Putting on Your Socks / Tying Your Shoes

[johnd_emd]

Now, after reading these posts I feel bad.  I must be a freak.  I actually put my hospital socks on the day after surgery.  I'm 5 weeks and two days and I can lift my right hip up and put my socks and shoes on with no problems now.  I was putting my Ted hose on by myself after the first week.  I didn't have any 90 deg. rule.  Only restriction was to not flex and internally rotate.  The first week I would pull my heel up to the edge of the chair so my heal would be on the edge, then I could reach far enough to get the socks over the edge of my toes and pull the socks on.  Used the same technique to get the TED hose on.  I can almost pull my right leg up to my chest now, and before surgery there was no way I could do that.

[jjmclain]

Not having the 90 degree restriction probably helps! I was tying my shoes and putting on my socks at 5 weeks, but I had the 90 degree restriction for the first 4, so that first week it was lifted it took some time to get my flexibility back. I was very tight after a month of adhering to that rule!

[Tim Bratten]

Three weeks after revision surgery I'm having no problem putting on the sock on the operated side by crossing my foot under my butt. On my unoperated arthritic hip I have to be careful not to hurt my back when I try to put my sock on in an ordinary fashion.