I'll be starting again next week after seven weeks off after my major hip replacement. My healing is much longer than usual - it was a complex surgery since I was born with arthritis hips.
What can I expect? I have a feeling flip turns are out. Will I be able I use my fins? Do breaststroke and fly?
I plan on cutting the workouts our coach puts up in half and seeing how that goes.
Anything else I should know?
I haven't had hip replacement (yet, but I think one is in my future). But I'd just get in and swim to see how it feels and get use to it. Just swim. Maybe splash around, sculling. No "workouts" or anything strenuous. Just swimming. After a while maybe you'll feel like trying a flip turn. Then you might feel like pushing it a bit. Work from there. I'd be cautious. Definately don't want a TMTS situation. Good luck.
Dan
I haven't had hip replacement (yet, but I think one is in my future). But I'd just get in and swim to see how it feels and get use to it. Just swim. Maybe splash around, sculling. No "workouts" or anything strenuous. Just swimming. After a while maybe you'll feel like trying a flip turn. Then you might feel like pushing it a bit. Work from there. I'd be cautious. Definately don't want a TMTS situation. Good luck.
Dan
