In this article I am going to cover how much a total hip replacement recipient should walk at all three stages of the recovery after surgery; the hospital stay, the in-home physical therapy, the...
Category: Total Hip Replacement
This article will explain the correct way to use cold therapy options to reduce pain and swelling after a total hip replacement surgery. As a physical therapist, this is what I advise my patients...
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...
Speed Up Recovery After Total Hip Replacement: (a PT’s Advice)
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...
Total Hip Precautions: Anterior, Posterior & Lateral Approaches
As a licensed 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,...
Can I Sit In A Recliner After Hip Replacement? A PT’s Advice
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...
