This booklet is for men and women who are thinking about or scheduled to have a hip replacement the author a nurse shares her personal experience with this surgery and subsequent recuperation during which time she identified several practical ways to minimize discomfort and potential complications associated with this procedure included are ideas for how to best prepare specific areas of the home such as the bathroom kitchen bedroom and living room with an overview of specific . Practicing these five total hip replacement recovery tips can help you to have a smooth and successful recovery get in a healthy exercise routine most hip replacement patients are able to walk within the same day or next day of surgery most can resume normal routine activities within the first 3 to 6 weeks of their total hip replacement recovery. Your surgeon may ask you to restrict some of your movements while you are recovering from hip replacement surgery specific restrictions will depend on how your surgery was performed for example if the surgeon enters your hip anteriorly from the front you wont be able to externally rotate or extend your leg if the surgeon takes a posterior approach from behindprecautions your hips should not bend more than at a 90 degree angle to your trunk you should not cross your legs and you . Your personal and business life is going to be affected by your hip replacement surgery because you will need to take some time off to recover once you learn how long it will take you to return to work you need to plan your work schedule in such a way that the impact on your work will be reduced