I had my left hip replaced in September 2017, and I feel have done very well. I was back on full 12.5 hour physical shifts in December, after returning at 9 weeks for a short period of office rehab for around 4 weeks. On shift I can walk around 5 miles typically, and hardly sit down. I have found over the last few weeks I have become increasingly stiff in the hip, with pain in the buttock at times, or in the groin and front of thigh. I also have intermittent mid thigh pain at various times. The stiffness is particularly noticeable after I have had some down time, and to be honest I am so exhausted in between shifts I'm finding it hard to keep going and feel inclined to rest. I've also started to notice pain in my 'good' hip and am now being woken by the pain in that at night sometimes. That being said, I have kept up my exercises which include clam shells, side leg raises, squats, and backward thigh lifts on a daily basis, and do the usual pottering about things one does on days off. I have been swimming and in the water my flexibility is as if I'd never had a hip replacement. I've seen my physio who has added in some stretches, but is otherwise unconcerned. My questions are am I making things worse and should I lay off the exercises, and if not, is there anything I can do to improve things? My walking is completely normal. I still can't put my sock on and do up my shoe by the way!