How To Use A Walker After A Hip Replacement 

I am happy that I was able to help. I hope your recovery is swift and easy.

@@SimpleStepsMobility thank you. Looks like 6 to 8 weeks will have to check. Still want to check your other videos, by chance did. you do one on stepping backwards, making turns? Enjoy the rest your day and weekend.

Hello @lordlncy. I haven’t made a video yet about either of these topics but I can and will do check back later

@@SimpleStepsMobility thank you -Larry-

Hello. I am sorry that it's taken so long to recover for you. It's difficult to say without further information and being half a world away. Naturally I cannot give medical advice to someone I am not able to assess and physically treat. There are several factors that may come into play that you would need to discuss with your doctor and physio in your local area. 1. Did the femur heal in a favorable position? 2. During the healing process, was the limb kept in a flexed or shortened position that would lead to chronic soft tissue shortening? 3. Were other structures involved besides the bone itself from the original injury? These are (a few) questions that should be asked prior to initiating any type of treatment. Hopefully you are dealing with only soft tissue shortening that can be manually stretched by your local physio I hope this was a little help.

This is a tough situation for a lot of people and it's difficult to solve. If you have 2 bad legs, you use the same technique. The cadence would be to advance the walker, then follow with the "worst" leg followed by the "least worse" leg. It's not uncommon that people would have 2 painful or weak legs. Many of my patients have severe arthritis in either both hips or both knees and walking is a struggle. If this is the case and walking is simply unsafe, a scooter, power chair, or manual chair should be considered if the house, insurance or finances can accommodate it.

Hello T, in general walkers do not adjust for width, only height. There are some walkers that are wider to accommodate the heavier person. These are called "bariatric" walkers. Also, there are some walkers that "flare" out from front to rear, but this is just a design feature and not necessarily to accommodate the weight or build of the person. The invacare adult 2 wheel walker is one that sort of flares out. ( amzn.to/2rWkZId ) But, if the walker is too wide, it is difficult to get it through narrow doorways like those of the bathrooms. Hope that helps

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I’m sorry that you were disappointed. But thank you for the feedback anyway.