Guide to Total Hip Replacement Surgery

Activity Guidelines

Ask your orthopaedic surgeon about any sports or activities you wish to do. The following are guidelines only.

Suitable during First 6 Weeks after Surgery

1. Walking

Suitable beginning 3 Months after Surgery

1. Swimming (avoiding twisting motions such as whip kick)
2. Other aquatic exercises and low-impact aerobics
3. Treadmill
4. Golf
5. Recumbent exercise bike
6. Cycling with the seat and handle bars positioned high enough to avoid bending the hip excessively
7. Slow gentle dancing
8. Light hiking
9. Gardening with raised beds or long-handled tools or devices

Activities Not Recommended

• Lifting and pushing heavy objects (more than 11 kg or 25 lbs.
• Excessive hip bending when squatting or kneeling
• Modern dance (disco, tango, twist), running, tennis, badminton, squash, downhill skiing, contact sports
• Some gym activities such as:
• High-impact aerobics

• Heavy weight-lifting

 

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