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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: May 24 3:41pm | Replies (21)

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@janeen17

Wow Joan! It sounds like you are doing well in terms of mobility, ask things considered. How in the world did you find the unicorn PT who is familiar with the Girdlestone procedure? Congrats on that. I had mine 6 months ago. No hope of getting another hip. My leg is still very unstable, "knocking around" in there all the time, as if it's dislocating but if course there is no joint to dislocate. Did you go through that phase, too?

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conroy | @conroy | Jan 25 2:34pm

Hi Janeen, I just lucked out getting my PT (Sent from the agency I had in Rehab). I'm not sure that Girdlestone procedure was absolutely necessary but I was so sick that I didn't know what else to do.
I favor the wheelchair to get around my apartment but my goal is to be sturdy enough to solely use the cane. I had my operation (actually 3!) this past March. Then went to rehab and one month in assisted living. I came home in June and started working with Dan, my PT and an occupational therapist, Lauren, who I didn't need for very long. My biggest hurdle was getting into my bathtub to shower. I conquered that with an aide's assistance. I now can do it solo by dragging my right leg into the tub.
I do a lot of walking using the walker and am up to 400 feet.
I believe upper body strength and good posture exercises
are crucial to improving so we focus on those quite a bit.
Do you have leg length discrepancy requiring a custom shoe? Stay in touch.

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