Wellness

[bargainsgirl]

How long did you have Physical Therapy after your hip replacement surgery?

[Susan345]

I never went to physical therapy.  I had a few home visits from PT in the two weeks after and that was it.

When I went to my follow up visit with the surgeon at two weeks I got referrals to several places.  But the majority of them did not appear to be handicapped accessible.  At the time I also needed knee replacement so doing steps were out of the question, 

Actually I felt so good after having it done I just didn't feel like I needed it. 

After I had a knee replaced I did go to actual physical therapy but other than having something to do I didn't see that they did more than the PT's I had doing home visits.

Keep in mind everybody is different and I am a stubborn person who has been used to things not working for so long I have adapted to it. 

By all means do what is best for your situation.

[MJDinVegas]

Hi,@lovestoshop65!  I had my first hip replacement in 2004 (left) and had had home PT for 4 weeks; I was 49.  My right hip was replaced in 2008 and I don't recall any PT as we lived in a very rural setting at that point, but I remembered the former lessons, especially around stairs as our house then was 3 levels.  Bad hips run in my family with my dad having 3 (one twice), brother once maybe two, youngest sister one.  PT works but I would imagine the duration depends on age, as so much does now.

[Growing]

My guess is you would need to go for about six months, maybe three, depending on your phsyical strength and condition. Don't do home PT, it is pretty lame and they can't do much strength training or cardio unless you have the equipment. It is better than nothing. I has shoulder tendon repair plus joint clean up 5 months ago, and I am still going once a week to therapy and doing the exercises at home, most days anyway. I imagine it will depend also on what your insurance pays and like I said, how strong you are now or how debilitated you are. Not moving the body and working the body after joint replacement is one of the reasons people still have pain.