Santé Québec Montérégie-Ouest
Hip replacement
Are you scheduled for a hip replacement?
How can you get ready for your surgery?
What should you expect on the day of your surgery?
What can you do after surgery to get back on your feet?
What exercises can help speed your recovery?
These videos will guide you through each step and answer your main questions.
We recommend you watch all the videos. Being well prepared will make your recovery quicker and easier. It will also help you feel more confident. People who are well prepared:
- Recover faster
- Have a better experience overall
- Have fewer complications
- Get back on their feet sooner
- Video 1 - General information
Information about:
- Hip osteoarthritis;
- Total hip replacement surgery.
- Video 2 - Preparing for your surgery
Information about:
- Your role
- The role of your accompanying person
- Healthy lifestyle habits: nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management
- Mandatory and optional equipment
- Setting up your house
- What to pack for the hospital
- Video 3 - The day of the surgery
Information about:
- What to expect during your day at the hospital
- Care instructions and what to watch for after the surgery
- Pain management
- Swelling
- The dressing
- Anticoagulants
- Potential rare complications
- Video 4 - Going home
Information about:
- Outings
- Physiotherapy
- Movements to avoid
- Sleeping positions
- Video 5 - Moving around
Information about how to:
- Walk with a walker, a cane, and unassisted
- Climb up and down stairs
- Get in and out of the car
- Sit down on and stand up from a chair
- Get in and out of bed
- Get in and out of the shower
- Video 6 - Exercises before surgery
Information about:
- Exercises to do to prepare for surgery
- Video 7 - Exercises after surgery
Information about:
- Physiotherapy exercises to start immediately after surgery
- Video 8 - Progressing the exercises
Information about:
- More advanced exercises to help you reach your goals
- Video 9 - Resuming your activities
Information about:
- Driving
- Using small assistive devices
- Returning to work
- Playing sports
Special thanks to the Association des bénévoles de l’Hôpital du Suroît, whose support made these videos possible.
We also wish to thank Solange Després, patient partner, who participated in the videos.
We are grateful to everyone who played a role in producing the videos:
- Linda Brousseau, assistante-chef du service de réadaptation par intérim, ergothérapeute
- Karine Cervera, coordonnatrice des services multidisciplinaires hospitaliers et cliniques externes de réadaptation par intérim
- Karissa Ann Clayberg, agente de planification, de programmation et de recherche - traduction
- Catherine Denis, technologue en physiothérapie
- Véronique Maltais, technologue en physiothérapie
- Julianne Martin-Amyot, infirmière auxiliaire
- Cassandra Morel, technologue en physiothérapie
- Nadia Paquin, personne-ressource en encadrement clinique, physiothérapeute
- Marie-Eve Poirier, conseillère en communication
- Olivier Sainte-Marie, agent de planification, de programmation et de recherche