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As my mom’s carer, I learned a great deal about how you can make hip replacement recovery easier, and faster, for the patient. So I have put together over 100 tips, that I think will make things go much more smoothly, and hopefully I can make it easier for you, in your recovery. Tips for hip replacement recovery – <\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_toggle title=”CONTENTS – Overview & Quick Links” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” body_ul_font=”||||||||” body_ul_text_color=”#59bdd6″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Hip Replacement recovery tips –<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Home care after hip replacement surgery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What not to do after a hip replacement ?<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Hip replacement recovery week by week<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Posterior and lateral hip replacement recovery week by week<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Anterior hip replacement recovery week by week<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”recoverytips” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prior to your hip surgery, you can take the same steps to preparing the foundations toward a good recovery, for each of the different types of hip replacement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Go on a diet if you are overweight. 2. Build up the strength as much as you can in your leg and hip before your surgery<\/strong> – you will find a full set of exercises here – <\/strong><\/a>https:\/\/www.durangojointreplacements.com\/patient-forms\/hip-exercises-before-total-hip-surgery.pdf.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 3. This is a good time to quit smoking – <\/strong>anything which helps you go into your operation healthier is a benefit. 4. Make sure you have someone to drive you to appointments.<\/strong> 5. Find a carer to help you after your surgery.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n 6. Learn to sit down and to stand up using a walker – <\/strong>helps you maintain stability.<\/p>\n 7. It’s also a good idea for your carer-to-be needs to know<\/strong> how to use the walker correctly for sitting and standing.<\/p>\n 8. You will want to learn how to<\/strong> –<\/p>\n Learning to do this can help to eliminate silly mistakes, which could cause painful injuries.<\/p>\n 9. A pair of flat shoes with a low, flat heel with a good capacity for shock absorption<\/strong> – something like a tennis shoe is going to essential. You can slip on shoes, or get shoes with elastic laces, which you tie up before the shoes are put on, then put them on with a shoe horn in the same way as you would a slip-on shoe.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”carerthink” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10. You will be wiser living on just one floor<\/strong> of your home during your recovery, at least for a few weeks, to avoid using the stairs.<\/p>\n 11. Cook meals in advance and freeze them –<\/strong> you can simply heat them up in the oven after your surgery.<\/p>\n 12. If you have a microwave<\/strong>, and you can put it at a nice height for access without bending, use that to heat up meals, rather than an oven, so you won’t have to bend down.<\/p>\n 13. Buy about a month’s worth of canned foods, and non-perishables<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 14. Group all you buy in one place at a good height<\/strong> – between your waist and your shoulder height.<\/p>\n 15. Set up an area in the kitchen with – Put all the items together, and make sure again that they are at the right height.<\/p>\n 16. Buy a vacuum insulated mug<\/strong>, if you don’t have one, so you can carry it around with you without spilling the drink, and it’ll keep drinks warm or cold.<\/p>\n 17. Buy a vacuum insulated thermos if you want to make larger amounts of hot drinks<\/strong>, and then just put that next to you, for refills – particularly in the first 7 days when you may not want to be walking a great deal more than you have too, and you won’t have to constantly ask your carer to get you another drink.<\/p>\n 18. Do the same with items you use on a daily basis in the living room, bathroom, and bedroom, <\/strong>and put them at a height where you can get to them in each room.<\/p>\n 19. Have a good chair with armrests<\/strong> in all rooms where you will be spending time – the seat has to be the right height for your hip replacement. If you’re not sure what height that is, you can find out in my article “How To Sit In A Chair After A Hip Replacement: An Illustrated Guide”, <\/strong><\/a>which also tells how to find the correct height, the best type of chair, how long you will need the chair, and more.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”carerthink” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n 20. Set up an area with a good chair with armrests and table where you will be spending most of your initial recovery time<\/strong>, and have –<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are watching the TV, don’t do it miles from there !<\/p>\n 21. Check the bed that you are using is at the right height<\/strong>, and that the adjacent floor by the bed is not slippery – if it is put down something non-slip.<\/p>\n 22. Get a bedside commode for next to the bed<\/strong> – this is extremely useful\u00a0 in the first week after hospital, as you aren’t going to be able to get to the bathroom quickly.<\/p>\n 23. Elderly adults may have problems with bladder control, for a month or so after, after general anesthetic, so a bedside commode becomes even more handy.<\/p>\n 24. Elderly adults may also want to wear a disposable incontinence briefs<\/strong> for a few weeks after the hip replacement surgery, so you may need to buy some of those.<\/p>\n 25. You may also want to protect the bed with a disposable incontinence bed under pad, <\/strong>if you are looking after an elderly person.<\/p>\n 26. Next to the bedside commode, you will also need to set up a place<\/strong> where you can put all the toilet supplies that you will need for personal care and toileting, plus any ladies sanitary products, a towel etc.