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colinTN17
colinTN17

On reading quite a few of these posts it would appear that quite a few hip oppers have post op treatment, physio &hydrotherapy spring to mind, as a matter of course. 

Is this the case with everyone on NHS or is it just private health or our Cousins across the pond who have this extra treatment.

I'm NHS albeit done at a private hospital but apart from physio for the 3days after op and my 6 week check I've had no other physio.

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  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK colinTN17

    Posted

    I am NHS, private hospital, and have had loads of physio, in fact getting 'classes' of circuit training every week now.

    Graham

    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK

      Posted

      I was getting one-to-one physio for the first few weeks - being seen every 14 days, this week started 'classes', where 6-8 of us work our way around the physio room, at different exercises for 3 minutes each.

      Three minutes doesn't sound much, but I was wacked after that.

      Seated knee flexion/extension

      Standing knee bends (heel up behind you)

      Marching on spot

      Squats

      Lunges (forwards like a  sword-fencer)

      Wobble board (balancing, very hard)

      Sit to stand (standing and sitting without using arms)

      step ups (about half a normal stair height)

      calf raises (up on tiptoes)

      Wall slides (back against wall, and flex knees up/down)

      Cycle exerciser

      Graham

  • abby21470
    abby21470 colinTN17

    Posted

    I'm the same as you Colin NHS but in local Nuffield hosp - and having the same experience. I was in for 3 days and Physio visited briefly then and gave me sheet of exercises to take home. She said if I wanted more Physio I 'd need to put myself on the waiting list at my GPs, or could pay for some sessions there. I thought there'd be a lot mor physio available.
    • colinTN17
      colinTN17 Rocketman_SG6UK

      Posted

      Looks like you have been lucky Graham. Could it be though that this extra work has caused your ceramic failure? What made you go down the ceramic route anyway when metal/plastic is tried and tested?
    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK colinTN17

      Posted

      Totally unrelated.

      My surgeon didn't lock the ceramic into the liner properly, the xray taken 24 hours after the operation shows this, but to compound the error, it was not picked up until 3 or 4 weeks after the operation.

      Apparently I am young (63), big/tall and active, so he assessed that I needed something hardwearing that would last, hence the ceramic instead of plastic.

      Regards

      Graham

  • sassybees
    sassybees colinTN17

    Posted

    Im Australia. I was given physio. I did 4 sessions. I guess im one of the lucky ones. ...i can do 99%. If all activities. ..im just aware of the 90 degreee rule. To be honest i found physio a waste of time.
  • tony30891
    tony30891 colinTN17

    Posted

    I was discharged from hospital after three days, just told to weight bear and rest for two weeks and then weight bear. No exercise sheets or physio. My next appointment is after 8 weeks, probably due to the Christmas period. I think I may be referred for physio after this if necessary.
    • colinTN17
      colinTN17 tony30891

      Posted

      Hi Tony

      you really should have at least been given an exercise sheet to follow and be dozing the exercise plan at least twice a day if you want to make a quick recovery. Didn't you have any  post op physio.

    • tony30891
      tony30891 colinTN17

      Posted

      No, only climbing three stairs and standing on my toes.
    • tony30891
      tony30891 colinTN17

      Posted

      I enquires about physio and was told it would be after my next appointment if necessary.
  • tony30891
    tony30891 colinTN17

    Posted

    I could have gone to a private hospital via NHS but elected to go to a local hospital famous for its orthopaedic work. Tony
    • colinTN17
      colinTN17 tony30891

      Posted

      I hope you have looked up what sort of exercises you should be doing. I'd also get onto your hospital contact to find out why you weren't given exercise advice. The exercises if done properly do help with recovery
    • Thursday_Next
      Thursday_Next colinTN17

      Posted

      Colin, I know that you are convinced by exercise but some of us have been treated at hospitals well known worldwide for their hip expertise and by surgeons with reputations to match who advocate walking as the exercise necessary for recovery.   I am not knocking physio therapy or exercises but perhaps they are not the only route to recovery.  I don't feel you are in a position to suggest that someone else is not being treated correctly because their surgeon has suggested something different.

      it appears that there are many routes to the same end in THR hence the different surgical procedures, different medications given, different exercise regimes given, different advice re TED stockings etc, etc.  If there was only one route then all hospitals/surgeons would follow the same protocol.

    • Loral
      Loral Thursday_Next

      Posted

      I had lots of PT and my Dr. said if walking was my biggest goal then just walk, I'm only 54 so I would like to be a bit more flexible than just walking will make me.
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