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I had an anterior hip replacement on Jan 15th, 2015. I am very fit and athletic and was up walking less than five hours after it was performed and out of hospital in less than 20 hours. Doctor said no physical therapy just walk and gave me four minor leg lift exercises to do. On Jan 16th I walked a quarter of a mile and by Jan 20th I was up to walking four miles without a cane. Went back to work fourteen days later. On Feb 1st went on vacay to Istanbul, Venice, Florence and Rome, took a 12 hour flight from NYC and walked around all cities. Climbed to the top of the leaning tower of Pisa on Feb 3rd. My best advice is just to get up and walk as soon as they allow it and walk, walk walk. It upset all the silliness some doctors tell patients such as "no ninety degrees, sleep with a pillow between your legs and on and on." Only have a two and half inch incision on front of leg that was closed with glue. My doctor was awesome and got me out of the hospital as fast as possible because he told me they do not want you to walk because everytime you get out of bed you could fall and they are more worried about being sued than what is best for you. I now run six miles a day and do yoga daily and lift weights. No pity party here. smile

March 23, 2015 - 7:06am

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