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JEM74
JEM74

Having spent the last two years living a sedentary and fairly reclusive lifestyle because of the severe pain in both hips- I now have two new hips obtained over the last five months-, four weeks after the second THR and I am finding it hard to break old habits. I feel that I should be out and about enjoying my new-found relatively pain-free existence, walking lots as prescribed but it doesn't seem to happen. How do I break this mind-set?

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  • denise79180
    denise79180 JEM74

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    Get up each day and start fresh. Move every hour. My son gave me a Fitbit. I used it from my first day home. 200 steps. Yay. By week 3 was at 2000. Now I always aim for 10000. Just a great motivator.

    Worth a try perhaps?

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