Total Hip Replacement at Belleville General Hospital
Total Hip replacement is surgery done to replace the hip joint with an artificial one. The hip joint is made up of the hip socket (acetabulum – a cup shaped bone in the pelvis) and the ball (head of the thigh bone). Disease and/or damage to the joint can cause hip pain, stiffness, and difficulty moving. Your surgery is done to reduce pain and make walking easier.
To register for your appointment, Patient Registration is located on Quinte 3 (take the Quinte elevator to level 3).
This video provides some general information about your physical therapy exercises to help you recover from your hip joint replacement surgery. You will need to practice your exercises twice a day to start moving the new joint and strengthening the muscles surrounding the joint soon after the surgery.
There are three hip precautions you must follow after surgery
After hip surgery, the muscles and tissue around the hip joint are weaker and the hip can be dislocated easily.
Three hip precautions must be followed to minimize the risk of dislocating the hip until the muscles and ligaments have had time to heal: 1. Do not bend past 90 degrees 2. Do not cross legs or ankles 3. Do not twist at the hip.
