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Your surgeon's movement instructions

Weeks 1 to 6

After a hip replacement, some surgeons give you rules about certain hip movements. Others give few rules or none. Which rules you get, and for how long, depends on your surgeon, on how the operation was done, and on your own situation.

This app does not set these rules. Follow exactly what your surgical team told you. If you were given written instructions, keep them close and keep following them until your team tells you otherwise.

If you are not sure what applies to you, ask your surgical team or physiotherapist. Do not guess, and do not copy what a friend or neighbour was told - their operation may have been different.

The exercises in this program are meant to be done within your comfort and within your team's instructions. If an exercise seems to go against what your team told you, stop that exercise and ask.

Contact your surgical team or emergency services straight away if you have sudden severe pain in the hip, you cannot put weight on the leg, or the leg suddenly looks shorter or turned. These can be signs of a problem with the new joint.

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