Total Hip Replacement Rehabilitation

The major early rehabilitation concern is avoiding positions that could provoke dislocation. Range selection and exercise choice must respect the surgical approach and healing stage. Any total hip approach that disrupts tissue raises concern about how soon and aggressively tissues should be loaded. After precautions are addressed, hip extension, frontal-plane motion, and hip rotation should all be restored. Total hip replacement rehabilitation should account for whether the procedure used an anterior or posterior approach. Hip rotation work should be directional and individualized to the motion deficit. Frontal-plane motion should be addressed when abduction or adduction is limited.