@beachbabe My hip replacement was four years ago so things may have changed. In the pre-op room before the procedure Dr. Chow walked in with what looked like a ten page document from the hospital stating the standard post op requirements: no crossing legs, etc. He tossed the document into the waste paper basket and said he had only three requirements: (1) take your meds; (2) Do regular icing with compression from the ice machine rental he provided as part of his fee; and (3) be a couch potato for five weeks because "the one thing I can't do is make bones grow". It was an uncemented procedure...hence the five week waiting period.

I had zero post operative pain.