Rehabilitation after:

Rehabilitation, by definition, is the process of helping someone to achieve the highest level of function, independence, and quality of life possible. It does not reverse or undo the damage caused by disease or trauma, be it osteoarthritis or a hip fracture. The artificial or prosthetic hip you’ve received during your surgery, has helped to reinstate a ‘normal’ joint.

However surgery without rehabilitation will not ensure a successful outcome. Years of pain, reduced physical activity or function, muscle weakness, the development of a limp for example, will have become the norm for your body and mind. Rehabilitation will help restore function and re-train your muscles and nerves to work together. Ultimately reconditioning you to optimal health,  function, and well-being

WHEN DOES REHABILITATION START?

In an ideal world it may have started before you had surgery, with education and strengthening exercises. However progress through rehabilitation can always be achieved at any time, as long as you start somewhere and the sooner the better. Rehabilitation and physiiotherapy can start immediately after surgery and continue throughout hospitalisation and at home, for up to a year after surgery.