| In a perfect scenario, all bills would stop and all jobs | | | | "busy bee" at work can easily only stop for restroom |
| can be kept until you have a complete recovery | | | | breaks and lunch. While this may be wonderful for |
| from hip replacement surgery. Unfortunately, that's | | | | your employer, it can be an unexpected strain on |
| an unrealistic expectation; bills are still going to come | | | | your recovering body. |
| and employers are still going to need deadlines met. | | | | Your hip joints need intervals of movement, even if |
| While it might not be entirely pleasant, going back to | | | | its only for 10 minutes at a time. Stepping away to |
| work while recovering from hip replacement is | | | | walk the halls or enjoying fresh air at the front of |
| possible. | | | | the building will help keep your joints from stiffening |
| Depending on your position and tenure within a | | | | up. Try finding a walking buddy at your work place; |
| company, you can have anywhere from six to 12 | | | | more than likely, they'll enjoy the added company to |
| weeks after your surgery before you return. 6-12 | | | | their daily routine. |
| weeks gives your body a considerable amount of | | | | On the spur of the moment a patient can be asked |
| time to heal, but it is still important to remember your | | | | to a Chinese lunch one day, a Mexican lunch the next, |
| limitations. | | | | and burgers the day after that. Going out to eat for |
| If possible, try requesting a stiff back chair for your | | | | lunch is a habit that is easy to start, but after |
| desk. Most offices have chairs that are purchased for | | | | undergoing hip replacement, establishing good eating |
| long seated comfort. These chairs may have the | | | | habits is beneficial. Monitoring your salt and sugar |
| ability to swivel, rock, and even slightly recline. | | | | intake can help avoid post operative high blood |
| Normally these chairs work just fine, but after hip | | | | pressure, or diabetes. A brown bag lunch full of |
| replacement surgery, its easy to strain back or leg | | | | healthy snacks will help curb your appetite and give |
| muscles that were made sensitive during your | | | | your body the daily amount of nutrients you need. |
| surgery. A stiff back chair means that you have | | | | Most employers are aware of some of the needs a |
| more control of your body movements. | | | | hip replacement patient may have, so a simple |
| Once you're at work, doing non-stop task after task | | | | conversation at the initial return to work could be |
| can become second nature. There may appear to be | | | | expected. Having the right kind of chair and small |
| a ton of work needing to be done; this is where you | | | | breaks are easy accommodations that can keep you |
| should make a conscious effort to pace yourself. A | | | | working longer and happier. |