Hip Replacements & Weights

pr_diva_1970
pr_diva_1970 Posts: 4 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Due to a condition called avascular necrosis, I had my right hip replaced TWICE last year. The first due to a bad surgery and the second one to correct the first. The last one was in December of 2013. I'm feeling much better now. Here are the issues: the more I walk (in order to help my right hip heal), the more damage that happens to the left hip. I want to do some weight lifting but I'm not sure where to start. I spent all of 2013 unable to walk and exercise. I'll be doing pool exercises but I want to add weights. Thanks.

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  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Have you not gone to physical therapy? You can google "strength exercises after hip replacement" and find some specific information. But it would be best to start with PT and they should be able to give you specific exercises you can do at a gym.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Speak to your physiotherapist or Orthopaedic surgeon they will be better suited to advise you on this

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