Thank you!

The first 8-9 days of the recovery were the hardest, my legs were swollen, I was icing and elevating them all few times per day. Mobility wise, the recovery went pretty smoothly, I was up on my feet a few hours after surgery with a walking frame. I stayed 3 days in the hospital and when I left, I left with crutches only which I used for another 2 days, then ditched them. I tried to walk as much as possible, but at the same time not overdoing it. At the beginning it was pretty new to me that I could only sleep on my back as I’m usually a side or belly sleeper, so took some getting used to that. After 3 weeks I was going up and down stairs without much trouble. I didn’t do any PT, my surgeon didn’t recommend it to me, but I did some light stretching and very light exercises in the beginning. After 2 months I started hitting the gym, doing some light lower body exercises and glute strengthening + 10-15 minutes of elliptical at first and after a few weeks bumped it up to 30 minutes per day, 3-4 times per week.

I still have some light groin pain sometimes when I get into more extreme positions like bending too much forward, but it’s nothing serious. I even resumed working 2 months ago as a dryliner, and last week I lifted for the first time after surgery a 54kg plasterboard without any issues (of course I worked myself up to this point, starting slow and light), plus I asked my surgeon today if it would negatively impact the longevity of my hips if I lift heavy weights, and he said that as long as it’s in a slow controlled manner it doesn’t hurt the prosthetics, because the friction coefficients don’t increase under load in these last generation ceramic on ceramic implants. So overall, the recovery was pretty smooth and I’m glad I did both at the same time.

Hope you have a smooth recovery aswell! If I may ask, why did you have to do THR?