I didn’t mind the exercise's at all. Just something you have to do if you don’t want it to freeze up and have to have it re-done. I’ve had both hips replaced and a revision on one a month and a half after the initial surgery. Now I have one long scar where the doctor had to take out the one that wasn’t right and replace it. It kept dislocating because the other surgeon didn’t put it in right. Then I got infection in there and they’d draw fluid out of it about 5 times. I had natural childbirth 40 years ago, I’m no wimp on pain. But hip dislocation was so bad I thought I’d shoot myself. Had to go to ER by ambulance 4 times to have it put back in. I couldn’t wait to have it fixed. The only major risk was he’d crack my femur putting the new hip in. And my luck is not too good because he did crack it but it’s glued and wired in there. Hope it lasts a while. Of all the joint replacements the hip is the easiest to recover and if you had pain before, after surgery it’s gone. Incision pain but that’s nothing. I’m just glad I can walk without pain or a limp. You just gotta put the work in. My first one I was back to work in 2 weeks. I worked the truck at Kohl’s so they put me on a register for a month.