Hip Replacement Recovery: A Physical Therapist's Week-by-Week Guide

Why this book

The part you
actually live through

Facing a hip replacement? Then you have probably already discovered the problem: everyone has advice, and half of it contradicts the other half.

The surgery itself is one day. The recovery is the months that follow: the precautions, the swelling, the sleepless nights, and the slow return of confidence. That is where this guide lives. It is written by a physiotherapist, drawing on the day-to-day clinical work of walking patients through exactly that stretch, and it is the only hip-replacement guide by a named PT that branches its entire recovery plan by surgical approach, anterior versus posterior, instead of treating every hip the same.

"The surgery rebuilds the joint. The rehab rebuilds you."

What's inside

The whole journey,
in plain language

Should you have surgery at all? An honest look at the non-surgical options first.
Choosing a surgeon and your approach, including the anterior vs posterior conversation.
Prehab to walk in stronger, plus the home setup your precautions will actually require.
Surgery day, step by step, so nothing catches you off guard.
A week-by-week recovery map, branched the whole way by your surgical approach.
Posterior precautions, lived in full: the chair, the pillow, the car, the toilet, and when they lift.
Anterior recovery, paced right: fewer restrictions does not mean no restrictions.
"Is this normal?" answered for the swelling, the fear of dislocation, and the sleepless nights.
The warning signs that mean call your surgeon now.
Getting back to life: walking, driving, gardening, golf, travel.
A full FAQ and glossary, in language you can actually use.
The research behind every claim.

You are not a statistic

Meet Margaret,
Daniel, and Rosa

Along the way you meet three patients who follow the journey with you. They are composites, drawn from hundreds of real patients, so you can see your own recovery in someone else's, whichever approach or situation is yours.

Margaret

Posterior approach. Living the precautions to the letter for six weeks, then learning to trust the hip again once they lift.

Daniel

Anterior approach, active and impatient. Learning that fewer restrictions still means pacing, not pushing.

Rosa

Recovering alone. Working through the home setup and the fear of dislocation that comes with no one else in the house.

About the author

Nicolas Marchant

Registered Physiotherapist · Founder, Marchant Health

Nicolas Marchant is a registered physiotherapist with nearly two decades of clinical experience in private clinics and public hospitals across Canada and Chile. He holds a Master of Physiotherapy and a Diploma in Orthopedic Manual Therapy from Universidad Andrés Bello. For about five years he worked in the Joint Replacement Unit at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, treating hundreds of patients through hip and knee replacement surgery and the recovery that follows. He is the founder of Marchant Health and practices in English and Spanish.

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Don't recover alone

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The part youactually live through

The whole journey,in plain language

Meet Margaret,Daniel, and Rosa

Don't recover alone

The part you
actually live through

The whole journey,
in plain language

Meet Margaret,
Daniel, and Rosa