I'd say absolutely no running! Why wear out that new joint? There are great endorphin rushes to be gotten from yoga (in my opinion). I did Bikram yoga for years to manage my pain and push back my bilteral THRs as long as possible. I'm convinced that my experiences in Bikram helped me to recover from the surgeries really quickly. I had the left hip done 9.17.10 and the right on 12.17.10. With the first one, I was driving in less than 2 weeks. With the second one, I drove in less than a week. With both I was back to work (at home) within a few days, and back in the office half days within 2 weeks. I did all the physical therapy I was told to do, and started a very easy yoga routine (from Easy Gentle Yoga routines and Yoga for Recovery by Sam Dworkis), then worked my way into the Five Tibetans. I go back to my first Bikram class tonight. I'd say that my recovery from the surgery was very fast, but that learning to how to live with two new hips has been a slow, ongoing process. But I have no problem with that -- it certainly beats the way I lived before, with constant, grinding pain. Good luck!
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I'd say absolutely no running! Why wear out that new joint? There are great endorphin rushes to be gotten from yoga (in my opinion). I did Bikram yoga for years to manage my pain and push back my bilteral THRs as long as possible. I'm convinced that my experiences in Bikram helped me to recover from the surgeries really quickly. I had the left hip done 9.17.10 and the right on 12.17.10. With the first one, I was driving in less than 2 weeks. With the second one, I drove in less than a week. With both I was back to work (at home) within a few days, and back in the office half days within 2 weeks. I did all the physical therapy I was told to do, and started a very easy yoga routine (from Easy Gentle Yoga routines and Yoga for Recovery by Sam Dworkis), then worked my way into the Five Tibetans. I go back to my first Bikram class tonight. I'd say that my recovery from the surgery was very fast, but that learning to how to live with two new hips has been a slow, ongoing process. But I have no problem with that -- it certainly beats the way I lived before, with constant, grinding pain. Good luck!
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