Any physios out there?
Discussion
A quick bit of advice please, from anybody in the know.
I have posted on another thread that I've had a full hip replacement, 23 days ago, and I'm recovering well. On the advice of my physio I used the cross trainer and static cycle yesterday; I was cautious and kept it to 15 minutes on each at a low level of intensity as I don't want to do any damage. I'm normally fit and have run two half marathons in the first part of the year, along with all the necessary training, so 15 minutes each is not usually anything like a big deal for me.
However, as both exercises were fine and I had no issues, today I would like to do some more cross trainer and bike work. Unfortunately my physio is away with her children for a few days so when I called for some advice this morning I was out of luck - hence this post.
Probably a naive question, but how much can I push it? Would it be OK to go for another 15 - 20 minutes on each machine today? Could I go for longer? Can I pump the levels up a bit? What should I be looking for in terms of making sure that I cause any harm?
Or should I back off for a couple of days?
Under normal circumstances I would consider that if I don't feel any unusual pain I would just go for it. But as I don't understand exactly what is going on as far as repair is concerned I'm not totally sure that ethos would work.
My physio did say that she would think that by next weekend I would be OK to get back out on a bike on some easy tracks.
TIA
I have posted on another thread that I've had a full hip replacement, 23 days ago, and I'm recovering well. On the advice of my physio I used the cross trainer and static cycle yesterday; I was cautious and kept it to 15 minutes on each at a low level of intensity as I don't want to do any damage. I'm normally fit and have run two half marathons in the first part of the year, along with all the necessary training, so 15 minutes each is not usually anything like a big deal for me.
However, as both exercises were fine and I had no issues, today I would like to do some more cross trainer and bike work. Unfortunately my physio is away with her children for a few days so when I called for some advice this morning I was out of luck - hence this post.
Probably a naive question, but how much can I push it? Would it be OK to go for another 15 - 20 minutes on each machine today? Could I go for longer? Can I pump the levels up a bit? What should I be looking for in terms of making sure that I cause any harm?
Or should I back off for a couple of days?
Under normal circumstances I would consider that if I don't feel any unusual pain I would just go for it. But as I don't understand exactly what is going on as far as repair is concerned I'm not totally sure that ethos would work.
My physio did say that she would think that by next weekend I would be OK to get back out on a bike on some easy tracks.
TIA
I wouldn't.
I'm not a physio but I know enough to know that tendons, ligaments and bone do not heal anywhere near as fast as muscle, so pushing to new limits with a hip replacement is a completely different matter to pushing for fitness... They are also more prone to catastrophic and sudden failure than muscle.
I would take it very easy tbh and would not push until someone legally obliged says it's ok to do so.
I'm not a physio but I know enough to know that tendons, ligaments and bone do not heal anywhere near as fast as muscle, so pushing to new limits with a hip replacement is a completely different matter to pushing for fitness... They are also more prone to catastrophic and sudden failure than muscle.
I would take it very easy tbh and would not push until someone legally obliged says it's ok to do so.
mattikake said:
I wouldn't.
I'm not a physio but I know enough to know that tendons, ligaments and bone do not heal anywhere near as fast as muscle, so pushing to new limits with a hip replacement is a completely different matter to pushing for fitness... They are also more prone to catastrophic and sudden failure than muscle.
I would take it very easy tbh and would not push until someone legally obliged says it's ok to do so.
I'm not a physio but I know enough to know that tendons, ligaments and bone do not heal anywhere near as fast as muscle, so pushing to new limits with a hip replacement is a completely different matter to pushing for fitness... They are also more prone to catastrophic and sudden failure than muscle.
I would take it very easy tbh and would not push until someone legally obliged says it's ok to do so.
a good sensible post.
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