👯‍♀️👯‍♀️Hips and Knees part 4 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

Stop doing the squats?

geordief: don't forget that you don't have to do a full squat straight away. It's taken me 2 weeks of trying to do 'clamshell' exercise as I just couldn't get my legs to budge. Even now I can't do it as well as I should and my knees will only move an inch or two. Keep going and you'll get there.

I am trying to imagine what a clamshell exercise is. I can only think it’s something like touching your toes?
If so be careful.

silverlining48: video here

youtu.be/vsQugiJgZZE?si=BrjkIVAu-MNKeBWs

I thought it might be where you lie down with the soles of your feet together and try to drop your knees down towards the floor..

My physio had me doing sideways lunges to extend the distance I could get my legs apart (I can't think of a better way to describe this) . I can sit on a horse quite comfortably now... it was torture pre -op...

Oh, thanks for the video. Not quite what I thought but similar objective.

Thanks ftm. I dont think I Woukd be confident to do these exercises so soon after an operation. Actually I wouldn’t feel confident doing these exercises any time.
Getting down onto and up from the floor is hard enough.

You could do them on your bed, silverlining, so long as the mattress is reasonably firm.

I need to remember so many exercises, the quick ones you do while waiting for the kettle to boil or while cleaning teeth and so on, but do I? No I don’t.
I need to stand on one leg with and without eyes closed, my balance is shot, I need to sit down on the floor and try to get up again. It’s difficult and I usually end up on my back, like an upturned beetle, often I just forget.
Yet I never forget to have a look at GN every morning.

I think we are going to get to 1000 posts very soon, we are on page 39 out if 40 I think.
I began this when I was about to have my new hip which will be 3 years old in the spring and little did I think it would continue all this time.

silverlining I think a lot of people have gained from the practical advice they have discovered here. Although I have had both knees replaced a lot of my advice has been ex professional.

Aveline and I have hardly done an exercise between us but we are fine. Each to his own.

Reading other threads some others are having a new hip or knee fairly soon so may benefit by knowing we exist and I will try not to let us slip away into oblivion.

Its about to get to the end of this 4 th chapter so I don’t see it in time Charley then please start our fifth iteration not forgetting the dancing girls 👯‍♀️ which make it so much easier to see where or if we are on active, or more often, not.

As to exercise I have just fine across a diary which I kept after my op in April 22. I had kidded myself I was fine almost straight away but according to my notes at the time I wasn’t fine. I had some problems early on and didn’t start walking other than round the house/ garden for nearly 3 weeks.
How easy it is to forget.
I even had the ‘team’ sent to my home by the surgery the week after discharge. The team consisted of Simon on a motorbike.

Come across a diary, typo.

silverlining Sorry I will not be able to add the dancing girls. My computer skills are zilch.

Ok Charkeygirl I am not going far so will keep an eye, 👁️ on it.

Sorry, Charleygirl…

We are straying off yet again so I will bump us up.

I think it needs 4 posts before we get a place on Active

Good morning all

Afternoon! I hope Redcar got on well yesterday 🤞

I agree, I hope Redcar is okay

I read in the kitchen Redcar is recovering from surgery but having a problem with pain relief. It sounds as though she will be in hospital at least until tomorrow or Tuesday.

That’s good. Hope we get some news once Redcar feels better.

Does anyone know what the guidance is re walking a 30kg dog after THR?