Still limping post op 6weeks

Not unusual. Why give up the crutches. I found it was better to use the crutches or walking sticks (Canes) with a good gait because it trained my brain and muscles to walk well. I needed them because I was waiting for a TKR. I'm now 7 weeks on TKR, use crutches out and about for longer distances because my balance is still a bit iffy on rough surfaces and downhill is still very difficult. Inside I'm fine if I don't have to dodge other people so I use the aids as a signal to keep their kids and dogs under control round me if there are crowds.

As you'll see from other answers, 6 weeks post op is still very early.  I also have a limp when trying to walk without a stick, even after 11 weeks. A week ago I saw a physio who emphasied that a THR is major surgery, & recovery takes 'a while'. You must also remember that perhaps, like me, you were limping on an arthritic hip for several months or even years before your surgery ~ in which case your muscles have been degrading for a long time, & will take rather a long time to recover. My physio assures me that I will return to normal, but it may take a number of months (depending not only on how well one sticks to one's exercises, but also on natural biological variation).  So ~ keep doing the exercises to strengthen the muscles around your hip; & accept that it might take a few months to return to normal with no limp. Hang in there (as they say)!

If you ditched the crutches and walk unaided with a limp....no, you aren't normal-you are bionic! I AM JEALOUS

Not sure what exercises you were given.  Like many on here I was given a sheet of exercises but did have physio help with these exercises in hospital.  My physio told me that the exercise where you swing your operated leg out to the side and back was the one exercise that helped with limping.  I'm 4 weeks post op and don't limp. I only use a stick around the house on painful days but still use 2 sticks on walks to help to take the strain.  This also ensures I don't limp.

It is prudent to follow Dr's and PT's instruction regarding when and which excercises

to do.  My thr was done posterior w/robotic assistance.  I had 10 days of PT in my

home starting 1 week after hospital discharge.  I was given a sheet w/excercises

that included leg raises ft,rear & side, heal drags in bed, leg raises in bed and bridge

lifts in bed.  From the beginning I was able to complete all of these excercises but

with some difficulty with some of them.  I was told that as my muscles became stronger the excercises would become easier----it's true.  The thing is:  once you have

been given the ok to do whatever excercises and walking--DO THEM.  Everyone is

different in their recovery but everyone can improve on a daily basis if they work at

it.  Don't judge yourself by other's -- do what you can, with good form and everyday.

Be patient.

Hi Everyone

This is a reply about the exercises you're allowed to do or not to do. I wasnt told  to skip any of them.

I'm in the UK...was sent home with a list of exercises. One of them was ......hands on a chair in front of you.....abduct your leg.....put it out to the side...to strengthen the muscle. This was my 2nd THR and I had done this exercise loads of times.

 4 weeks post op...there was a crack while I was doing this exercise. Long and short of it....I fractured my "greater trochanter bone"{up at the femur} The consultant that saw me said there was nothing they could do....it would heal itself....but would take a long time.  Almost 8 months later I'm still in pain and on 2 crutches

So be careful please

Love

Eileen

Hi I am almost 5 weeks post op and can walk with one crutch but without it I have a bad limp and can only manage a few steps. Hopefully in six weeks I will be doing as well as you. Good luck