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Wow, great advice. I do a lot of water PT, especially because my hip replacement is 16 years old and I'd like to avoid a revision. I also wonder about the pharms for bones in reference to my hip bone and its relationship to the ceramic/titanium part. If the jaw can be tricky with infection etc. I know a hip replacement can also be tricky with infection.
I have had a history of a torn miniscus and addressing the problem involves exercises where I do lift my back in lying position with bent knees. For muscles and bone strengthening now the PT gave me an exercise where I bend the back INTO the floor, meanwhile tensing the inner abdominal muscles. I know walking is very good as a weight bearing exercise. I do a lot of it around the house, up and down the stairs around twelve times a day at least. And shopping and browsing a good bit at the stores. Not so much walking on a treadmill or just 'taking a walk' in the neighborhood. But walking in place, I'll do that more. Have begun doing that. Do you add weights on your legs?

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I use ankle weights, 2lbs. each. It is surprising how much I feel that little amount of weight.
There are several exercises I do with the ankle weights - leg lifts by bringing up your knee as high as you can, side leg lifts, back leg lifts, running in place, standing and then bending as if you’re going to sit and just touch the seat of a chair and come back up. Start with doing 8 reps of each and increase to 2 reps and 3 reps. Sometimes I’ll just walked around my house as I do chores with the weights in until I start to feel my legs say “enough.”