Post op physio - what have you been offered?

dear liza, 

I have been on theforum for a while and read such different stories - apparently it depends on the country you live in, hospital, doctor and insurance  you have .

I live in Holland now( after living in Los Angeles for 34 years) and had 2 THr surgeries - My surgeon thought it was important to have physical therapy after hip replacement surgery - I took out insurance with supplement to get more PT sessions paid for ...

I am not sure what to tell you about the value ... personally I had not such luck with physical therapists out here - too much too soon or a one=size-fits-all approach -

I also read that some doctors discourage physical therapy but encourage just walking and doing simple exercises -

How are you doing otherwise?

big warm hug

renee

Sorry to hear just how little they are offering you. I am in Canada (Ontario). We have OMG just lost the whole reply. OK OK will start over.LOL 

We have the same surgery date May 24, medicare covers 4 visits from physio at home and then at least 6 at a clinic once I can drive, hopefully after 6 weeks. 

So far the physio has been here 3 times, I think we all need that because you can look at you-tube etc but it is not the same  as doing the excersises and somebody is watching to make sure you are doing them right..You need the physio it helps a lot

 

Hi

Im in the UK,had my hip replacement at wrightington hospital. I had the usual physio for 2 days in hospital. I asked if I needed physio following discharge, they said it wasn't necessary.

By 7 weeks seeing the consultant I had a limp,he suggested physio.due to months of waiting on a list, I went private.

I'm still seeing him now every 2 weeks, I'm roughly 4 months post op.

My limp has improved greatly, I do the excersises every day and have deep tissue massages and had some acupuncture, both have helped when I go.

I contacted gp recently and he is now referred me to a physio as been left with a couple of problems, he was reluctant to refer me.

It's such a shame someone else has remarked on here,your pretty much left to it!! Im going to start swimming soon,I think it will help.

Good luck with it and wishing you a good recovery

Nicky

None and none (in East Lothian). 👣

Had op 23 Sept 2016 and had usual hospital physio/PT for a couple of days. Then nothing and saw arthroplasty nurse at 10 weeks (end Nov) who said 'you're limping, you need physio, I'll refer you'. Never heard a thing until beginning of April by which time I'd given in and found my own physio. Physio is a limited resource but it does seem a shame there isn't a bit more help for a few weeks after the op. 🚲