therapist, outpatient physical therapy owner/operator, and for the past several years seeing total hip replacement patients in their homes just a day or two after…
This article answers the question” “Can I sit in my recliner chair after my total hip replacement surgery?” This is the question almost every total hip replacement patient asks me on my first visit to see them in their home to initiate their home physical therapy rehabilitation, about two days after the surgery. Most have…
As an orthopedic physical therapist, I have treated hundreds, if not thousands, of patients with complete hip replacements over the course of the past 40 years. The one instruction that most patients do not comprehend is “Don’t cross your legs.“ This article is written for your edification of why or why not your surgeon may restrict…
As an orthopedic physical therapist seeing home-bound total hip replacement patients immediately after hospital discharge, I see many patients with two-story homes who elect to reside on the first floor of the home until they are more comfortable climbing stairs. Even though they have been instructed on the stairs in the hospital by the hospital…