No it doesn’t.
Everyday I’m gaining control of my leg. It’s sore , in the beginning more so. Occasionally it has hurt, but it was never really pain. I’m no tough guy or anything like that. I have nothing to prove, so it is what it is.
Using my leg in the beginning felt like trying to use a body part that fell asleep. Your hand at night , or hitting your “ funny bone “ at your elbow. That’s getting better everyday.
I appreciate everyone’s patience with this training log now. It’s really more of a post op recovery journal. Soon enough I hope to be adding more of the usual.
I would say one thing that has helped, was being familiar with what to expect. It’s right smack in my wheelhouse as an Orthopaedic Surgeon. Yes I’m on the other side, but I still know what I know. Now alleviating fears of my family has been more challenging. Sharing some control of my recovery to their assistance has helped ameliorate their anxiety.
At most any age having a treatable condition is the better option. That’s been my mantra.
One of my peeps fell and broke her femur right at the joint. I’m sure know the medical term. They screwed it back together and she was up and walking the next day. The surgeon said it would have been better if they would have replaced the hip instead. Insurance said no. She is 88! You got this!
Your xray looks more bas than her screws… lol
6/8
9400 steps with cane.
Thought it would be a deload type day. It was beautiful outside and it was just easy to do. Some tunes and off I went.
Let’s see what happens today.
Not cleared for getting on the floor for push ups, going to try some wall push ups and see. Although normally not a challenge , great place to start. If those are good ,I can lower the tailgate on my truck and try those in a day or two.
Will use the cane until my appointment end of next week. Follow instructions and feeling good.
6/9
11,600 steps,
100 wall push-ups
25 steps.
Finally starting to see a plan, instead of just multiple times a day walking.
Yesterday was basically 2 sessions ( morning and afternoon) of 45-55 minutes of walking. The wall push-ups and steps were in the afternoon. I like circuits so I did 50 push-ups then 25 steps, then 50 push-ups. The steps were a little challenging ( like a first working set on the way up) the push-ups not at all. Better to start slowly.
Plan for today is 2 workouts. Morning and afternoon. Morning will just be straight walking with my brother-in-law. He’s a nice guy but a health mess. I’ll go 45-60 minutes, he will do what he can.
Afternoon will be more serious 45-60 minutes walking, 25-50 steps, and some form of supported push-ups.
I want to keep the total steps between 7500-15000/ per day.
Definitely in the beginning type phase of progress, so I want to maximize gains till I hit my first wall.
Staying hydrated makes a huge difference.
Thank you for the patience and support as I get back to a more normal training style.
Sounds like displaced femoral neck fracture.
Hope she does well. That can be a challenging recovery for an older person.
It was just a crack, only took them 6 hours to find it after I helped them take the xrays…lol That one healed up great. It’s when she fell and broke the other one in the same place that did the damage. Again, another hairline crack that took hours to find but surgery nonetheless. They have still not taken her back to the ortho because of the pandemic. Who knows. The people in long term care facility and her family don’t seem too concerned about her sitting in the wheelchair peddling around with her feet. Quite frankly it pisses me off.
Nursing homes and long term care facilities have been hit hard
6/10
13,100 steps, a couple flights of stairs, 200 supported push-ups.
I need to match my recovery ability to my walking.
Making progress.
Impressive progress. Being strong surely helps recovery speed, besides knowing how far you can push yourself.
6/11
13,700 steps
5 flights stairs
200 supported push-ups.
Going to add some band work.
Keeping the walking >10,000 steps.
I see my associate next week for an X-ray.
I hope to return to BW and light DB work.
Planning to drove this weekend. It’s my left leg ,so much less concern.
5 flights of stairs.
Inside the house.
Just go up go down.
Trying to blend resuming day to day life activities and building up stamina on my feet.
Moving forward, looking forward to actually training. I think stamina or ability to do an activity for a period of time without rest is important for training and life’s activity.
6/12
14,600 steps
5 flights stairs
3x20 circuit lateral raise ,curl, triceps extensions with10lb DBs.
10lbs per arm is my restriction for the first month. Just wanted to try it out.
Hope leaving the house today to go to a local farmers market with my family. It will be a good judge of my current ability to be up and about .
6/13
15,500 steps
5 flights
5x20 circuit lateral raises,curls, triceps
Farmers market was fun, no problem being up and about walking the booths.
17,000 steps
Stairs
DB circuit 5x20
Supported pushups 200
I’m not counting stairs anymore. I’ve got that covered. I’ve driven. No big deal really it’s my left hip that was replaced.
I’m ready to move my recovery to the next phase.
It will be two weeks on Wednesday. I’m pleased with the progress, but I definitely don’t feel or wanted to push the envelope. I’m grateful to my surgeon and the team that took care of me.
How do you rate your recovery to the average hip replacement patient?
Great question.
I would say similar for someone my age, and like most on the 35+ forum, probably in better general physical condition than most our age.
As a Orthopaedic Surgeon, I am a little more familiar with what to expect. What’s normal, what’s not.
Having the surgery done as an anterior hip replacement, in general gives a faster recovery.
My goals are to resume all my low impact activity. I do want to be able to push the envelope in those activities. I’m not looking to go back to actives that will stress the implant and potentially shorten the quality of the results. That’s an individual choice. At 61 I can deal with giving up squats and other potentially damaging activities. In my opinion,my family and practice ( work) have been very supportive. I don’t want to take advantage of this opportunity because I can’t “ live without “ some recreational activities. Early in my career I did a fair amount of spinal cord injury work. I think many of those patients would love the opportunity to just walk, crutches,cane whatever. I feel truly blessed to have the opportunity to resume almost all my activities. Having a treatable condition is great. Having a treatable condition with reliably good outcomes is a blessing. I’m planning to honor that opportunity
Training and staying in reasonable physical condition is an investment in ourselves. Having a pretty good recovery is just making a profit on that investment. The best part is no capital gains tax 
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I can find a way to train and make it enjoyable. Most of us should be able to do that without a problem. It’s really not that hard to do.
16,000 steps
5x20 circuit
Hip PT exercises
I’m not going to concentrate on beating the previous days step total. I want to be around 15,000+ a day until I go back to work.
I’m starting to add in some more hip exercises now that the incision is pretty well healed.
I also need a little variation to the light DB work. Only standing, nothing overhead yet.
18,000 steps
5 light DB circuits
Supported push-ups.
Starting to feel ready to move on.
I would like to hit 20,000 before going back.
15,000 steps
5 DB circuits.
Easier day walk. I’m finding it time consuming to keep increasing my distance. Fortunately I had some other things to do then just walk up and down my driveway. I live on what should be a quiet road. It’s busier this time of year than normal and people drive way too fast. So I’ve stayed on the driveway. Down and back is about 800 feet.