I am now 11 weeks post left HR. My surgeon is very experienced & at my last checkup told me a few things I have not seen on this site. Firstly, the bone only takes 6 to 8 weeks to heal. The soft tissue on the other hand takes a lot longer.
You have over 250 slow dissolving stitches inside you. They take often over 3 months to dissolve and as each one does it produces a tiny amount of acid which can cause a small amount of pain that can run down your leg. Also, the scar tissue that forms around the prosthesis is thick and has no elastin in it like normal tissue. Thus it does not spring into shape when you move. It takes 6 months to get 10 percent of your elastin back in that tissue, after 12 months you will have 50 percent & after 18 months finally you will have 100 percent. This is why you feel stiff first thing in the morning or after you have sat on a hard seat for a while.
Knowing this is useful because you can expect it & not assume you have overdone something just because you are experiencing discomfort.
He also told me that after 8 weeks, PT, cycling & walking up stairs (carefully)will do the most good for the rehabilitation of your hip. Also daily massage of the whole hip & incision area with a vitamin E cream after the stitch has been removed & healed is very good for internal healing.
I hope this information is reassuring to some of you, it was for me.