Hip replacement recovery: physical therapy in Chatsworth

Hip replacement recovery is part of Pre and post-op physical therapy. Dr. Ed works on these with you:

• Precaution review.Precautions after hip replacement have eased as surgery has improved. Follow what your surgeon tells you; Dr. Ed goes over your surgeon's instructions with you and works within them.
• Gait retraining.He watches how you walk, finds where the pattern is off and retrains it. The aim is a walk without a limp.
• Hip abductor strength.The hip abductors are muscles near your hip that help you walk and keep your balance. He builds this strength with exercises he adjusts as you progress.
• Balance work.He tests your balance and trains it. The Balance and fall prevention page explains his approach.
• Driving and daily tasks.He works with you on getting back to driving and daily tasks, within your surgeon's instructions.

Your first visit is an evaluation, one-on-one with Dr. Ed. He looks at how you move, explains what he finds in plain terms and tells you the plan. Bring your surgeon's instructions and your discharge papers. He builds the plan from them.

Treatment is hands-on in the clinic, plus a short home program that he adjusts at each visit as you progress.

There is no fixed number of visits or weeks. How long you need depends on your surgeon's plan and how your body responds, so Dr. Ed sets the plan after your first evaluation. Evening and Saturday appointments are available.

Read Susan's review on the balance page, from a patient who saw Dr. Ed after hip replacement surgery.

• Pre and post-op physical therapyTherapy before and after knee, hip and shoulder surgery.
• Balance and fall preventionHow Dr. Ed tests and trains balance.
• Knee replacement recoveryFor patients recovering from a knee replacement.