Recovery after orthopedic surgery, week by week
Post Op Physio Recovery Most hip labral tears are treated with physio first, and many people with a tear on MRI have no pain at all. Hip arthroscopy can help some younger people with hip impingement, but the benefit over physio is modest, and it works poorly if you already have arthritis.
Hip bursitis, now usually called greater trochanteric pain syndrome, is mostly a problem with the gluteal tendons on the side of the hip. Education plus a progressive exercise program works better over a year than a cortisone shot or waiting it out.
Most sciatica from a slipped disc gets better on its own within a few weeks to a few months, and the disc often shrinks back as it heals. Staying active helps, bed rest doesn’t, and a few rare symptoms mean you need hospital care the same day.
A partial knee replacement replaces only the worn part of the knee. Recovery is usually faster and the knee often feels more natural than a total, but redo surgery is more likely later. Who it suits, partial vs total, recovery, and questions to ask.
A meniscus tear’s treatment depends on how it happened. Wear-and-tear tears over 40 usually do as well with exercise as with surgery. Injury tears that lock the knee may need repair. Symptoms, MRI results in context, and recovery times.
Knee arthritis causes pain, stiffness and swelling, but your X-ray doesn’t decide how you feel. Exercise and weight loss have the best evidence. What helps, what doesn’t, and when to think about knee replacement.
Hip replacement recovery: walking the same day or next, off walking aids by two to six weeks, daily life back by about three months, full recovery up to a year. Week by week, hip precautions, what’s normal, and when to call your surgeon.
Swelling after bunion surgery usually lasts six months to a year, worse in the evening and after busy days. What’s normal month by month, what helps, choosing shoes while swollen, and when swelling needs a call to your surgeon.
The shoulder impingement exercises that work get progressively harder. A 12-week program cut the need for surgery from about 6 in 10 to 2 in 10. The six exercises, how much to do, the pain rules, and what to expect week by week.
A reverse shoulder replacement lets the deltoid lift your arm when the rotator cuff is torn beyond repair. What it gives back, what it doesn’t, the real risks, recovery, and why it does less well under 60.