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Total hip replacement - What to expect for recovery
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Susan - Let me repeat my "mantra" for after knee/hip replacement where limping is a persistent issue - find rehab PT and get gait training - they will help you retrain your brain. Also, if you have access to a pool, I found it helpful to practice walking in water without limping - and I felt like the resistance helped me get over that "90% hump". I also had an aqua therapist teach me to use stepping down against a large pool noodle (again resistance) to strengthen my quads.
Have you had any gait training?
Sue
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Sue, thank you for your reply.
I have just started gait training at PT. It is helpful and the PT seems knowledgeable about this. He has been with me since before the hip replacement. I started going to PT when i first had pain, but before i discovered that I needed a THR. So, he’s been with me for the entire journey.
One of the remarks he made while watching me walk laps around the room was that I am “scared walking.” I know this is true. I watch the floor/ground and take tentative steps. I think that I’m afraid I will fall down and break something! I told my surgeon that and he said,”You’re not going to break the new hip. It’s titanium. You might break something else.”
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