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Newly replaced hip dislocated after 4 weeks.

Joint Replacements | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (9)
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@janeen17

Hi Joe, first of all congratulations re your level of fitness! Second, from what I've been told after all of my hip replacements and revisions, the other post op do-not-do that you did was crossing your legs. I must have had conservative surgeons, because they told me I had to observe the post-op rules for 12 weeks. So glad all turned out well for you!

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | 5 days ago

Hi Janeen,

Thanks for replying. A conservative approach is always better and if I had followed that, I would not have been bending over so far just 4 weeks after hip replacement, and I would have avoided the pain and inconvenience of a dislocated hip. That's totally on me.

The incision healed very quickly and the swelling subsided. But it still takes time, months - up to a year - for everything to settle and for the body to adjust to the prostheses. My bad for not paying more attention. I think your conservative surgeons are right!

Joe

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