How to Exercise After Steel Nail Surgery in the Hip

Hip steel nail usually refers to hip fracture internal fixation surgery, postoperative exercise is mainly isometric muscle contraction exercises in the early stage and hip rehabilitation function exercise in the late stage.
1. Early rehabilitation: within four weeks of the fracture, the quadriceps muscle isometric contraction exercises every day, straighten the affected limb, dorsal extension of the ankle joint, tense the thigh, adhere to 15 seconds, this is a group, adhere to about 10 groups every day.
2. Mid-rehabilitation: four weeks after the fracture, passive hip flexion and extension, to the extent that the patient’s hip joint resistance, do 3-5 groups per day, in passive hip flexion and extension with the knee flexion and extension exercises.
3. Late stage of rehabilitation: after five weeks, passive hip flexion to 90 degrees; after 6-8 weeks, with the help of family members, hip joint adduction and abduction exercises can be performed, 3-5 groups per day; after eight weeks, passive to active, that is, the patient needs to independently flexion, extension, abduction and hip joint exercises, to the extent that the patient feels soreness in the hip joint.
It is recommended to exercise under the guidance of professional physicians or rehabilitation therapists, do not blindly exercise on your own to avoid adverse consequences.