Yeah I had hip surgery in March and these restrictions sucked. They were important but soooo hard to comply with, especially with sleeping. But even harder was not being able to lean forward while sitting - I could have no less than 90° between my legs and my trunk.
Oh my god… My mum would be pleased for me at least.
That sucks, hope everything is fine now. How long did you have to pay attention to these things? And how is it later, can you play sports, run?
I had to really watch these positional restrictions for the first four weeks. After that I could ease back into a more full range of motion, but only to my comfort level (in other words, I couldn’t push anything and had to take it slooooowly). No running or jumping for the first 12 weeks. But now I can pretty much do anything I want. I do still have pain sometimes if I sleep in a weird position or if I go too hard in the gym, but more or less I’m back to normal. Certainly I’m better than before surgery!
My problem was called a femoroacetabular impingement, which is a congenital overgrowth of bone at the neck of the femur. It limited my range of motion (e.g., squatting was difficult) and led to a torn labrum (hip cartilage). The surgery was to sew the labrum back together and pin it down, and shave down the bone overgrowth. They did it all arthroscopically. I’m really glad I had it done, even though recovery was frustrating!
I talked a little more about recovery here if you’re interested.
They really just revoke your gay card for 3 months when they put you under for hip surgery
My mother’s housemate is getting a hip replacement soon. I’m sending this to her. She’ll get a kick out of it (no pun intended).
Please don’t let her kick.
She won’t be able to for quite some time because she just got a knee replacement! When I drove over to the town where my mother lives (for other reasons) I came by to pick up something for my daughter and my mom met me outside and told me her housemate was in so much pain that she hadn’t slept all night and had finally fallen asleep. This was around 3 pm. I feel bad for the lady and I’m now wondering if she’s going to go through with the hip replacement if the knee replacement has been this hard on her. She’s in her 70s and her mother is still alive in her 90s, so hopefully she’s got a lot of years to go. I hope it all helps.
Crazy part: She lives upstairs and my mom lives downstairs. They agreed to not change bedrooms. The housemate is planning on getting up and down the stairs sitting down.
My aunt had her knee replaced, and the booklet was quite informative.
Just lay there while it happens to you
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Ive had thr, so can concur about those restrictions at least for the first couple years. After that its kinda not too big a thing
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As someone with sciatica and bursitis, I’m going to take this advice while standing. I’ve heard the opposite lying down, but my problem is neurological/ inflammation. My rest postition is crossing my calf over the adjacent shin and then pulling both upwards towards my head. Let’s test it out! I’m queer though, so I’ll miss making homophones scared.
Edit: homophobe…
If you make basic building blocks of language scared I’m genuinely impressed, and keep being gay as you want!
How am I suppose to act normal at a party now?
This would also be helpful if you were an alien trying to blend in with humans…
