Bilateral Hip Replacement Concern

welcome to the group and i will try to help with a couple of things, i know we we wear out at certain points in our lives. i have come to learn that slow steady approach to getting muscle back to the area you need it takes time, i go to the point of pain just a second or two and back off.
maybe try the exercise the way that i can still get the feel that its working but that's it. alternate group days, like today i do band exercises, was using a 20 weight band and because i got impatient i had to cut back to the 10 pd band. but since i backed off and took my time i can now know my limits and over the last three months have dropped a pants size. same band just more reps. lastly , drove semi approximately 30 years combined, over 3 million miles if you count my 4 years in Iraq, that would be no clue to how many shifts using a clutch with the knees, or hips getting up and down out of the truck or the trailer but i stayed in shape. mostly a keester load of walking. but it always came back to keeping the muscles around your bones in top working order or best as you can. ill be 69 next month and still just minor surgeries. I hope you can recover fully and get around like you want to. have a blessed day.

@randallshields56
Do you feel that helps to keep from having a dislocation? My biggest fear as the other hip is being down week after next

howdy, I've had a couple friends have both hips done just them time to heal and the the physical therapy anyway, watch their eyes when they answer. and i am not a doctor so i cant see what they can see. i just know that if you can build the muscle up around whatever is needing worked on then i would rather build the muscle and see how long that works till i have no choice to get something replaced. i don't like surgeries but recently had to have a tumor in the brain removed and days later a bleeder in the brain fixed which as i heard later could have given me a stroke. second opinions are great, hey doc do i have the time to maybe to build the muscles needed to not have the surgery done get his honest thoughts,

I had a left hip replacement about three years ago. It was done by Superpath (a newer alternative to anterior). I came out of it with no post surgery pain. I had an RX for oxycodone but never used a single pill. Three years later it is still working fine.

My surgeon (incidentally the principal inventor of the Superpath method) walked into the waiting area in the outpatient facility with a ten page document from the hospital. All the things you shouldn't do such as crossing your legs. He tossed it in the waste paper basket. he said do two things: 1) be a couch potato for the first five weeks; and 2) take your medicine. He explained that the reason for #1 was that the only thing he couldn't do on a hip replacement was make bones grow. Mother nature needed to do that.

I have one piece of advice: Either trust your surgeon and follow his advice or get a new surgeon. I trusted mine so that three weeks ago he replaced my right knee. Again, no post surgery pain.

There is no guarantee that the surgery will work fine. The best surgeon can still have something go wrong. The bell curve applies to surgery also. But, I am of the opinion that the most important thing one can do regarding a joint replacement is selecting the surgeon. There are thousands of them out there; very few that I am willing to trust with my body. While something can still go wrong with the best surgeon, choosing one carefully can help you position yourself in the most favorable situation.

@jabekitten i am not a doctor. But if you are able to exercise the muscle mass that surrounds the hip you would be ahead of the game. Less you have conditions that need them done to get you back on your feet. Good luck either way, ill send a prayer for you

My husband had both hips replaced. Doctor required 6 months between hip replacements. My husband had very successful replacements.

I have at least 6 friends who have had one to two replacements and have done great. I am doing my second in a few days. Follow all the rules and do the therapy.

@drummergirl thank you!

@drummergirl
And, Best wishes!