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Waddling like a duck !!

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vanessa88276
vanessa88276

Hi I had physio yesterday and it went really well xx I am 3 weeks post op tomorrow x physio has told me to walk round house without crutches. I find it hard to get going from chair and then when I am walking it looks awful like a pained waddling duck !!! Any help advice tips would be greatly appreciated xx I am doing exercises 3 times a day which I may add are a killer and I realm struggle standing on one leg xx

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  • rose0000
    rose0000 vanessa88276

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    Hello duckie! I am a week and a bit ahead of you in terms of dates and have to say I too am walking like a stiff penguin!!! Literally can not but believe how terrible I look - although my hip feels quite solid and stable (for once!) but stiff as a board and can only manage short distances. So will watch your post with interest.

    How are you today? Apart from being a waddling duck? smile

    • vanessa88276
      vanessa88276 rose0000

      Posted

      Lol I'm OK got a real pain in the bum lol guess that's the exercises workingxx I have 3 more physio sessions then I'm on my own I do exercises 3 times a day when I can muster up the strength lol x but am determined to get back to work as soon as I can day time TV driving me insane Lol xx good luck to you in your recovery you will see me on here quite often I find this site invaluable to me :-) take care and happy new year xx
    • ruth39320
      ruth39320 vanessa88276

      Posted

      I get a real pain in the bum , surgeon said its when I have done too much and to knock back excercise and rest it. He said if you sprain it it can knock you back weeks
    • vanessa88276
      vanessa88276 ruth39320

      Posted

      Oh gosh really!!! That explains a lot I have been pushing myself going to take it stedier today and have a rest this afternoon x thank you x
    • rose0000
      rose0000 vanessa88276

      Posted

      The day time TV really pushed me over the edge at 3 weeks too. I felt quite sick of everything at that stage to be honest, and thought it would never end. I wouldn't say I was much further forward, but I have done a few things than I could do before which was good. It is SLOW isn't it....hell could freeze over and I still think I would be like this. 

      I am guessing you have done lots of exercise yesterday hence the achy bum and may need a more relaxed day.

      I am amazed at the conflicting physio advice! One tells you to wait until you can walk without limp before ditching aids, the other physio is all for waddling. I worry about my waddle. It does not feel healthy or comfortable but then what do I know? I can walk properly with one crutch now which is progress of sorts I suppose....

      Why on earth isn't there some joined up thinking in the phsiotherapy world when it comes to hips?? There must be the 'right' way after all this time, and so many years of research...so I wonder if anyone can answer??? Might start a new post....

    • carol98191._UK
      carol98191._UK rose0000

      Posted

      Hi Rose, like you feel as stiff as a board especially in the morning and getting from chair to standing!  I wonder how long this feeling goes on for ( I'm now 6 weeks po) 

      Maybe I should be exercising more?? 

    • rose0000
      rose0000 carol98191._UK

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      Hi Carol I literally haven't stopped for the last three days - walking non stop, cooking and cleaning still as stiff as a board! I am not sure exercise changes much, if anything I am getting stiffer!!!! Trying to heave myself out of bed every day feels like more effort than it is worth!! smile Isn't this fun??? Honestly wondering when the day will come when I feel something approaching normal!! :0 do you feel like that?

    • carol98191._UK
      carol98191._UK rose0000

      Posted

      Hi Rose Just having a laugh to myself - know what you mean about trying to heave yourself out of bed  - every morning I feel like a big beached whale trying to get out of bed, then trying to get moving, I feel like I need a gallon of oil to get me going ha ha😀😀😀😀

      Just wonder how long it takes before you can wake up and jump out of bed and get on with everyday things??? 

      Im beginning to forget what "normal" feels like!!!! But I'm trying to remain positive and think it will end sometime 😕

      If if you find the magic potion let me know ha ha!!! One day we will have forgotten about all this 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻X

    • rose0000
      rose0000 carol98191._UK

      Posted

      I don't know about FEELING like a beached whale - I am beginning to look like one too!!!!!! Especially in this blue top today smile

      Well today I noticed it was definitely a tiny bit easier - the heaving bed however hardly springing out of bed just yet smile or springing anywhere except for perhaps to the fridge smile

      This will one day be a memory we are rather proud of, and we need to keep ourselves cheery as hard as it is sometimes. I keep looking and planning holidays - imagining glorious garden parties and days full of sunshine. It feels like a tonic to an otherwise bleak winters day - and the day time TV is driving me nuts - but we are getting better Carol - at least the worst is behind us now!

    • sue1957Geo
      sue1957Geo rose0000

      Posted

      You will be surprised how quick the time goes i tell you, 8 weeks have nearly gone by and I don't know where.   Every week you wil find you can do something you could not do last week.  In a way i cannot raid my fridge as i have to bend down, but the cupboard is full of biscuits cake and chocs, so this beach rather pink whale (pink top) is a size bigger, thank goodness for elastic waists.

      suexx

  • shirley17649
    shirley17649 vanessa88276

    Posted

    hi vanessa

    ​Don't worry, the standing on one leg will come slowly but surely.

    ​ At nearly 4 months post op I don't use my stick around the house.

    Getting up from the chair gets better the more you practise it.

    Best wishes

    ​Shirley

  • ruth39320
    ruth39320 vanessa88276

    Posted

    Hi hippie

    im 7 weeks and walk round the house without crutches but if it starts to hurt or I start to waddle I will use the crutch for a couple of hours, it just rests it

    you will get better, just don't push it, and listen to your body

  • renee01952
    renee01952 vanessa88276

    Posted

    Oh dear .... here we go again ... it is so contradictory ...

    With 1st  RighTHR I had PT who told me walk unaided when I was 3 weeks - I was allowed to furniture surf, so to speak, and had to use cane outside - She also increased excercises having me do leg presses with weights etc.  Well ... pretty soon my left hip started to act up and THR was scheduled for September - in the meantime, I still did what she told me to do- I was in so much pain I just stopped going ...

    2nd Left THR - different PT - at 3 weeks I showed him proudly: "Look , no hands"

    He got so angry and told me that I had to use the rollator, even in house, no furniture surfing etc. until at least 6 weeks as that would compromise healing and walking properly - excercises were kept basic with increasing repetitions when it felt good - if there is pain, stop ... 

    Listen to your body vanessa .... Just picture healing, repairing taking place -it is so fragile and yanking it is not going to help - 

    be gentle and kind to Vanessa - Tender loving care -

    big warm hug

    renee

     

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