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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