Do I need formal physical therapy after surgery? In general, you should avoid extreme positions for the first 3 months after surgery and it is safest for you as the patient to be on the bottom during this time period. Research that included our patients showed that patients have sex more frequently and of better quality after hip replacement surgery.
What about return to sex after total hip replacement surgery? Similarly if you want to perform activities such as yoga that require more range of motion, please ask us at the time of your office visit and we can discuss specific options for you. We also ask patients to avoid extreme range of hip motion. If you are interested in returning to running sports, please see the section about Hip Resurfacing and ask us about it when you come to your office visit. In general, we ask patients to avoid running and jumping after standard hip replacement surgery. What are my restrictions after total hip replacement surgery?
Total hip replacement recovery timetable skin#
While most of the scientific data suggests little relationship between skin sensitivity and a true allergy, if you have a skin sensitivity to nickel please let us know and we can avoid nickel containing implants (although the amount of nickel in standard components is very small). The most common “allergy” to metals is skin sensitivity to nickel. Most of the data suggests that the lowest risk of failure is associated with plastic liner and a metal head.
There are some situations (generally younger female patients) where we will consider the use of a ceramic on ceramic bearing. In some instances we may use a ceramic head or a head made of a ceramicized metal. The bearing surface we use most commonly is a plastic liner and a metal head. What bearing surface do you use and what is the difference? The components for the most part are made of titanium. Journal Article: Do patients return to work after hip arthroplasty surgery » What are the total hip replacement surgery components made of? We can provide a maximum recovery time of 12 weeks. Most patients are comfortable returning to work 6-8 weeks after surgery. Can I return to work after total hip replacement surgery? If someone tells you that you don’t need to use your assist device earlier than six weeks please ask that health care provider to call our office. This makes a big difference in terms of the forces across your hip joint and will protect if while the implants are healing to the bone. This can be a walker, crutches, one crutch or a cane.
We ask that patients use at least SOMETHING for the first six weeks after surgery. Journal Article: Greater Prevalence of Wound Complications Requiring Reoperation With Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty » How long do I have to use a walker, crutches or a cane?
Total hip replacement recovery timetable trial#
Journal Article: A prospective randomized trial of mini-incision posterior and two-incision total hip arthroplasty » Hence, we stopped doing the anterior approach. The only differences were a little longer operative time with the anterior approach and a little more blood loss. Turns out, we were wrong! There were no differences in postoperative pain or recovery between the two approaches. Initially we thought this was better than the posterior approach that we were doing so we did a study where we “randomized” patients to either the anterior or a posterior approach to the hip. Several years ago I was doing an anterior approach to the hip. There are several variations of anterior approaches to the hip with the most recent or “popular” being a direct anterior approach. Do you perform the anterior approach to the hip?Īt this time, I do not routinely perform an anterior approach to the hip. It is relatively simple and allows for excellent surgical exposure and is compatible with a rapid recovery and minimal postoperative pain. This is the most commonly used surgical approach to the hip in the USA. We typically perform a posterior approach to the hip. What surgical approach to the hip do you use for your hip replacements? Most patients can do most things by 6 weeks after surgery. How long does it take to recover from a hip replacement?
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