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Seat height post THR

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Flossytwitter
Flossytwitter

Just wondering whether I'll always need a higher seat on my easy chairs. I'm day 8 postoperative and doing well, but thinking about any possible future needs. I'm only 58 and really don't want to be limited in my choice of furniture. I'm not really tall, but do have long legs and my seat at the moment  needs to be 19 inches high. What do you think? 

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  • ros007
    ros007 Flossytwitter

    Posted

    When you visit friends and can sit comfortably on their lower furniture and get out of it without assistance then you can start to think about your own. I would avoid too low and think about a chair with arms to match the settees. I can manage lower seating but find that heights no more than an inch or so lower than the 17" which I needed more comfortable.

    Good luck

    • Flossytwitter
      Flossytwitter ros007

      Posted

      That sounds really sensible, I'll bear your advice in mind. Thank you. 
  • Jackie_k
    Jackie_k Flossytwitter

    Posted

    Hello everyone, thought I'd share this with you as it might make some of you feel better, I'm 47 and had THR 5 weeks ago, I'm a hairdresser and lots of my ladies are 80+ lots of them have had Hip/knee replacements and have bounced back within weeks! No pressure for me then!.... A nurse at the hospital told me they had a 99 year old lady in for THR who walked out of the place fit as a fiddle 3 days later!! But it does seem that the older you are ( no offence to anyone) the less you feel the pain as your pain receptors are affected with age, so I'm going to have my 12 weeks off with pride! Haha good luck to you all x
    • Flossytwitter
      Flossytwitter Jackie_k

      Posted

      Thanks Jackie. I expect to be back at work at 6 weeks, though may do some home working before that if I get bored at all...long story. Being on your feet all day I would definitely expect you to take the 12 weeks off! You deserve it. I'm mainly desk bound now, though some driving may be involved at times, so much easier for me to return quickly. 
  • Amnesia3637
    Amnesia3637 Flossytwitter

    Posted

    Hi. If you have any of the reconditioned furniture shops in your area then they're worth a look at for cheap, temporary chairs. Saves forking out loads of dosh. Go online for Reviive shops (yes, two i's). I bought an upright fireside chair, right height for post op sitting and very comfortable for £40. Our local Independent Living Partnership was going to charge me £10

    per week rent on some tatty old chair cleared out from a nursing home! All the other equipment has been lent by OT Dept.

    • Flossytwitter
      Flossytwitter Amnesia3637

      Posted

      I'd thought about these stores before my op, but as I have a suitable chair that just needed raised a bit il hang on a bit, before making any decisions. Thanks for your response. 
  • Jodi-France
    Jodi-France Flossytwitter

    Posted

    I think you will be fine. Your body heals up and you go back to normal. However you were before you will be again if you have no complications. I hated the raised toilet seat but I had to have it for a while.
  • kaleani75551
    kaleani75551 Flossytwitter

    Posted

    I kept the extra pillows on the chair i used most after the surgeries for about 8-10 weeks, i am now 16 weeks post op on the right side - left side done last year.  I would say up to 12 weeks is still early in the recovery process and you follow instructions to the letter.  After that, it is up to you and your physical condition.  Nothing is a lifetime with THR except being always aware that you do have to be careful if you want your implants to last as long as possible.
  • christine98681
    christine98681 Flossytwitter

    Posted

    hi

    OT meased me i was told not to use any soft cusion or pillows by the OT this is my second hip replacement and im 8 weeks post op also no less than 18 inches from floor and an hard bottom chair as it can cause hip to pop out its supposed to go on your height i was like you didn't want to start buying different furniture OT had this cusion sent to my house before i went home.

     i also was sent an air cusion but its an hard one to go in my chair or use it on my own settee you can buy these from an NHS site they sell them cheap but still brand new on the net if you want your own.

    i also have a recliner in an other room  but was told not to use them raiser chairs as it can throw you out too quick the OT adviced me not to get one of them.

    the cusion in question is like those people use in wheel chairs but thicker give your OT a ring they will help you out.least you can move the cusion about from chair to were ever you want to sit so long as you keep to the 90 degree

    hope this helps you

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