Rehabilitation after knee or hip replacement

When you get a new knee or hip, it is important that your body quickly gets used to the new joint. We help you in a multidisciplinary way to achieve an optimal recovery.

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For outpatient appointments 011 69 93 67 For an appointment with the rehabilitation physician 011 69 95 60

Pathway

Even though the surgery is successful, a prosthesis is a foreign material that the body must get used to. Overuse and incorrect movements can hinder recovery. It is important to move well and often and to alternate this with moments of rest. Therefore, you will be monitored over multiple disciplines and challenged with various exercises.

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  • Physical therapy: During your stay in our hospital, we strive to achieve normal joint mobility. You will be given exercises to learn to walk independently with crutches or a walker. It is important that you can perform stairs or a step on your own before your discharge. This is carefully built up to.
  • Occupational therapy: The occupational therapist trains you to function as independently as possible. You learn to perform basic actions using a walking aid (e.g. getting in and out of bed/car, lying and sitting position, getting up and sitting down, picking something up from the floor...). You will review your home situation and household tasks together and see if adjustments need to be made.

Rehabilitation

After surgery, you will be guided in discovering your new joint. It is important that you learn to move with it and dare to lean on it. You will learn to walk with crutches or a walker and you will regularly practice taking stairs or steps. You will be given all the necessary information about your recovery on the ward during your stay. Together with the physiotherapist and occupational therapist you will discuss which activities you should not do after your operation and for how long you should not do them. After your discharge from the hospital, you have the choice of seeing a private physiotherapist or rehabilitating in our rehabilitation center. Your doctor will give you a prescription for the physical therapist to follow.

You will find more information and sample exercises in the brochures below. Rehabilitation after a prosthesis is part of the orthopedic rehabilitation program.

Orthopedic rehabilitation

Frequently Asked Questions

If you would like to come to the hospital for physical therapy after returning home, it is best to mention this during your pre-admission visit. If you make this decision at a later time (during the admission or after the surgery), it is best to let the physiotherapist know. This way, your appointment can still be arranged.

No, if you wish to continue rehabilitation (in the hospital or externally) after admission, this period is at least two weeks.

Departments

For more information about the pathway, please contact our rehabilitation center.
Rehabilitation center

Do you wish to make an appointment with the doctor?

You can make an appointment at the departments below depending on your question.

Association orthopedics 011 33 42 86 dr. Peter Bollars 011 69 96 60 Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians 011 69 95 60

Plan your appointment

For outpatient appointments 011 69 93 67 For an appointment with the rehabilitation physician 011 69 95 60