Crossing legs...is it so bad?

I've found myself doing it a few times without thinking, but each time I've had a sharp pain in my groin and have been reminded. I'm 12 days post op, so guess it will be easier with time.

I think the whole thing is listen to your body - not sure if dislocation occurs suddenly or a gradual or immediate ratcheting up of pain.  But, I defer to your surgeon / GP

Haven't done it for many years, so I don't miss it...I do cross at the ankles....

I wanted to know this because i wanted to sit crossed legged like children do in school because i was the child who had to sit on a chair because my keft leg doesnt bend at all. Its a silly thing but i was tols on here i deffo wouldnt be allowed to 😢

From my understanding its only part of the precautions when you are a newbie THR, and your muscles are all stretched and very weak.

One of the advanced exercises is exactly crossing legs, to stretch piniformus muscles in pelvis, you bend knee of surgery leg, ankle over knee, of other leg,  and tip knee, even with a gentle push, outwards, all I did was tip over like a spinning top off balance, so whats new, never been able to sit cross legged like others, teachers at school gave up pushing me, as only tipped me up, and all that achieved was laughing from the whole class.

I've done it quite a few times. I even did it three or four times in front of the doctor when I went to my last hospital appointment. He didn't say a word about it.

I have crossed my non op leg over my op leg but not the other way round.  Maybe with time I will do this but I haven't done it for so long.

You know i thought lifting my non op leg onto my op leg to put on shoe was ok until i did it in front of physio and he almost had a heart attack. He was like nooo you cant to that your breaking 90deg oops 😬😩

Dawn, there is a very good beneficial way to cross our legs after THR and that is with our ankle placed on the other knee and just let our leg kind of hang there.  It is an excellent pose, however, it is not as pretty and lady like as the traditional crossing the legs. Yes, I have done the traditional way while forgetting that I have new hips, and have caught myself and immediately stopped with no seeming harm done, but I, for me, would never make a habit of it again. AND it depends on which method was used for your THR.  If the scar is down the outside of your hip, then crossing legs is over.  Need we recall the poor woman who dislocated both hips at once?  Horrifying!

Dawn, USA