<\/p>\n 27. Don’t forget to put some kind of floor protection<\/strong> down on the floor if you get a bedside commode for next to the bed – I have an article covering different types of floor protection for bedside commodes, and there are plenty of cheap options you can use. You can read that here\u00a0 – “Floor Protection For A Bedside Commode”<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 28. Attach a walker pouch, or bag to your walker<\/strong> – it’ll hold lightweight items in it, and wear a fanny pack.<\/p>\n 29. Wear a fanny pack<\/strong>, so you have a way of keeping small items such as a cell phone on you at all times.<\/p>\n 30. Keep a cellphone on you<\/strong> – in the fanny pack.<\/p>\n 31. Take a tour of your home and remove rugs, or other obstacles, <\/strong>on which you can trip.<\/p>\n 32. Move furniture away from in front of curtains<\/strong> – it can cause over reaching and straining of the hip, when you try to open or close the curtains.<\/p>\n 33. Get lots of clean laundry ready in advance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”carerthink” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The bathroom is statistically the most dangerous room in the house<\/strong>, but you can take a few precautions to make it a lot safer.<\/p>\n 34. Install grab bars<\/strong> in the shower, by the tub and by the sink – only use the type that are actually screwed to the wall.<\/p>\n 35. Put on a clamp-on vertical bathtub grab bar <\/strong>on the bathtub, or a tension mounted floor to ceiling pole.<\/p>\n 36. You will need a raised toilet seat with armrests<\/strong> – you can use your 3-in- 1 bedside commode.<\/p>\n 37. Get a shower seat\/bench\/chair<\/strong>, so that you can wash yourself sitting down in the shower.<\/p>\n 38. Use a handheld shower head<\/strong> to shower.<\/p>\n 39. Place non-slip mats<\/strong> in the shower, and next to the bathtub, and in the tub if you are going to stand in it.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”recoverytipsafter” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Posterior and lateral approach hip replacement surgeries are far more invasive than anterior approach hip replacement surgery, and as such, the tips for recovery after surgery are quite different for a lot of things.<\/p>\n So, let’s start with the more involved –<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_id=”recoverytipspost” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_blurb title=”Illustration 1\/” image=”https:\/\/lookingaftermomanddad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/90-defree-rule-correct.jpg” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_padding__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_phone=”||25px||false|false” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n 40. The 90 degree rule – <\/strong>the illustration above shows the 90 degree rule for a person who is seated.<\/p>\n You should not bend your hip more than this when you are seated, standing or lying down – your hip should not bend more than 90 degrees.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 41. The 90 degree rule <\/strong>is to be observed after posterior and lateral hip replacement surgery for up to 6 to 12 weeks. Your surgeon will tell you when you can stop following the precautions. 42. Only sit in chairs with a firm seat which is at the same height as, or higher than, your knees<\/strong>, that way your hip will be higher than your knee, and so cannot be at an angle greater than 90 degrees.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_blurb title=”Illlustration 2\/” image=”https:\/\/lookingaftermomanddad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/incorrect-seating-posture-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_phone=”||25px||false|false”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Illustration 3\/” image=”https:\/\/lookingaftermomanddad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/incorrect-seated-position-3.jpg” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||25px||false|false”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text module_id=”besthipdoineed” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n 43. Do not lean forwards like the figures, in illustrations 2 and 3, you can that it breaks the 90 degree rule doing<\/strong> –\u00a0 it results in too much pressure being exerted on the new hip replacement.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb title=”Illustration 4\/” image=”https:\/\/lookingaftermomanddad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/incorrect-seated-position-2copyright.jpg” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding_phone=”||25px||false|false”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”besthipdoineed” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n 44. Your hip should never be lower than your knees when you are seated,\u00a0 as you see it in illustration 4\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 45. As the figure, in illustration 4\/, attempts to stand up<\/strong>, it will only be possible to do so by leaning forwards, to gain momentum to lift themselves upwards, and this will put way too much pressure on the hip, and risks it dislocating.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb title=”Illustration 5″ image=”https:\/\/lookingaftermomanddad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hip-stand-7-chair-final-reversed.jpg” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_phone=”||25px||false|false” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n 46. Don’t sit in sofas, armchairs, soft chairs, on bean bags, floor cushions and low seats after your surgery<\/strong> – only sit in upright, straight-backed chairs with armrests. 47. Use chairs with<\/strong> armrests after hip surgery, <\/strong>as the armrests help you to sit down, and to stand up, correctly, without leaning forwards and breaking the 90 degree rule – you can see in illustration 5\/, above,\u00a0 how the figure is pushing up vertically, using the armrests of a chair to stand, or to lower themselves down without bending forwards as they sit.<\/p>\n 48.\u00a0 Before you stand up from a chair, or a raised toilet seat, tuck your good leg a little further in and under your body than you normally would –<\/strong>\u00a0this helps you push up more easily, with increased power, and means that you won’t naturally lean forwards so much as you stand.<\/p>\n
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