Consult your healthcare provider before beginning this exercise program. If you experience any pain or difficulty with any exercises, stop and consult your healthcare provider. The Hygenic Corporation is not liable for any injuries incurred while using exercises or programs accessed via this website. User must wear suitable eye protection such as safety goggles to protect against possibility of eye injury as a result of the band or tube snapping towards the face if grip is lost or if the band or tube breaks.
Exercises after Hip Replacement Rehabilitation
Description:
List of exercises to perform after hip replacement.
Instructions:
Always check with your therapist or physician before
attempting these exercises.
Perform them each day, or at least every other day.
Use a resistance that allows you to perform the exercise correctly.
Start by performing these exercises slowly and correctly for
15 to 30 seconds. Repeat that 3 to 5 times, or until you start to feel a burn
in the muscle, you get tired, or you no longer can correctly control the
movement. Gradually increase the time you perform the exercises.
Once you can perform these exercises for 3 bouts of 1
minute, increase the band resistance and go back down to 5 sets of 15 seconds.
Perform these exercises on BOTH legs if you have time.
TheraBand Side-lying Clam
Instructions:
Use a TheraBand Loop or create a loop with your band about
12 inches long. Place the loop around your knees. Lay on your side with the
injured led on top and the uninjured leg on the floor. Bend your knees and hips
about 30 degrees each. Keeping your heels together, lift the top knee off the
bottom knee against the band. Keep your bottom knee pushed into the floor. Hold
at the top and slowly return. Don't rotate your hips or trunk. Progress to the
next color band as your strength improves.
TheraBand CLX Hip Abduction
Instructions:
Place the middle of the CLX band around your
ankle. Bring both ends of the band together and step on them with the other
foot. Grasp the ends of the band in your opposite hand. Standing next to a
sturdy object, slowly extend your leg outward against the band, keeping your
knee straight. Hold and slowly return. Maintain an upright posture and don't
lean over to complete the exercise. Progress to the next color band as your
strength improves.
TheraBand CLX Hip Extension
Instructions:
Place the middle of the CLX band around your ankle. Bring
both ends of the band together and step on them with the other foot. Grasp the
ends of the band in your opposite hand. Standing next to a sturdy object,
slowly extend your leg backward against the band, keeping your knee straight.
Hold and slowly return. Maintain an upright posture and don't lean over to
complete the exercise. Progress to the next color band as your strength improves.
TheraBand Stability Trainer Single-Leg Balance
Instructions:
Stand next to a sturdy object in an upright posture with
both feet on Stability Trainers. Slowly bend one leg so that you balance on the
other leg. Maintain good posture and try not to hold onto the object. Progress to Blue stability trainers as your
balance improves.
Consult your healthcare provider before beginning this exercise program. If you experience any pain or difficulty with any exercises, stop and consult your healthcare provider. The Hygenic Corporation is not liable for any injuries incurred while using exercises or programs accessed via this website. User must wear suitable eye protection such as safety goggles to protect against possibility of eye injury as a result of the band or tube snapping towards the face if grip is lost or if the band or tube breaks.