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Hip Rehabilitation
Getting proper hip rehabilitation will be very important if you have recently suffered from an injury. If you do not carry through with this than you may not heal properly and could wind up injured again in the future.
One of the key components of a hip rehabilitation program should be focusing on eventually getting the patient able to care for themselves without any outside additional help. Since a hip rehabilitation program is often implemented after surgery, the patient will have been on bed rest for a period of time and will need a lot of support performing simple tasks.
Performing very gentle exercises will be essential to getting this area of the body moving again and increasing blood circulation. Exercises such as knee raises, hip abductions and hip extensions are perfect for this purpose and should not be done with any weight resistance.
Later on, after they are able to easily execute these exercises without assistance, then light ankle weights may be added.
For a great majority of the program the patient will be working with a physiotherapist as they will lead them through the exercises as well as teach you proper techniques for a variety of activities such as moving up and down from a bed, going from a lying to a sitting position or a from a sitting to standing position. It is critical that the patient learns how to do these again with proper technique so as to not risk dislocating it or suffering from another injury.
Some precautions to take during this time are not to bend all the way forward to reach the feet, not to lift the knee higher than the hip on the opposite side of the body, not to cross the legs, to not turn the feet inwards or to twist the back while either sitting or standing. All of these could cause potential pain and problems.
Getting the help for this recovery period is very important if the patient wishes to one day in the coming future become active once again.
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