Exercises

[katfisch]

This subject may have already been touched on, but, as I review previous posts - everyone talks about "exercises" they are doing post op and exercises that they continue to do up to a year later.  I am just over 3 weeks post op (left hip), and my doctor discourages PT but rather instructs on home exercises - I currently have exercises that I perform lying flat in bed that include adducting/abducting my left leg, sliding my left heel up bending my knee, and putting a roll underneath my knee and then extending my left foot up - in addition, I stand at a counter and adduct/abduct my left leg out to the side, I then extend my left leg back, and then extend it forward, and lastly, I then complete a marching exercise on my left leg bending my knee up as far as I can.  Are these similar exercises that others are doing? I do not see my doctor again until I am 6 week post op and will review at that time - but what sort of exercises do people do after 6 weeks, 9 weeks, and up to a year afterward?

[dw]

those are all typical post-op stage 1 excercises. you're on the right track with them. I believe somewhere there's the different "stage" excercises posted.