Can I stretch my legs??

Hi Julie

I've had both hips replaced, I'm 7wks post op on my last op. Like u, I kept waking up and doing it without realising but the surgeon said its fine to stretch so I did. It never hurt tho. Just felt a bit funny for a few weeks but now I'm fine. Everyone heals differently tho.

Good luck with ur recovery

Karen

Julie im 2 and1/2 week aftre THR and doing this every morning

It hurts but its good for u.

Cheers Madla

Julie

​I am 9 weeks post op and have been stretching my legs since the beginning, some pain but with the exercises it is all about stretching and strengthening those muscles and tendons.  

If they need stretching just go with the flo.

I was told gentle stretching ok but very gentle .. Remember muscle sinews tendons and fat been sliced through so keep it very light X

I feel that's a good thing cause you want to stretch. But I would call your dr. To check to see if it's OK.

You'll go through different changes. I am 5wks and 3 days in.

I have the same urge --I am PRE-operation.  It does NOT hurt me, but rather seems --(now I repeat that I am not at the stage where I have HAD the hip replacement operation) the EXACT RIGHT THING to do.  But interstingly,  I now realize thatI have not hear dof simply STRETCHING as being recommended although  I HAVE  heard that you should do ancle pumps --3000 of them --yes thre thousand per day--and about five other things like adduction moeves and quad strethces adn lateral slides and pressing your buttocks down --bun squeezes. ANd always , I shoudl think , what you should or should NOT do is contingent on whether you had an ANTERIOR  or POSTERIOR  hip .  For exmaple I remember that is you had porsterior there are MORE precautions --ther are more things you have to avoid , and if it is anterior , you definetly don NOT do what they call "bridging" which is where you are lying on your back and you form a sort  of bridge by raising your thighs and knees up in the air. I notice most people --all of us-- are NOT stating whether we had POSTERIOR  which USED to be the COMMONEST method ) or ANTERIOR . The precautions --the no no'-s - after posterior --as everyone probably knows -- include "don't cross your legs" --and don't cross the mid-line  AND don't form any angle smaller than a  90 degree angle.  It is my impression that this last rule is usually mis-stated as "don't exceed the 90 degree angle" .