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What kind of physical therapy do you recommend for your resurfacing patients and for how long ?

Everything like they feel. For general rehab you could take 6 weeks, 3 months. If patients want to progress harder they can have longer or more frequent physiotherapy, but this would then be more like fitness training ! Physiotherapy in resurfacing is more guiding the patients then making them to work out exercises too fast and too hard. Passive forced flexion of the hip should not be done. It will often lead to groin pain.

 

When do you recommend water therapy and what do you recommend?

Various surgeons differ but I allow pool exercises after sutures are out (10-12 days). Remember the water reduces gravity by 50 to 90%.However, one can also overdo it and vigorous swimming not recommended early. I love water exercises. You can only do so much exercises and then it can get detrimental - but I say unlimited water walking.

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