Calling all veteran hippies!

I know this is a serious discussion but as I read your post the vision of this lady doing pole dancing and swinging from chandeliers shot into my mind 😱

I was anxious about dislocation, I think we all are in the early weeks but stiffness certainly puts a stop to pole dancing and makes you stick to the 90 degree rule.

If you want to go swimming don't do breast stroke legs for a few months and adopt a passive role for a while in the bedroom.

I was terrified of dislocation first time around but not so much this time. Every twinge or click last time around had me thinking, 'here we go, I've done something major to it'.  Second time around I'm more aware of how resilient my new joint is and just how hard it is to dislocate if you are sticking to your restrictions.

I have always gone with the little and often approach to walking and exercising and it seems to have served me well.

I think this lady must have had more going on than just a straightforward hip replacement.

I think the key is to be cautious about what we do and to pay attention to the do's and don'ts, especially in the first 6 months.  My physical therapist said "Don't pivot!" Meaning, don't pivot on that foot.  I got very good with both walker and cane with consciously lifting that foot up and pivoting on my good leg.  The alternative is taking baby steps as you turn a corner.  I don't think he meant not to pivot forever, but to be careful in the first months.

Dear karen

I had displasia for 33 years and hat total hip replacment 3 monthes before so the precuations where a bit different from other pationt for example I hadn't climb any stairs for 2 months i had to stay @ home for 3 months bc ..... These is becouse of my week musl and complex surgery

Hope my hip will have atleast 30 years with out revision

Hi Karen. At 69 years old, I am now 12 weeks post surgery for total hip replacement. It was done on the site of two previous surgeries.  The first for a slipped epiphysis when I was just 13 years old - and the second, a pelvic osteotomy, on my 26th birthday!!!  Delighted to report that all is remarkably good - apart from problems in my ankle and knee....partly due to having had one leg shorter than the other since I was 13 - and that being rectified with my latest surgery. Also, my physiotherapist stated that I have the flattest feet she has ever seen.....!!!!  I now have a podiatry assessment booked at a local hospital's clinic to address the problems - and to ensure that don't impact negatively on the new hip. I now walk ,on average, between five thousand - 7,500 steps a day and have joined the 'Toning Table' sessions at a local health centre. The toning tables provide gentle, passive resistant exercise that can be adjusted to indivual requirements.  There are a couple of tables/chairs that can't be used yet....but it certainly does seem to help keep things mobile and therefore helps keep me flexible. I have been doing this for the past three weeks with no problems.   Hope that encourages you....😊