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Hip Replacement Rehabilitation

After a hip replacement, the movements and activities you have been advised to follow may depend on your operation and surgical team. We can help you apply that plan to walking and everyday function after discharge.

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Your clinic: Newham clinic & directions
Newham Leisure Centre, 281 Prince Regent Lane, Plaistow, London E13 8SD
Self-pay: £60 for a 30-minute physiotherapy appointment.
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Respect your own surgical precautions and discharge plan

Review walking aids, balance and daily tasks

Progress movement and strength at an individual pace

Before your first visit

Bring your discharge advice

Your hospital physiotherapist or occupational therapist should discuss daily activities and exercises before you go home. Keep following your own wound, medicine, walking-aid and hip-precaution advice; ask your surgical team if any instruction is unclear.

Helpful information to bring

Your discharge summary, exercise sheet and date/type of operation, if available
Any movement, weight-bearing or walking-aid instructions from your surgical team
Your questions about walking, stairs, sitting, work or other daily activities

When to get medical help

After a recent hip replacement, seek an urgent GP appointment or NHS 111 advice for throbbing or cramping hip or leg pain, fever or chills, wound discharge, or redness, swelling or pain that is worsening or not improving.

If hip or leg pain and swelling occurs with chest pain or difficulty breathing, call 999 or go to A&E immediately.

This is a summary of NHS warning signs, not a substitute for your surgical team's instructions.

NHS recovery guidance NHS complications and urgent advice NICE joint replacement rehabilitation recommendations

Is this right for you?

When this treatment can help

People discharged after a hip replacement who want help applying their hospital rehabilitation plan
People finding walking, stairs or other everyday tasks difficult after discharge
People whose self-directed rehabilitation is not meeting their functional goals

Your appointment

What your care includes

Review of discharge advice, walking-aid instructions and any hip precautions given to you
Assessment of walking, movement, strength and relevant daily tasks
Individual exercises and activity advice that follow your surgical instructions
Progress reviews with changes guided by your response and goals

What happens next

Assessment, treatment, and progress

Check your operation advice
We review the discharge exercises, walking-aid plan and any precautions your team prescribed. We do not assume the same restrictions apply to every hip replacement.
Build daily confidence
Depending on your assessment, the plan may address walking, getting up from a chair, stairs and strength for the activities you need to do.
Progress with your goals
We adapt exercises as your movement and confidence change. Decisions about driving, work and higher-impact activity should follow your surgical team's advice.

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