I haven't had my thr operation yet but I understand you can usually hancle a few steps maybe two wekks after But might the absence of the ramp--the necessity of walking up four steps to get into the house and then perhpas another four steps up to another part of the house cause me to have to stay in a rehab place for a week? Did nost of you who did not have a skilled nurse in the family , have to spend a week in rehab?
Before I was released from hospital 2 days after surgery, they tested me on a flight of 10 steps. I went slow, but it was fine.
I have 2 steps at the front door then 15 steps up to the second floor that I was doing at least once daily on my own.
You just go slowly with the method they teach you. Its easy.
I spent 2 weeks in rehab. They taught me to go up & down stairs and I was hopping on one leg!! Rehab is a great place to learn those things. They even taught me to go up & down a slope using walker. And how to go up and down a curb. What I really liked the most was how they came to my house prior to me leaving to ensure I was able to get around safely at home. I was non weight bearing for 6 weeks. I was either in a wheelchair or walker. Hubby wheeled me in & out of home. Good luck! 🍀. May God bless you with a speedy recovery!! LD
Hi there it's June here I would wait until your surgery is done. I had THR left leg and I am doing fine as far as walking goes. I walk up and down 12 stairs in my home every day. Of course the first 10-14 days I wa limited. I used my cane the best I could. Now since Sept I am doing fine. I was the nurse in my family as I worked in the hospital most of my life in different aread including ortho and was a nursing assistant all those years. I am sure you will be fine. What is your age as that has a part to play in it as well. I wish you the very best and hope all goes well. All te best June
I only had 2 steps but they where doozies of a steps! 7 & 8 inches!! It was too hard to do with walker. So I stayed in wheelchair. I really still can't go down those 2 steps, I'm weight bearing now, but I can come up one. I'm using a crutch, and these are outside steps. In my garage I have 5 steps but I can do those pretty easy. Plus I have a rail on one side. The ones outside don't have rails. I too was taught in hospital the day I left but it was only the one time. In rehab they teach it every day till you are comfortable with it. Best of luck!! LD
Ultimately this will depend on you and your specific outcome, but I don't think it will be needed. I was planning to install a stair lift to take me from main level of house to upper level. Would just not be able to access lower levels. We had to participate in a 3 hour joint replacement class prior to scheduling. I was advised then, that it wouldn't be needed. I have about 2 steps into side door of house and 6 steps from main to upper level. I have been up and down with no issues. I had even planned to get a little fridge and bring my keurig upstairs, thinking some days I might need to hunker down upstairs, as there is no bathroom on main level- and I was not interested in using a bedside commode. That said, I've been up and down the stairs using a cane from day one. PT has taken me out the front door twice - about 5 steps, the first time was last week, about 1 week post op. I think, fortunately, most of us feel we are going to be a lot more incapacitated than we end up. There are exceptions I'm sure, but I've been walking since day one. Had afternoon surgery, 1 night in hospital, discharged about 3:00 next afternoon which 24 hours prior, I was still in surgery. Had brief PT session in hospital - walked halls, did a semi-lengthy staircase and been walking ever since. Might be unnecessary expense. Good luck.
Think of it this way....you only have to go up one step...4 times. Just focus on one stair at a time and you will be fine.
I had bilateral THR in August and before I could be sent home had to be able to do 5 steps up and down...
I did this day 6 and went home on day 8 ..... no nurse in the family just my husband to take care of me.
You probably will be ok if you are reasonably fit. I was taught to walk up and downstairs with a crutch whilst in hospital. I was worried about the stairs before I had surgery, but it was much easier than I expected. Good luck.
Are you in the UK or the US as sometimes things are different depending on where you are. Unless you have other disability issues you won't need a ramp. This operation is will help mobility not hinder it. My surgeon was glad that we didn't have a downstairs toilet as it meant I had to go up and down stairs each time. It was good for me he said. They will teach you the correct way to do this before you go home.
My husband took a few days off when I went home and then I managed alone ( with a bit of ingenuity). It is scary but you will be fine. I would say go home from hospital and recover in your own home. Take plenty of rest but also do the exercises
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I had both hips done 6 weeks apart the physio helps you with stairs 3 days after op as they would not let me out hospital until l was able to do stairs as like you l have 5 steep steps up to house and 13 in the house. Just take your time and you will be fine. Don't waste money as you heal quite fast. X
hi again active ,
I just responded to a previous post -
I understand that your surgeon wants you to go to rehab after THR surgery -
I don't think it is related to the 4 steps out and inside your house -
As you can read in previous posts, you won't be discharged from hospital before you can do steps -
Did your doctor not explain why he wants you to go to a rehab facility?
Could you ask him again?
please come back here to let us know how you are getting on, okay
big warm hug
renee
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I'd rather tackle steps than a ramp, feels much safer.
Hi
I had my hip replacement 9 months ago. I don't have steps to get into my house but I do have stairs to go up. In the hospital they showed me how to get up the stairs using crutches before they let me home. I think you should be ok without having to go to rehab.
All the best Brenda C
I'm originally from Canada--and my sister is up there and she has been procrastining on hip replacement and I'm trying to get her to consider plunging in. ANyway thanks for your comments. Yes , it seems to me that I have seen pictures showing people being introduced to stairs very soon after the operation. Since we are from the same country, I will take the liberty of asking you a question that may be off topic: What is the best way to move systematically --in a n orderly way- thorugh the various forum--interactive--per group as opposed to professionals--posts . I have been relying on clicking on the mail that I get entitled --or arriving from--"patient" and getting in that way but after I reas ethe comments on a certain trhead, I don't know what to do, so I on the search thing, punch in "forum" and "hip replacement" and maybe another key word such as "anterior" I don't see much if any distinction being made between anterior and rposterior in these posts. Which did you have?
Thanks for your kind willingness to help especially since you WORKED in the field!! You asked what is my age and the anwer is 81. Like you , I am going to have THR in my left leg. It will be "Left hip OA Anterior " --at least that's what the "diagnosis " is on a sheet described as the the Physical Therapists' ("PT/ATC/OT" sheet. Another sheet , also addressed to the physical therpaist says. under "diagnosis"; "S/PL THA Anterior." Do you have nay idea what those things stand for?
YOu ask if I'm in UK or US . The answer is I'm in the south of United States. IS someone else who repliled to my questions mentioned (above ) she is from CANADA. It is interesting to wonder how many posters here might be from still other counteries --New Zealand--AUstralia--which are countries we knoq are English-speaking--but then there are places all over the workls that have many english -speaking people no doubt.
Very interesting now that I have half -way abosorbed someo fthe stuff many of the above posts are telling me. On the question of qhether reahab, (as oppsed to the more inclusive (or at least different) term rehab facility) is 'necessary", I notice that I have a sheet that is addressed to a physical therapist (that's the term we use in the United States)telling them(it's called an order sheet)( specifially "PT/ATC/OT ORDER SHEET " ) --requires that I have four weeks of pt etc. at a rate of theree sessions per week. What do you spuppose the ATC means? And another question occurs to me?are there any OTHER forums like "Patient"