Post-Hip Replacement: Ankle Pumps, Quad Sets, Gluteal Sets

The following exercises can be done in bed. Some help improve blood flow. Others help build strength. Repeat each exercise ____ times. Do them at least ____ times each day. You can count the seconds out loud to avoid breath-holding during each repetition.

• Point, then flex, both feet.
• Doing this ____ times each hour helps prevent blood clots in your legs.

• Lie in bed with your legs straight. For comfort, you can bend the knee of your good leg and rest your foot on the bed. You can also put a small towel roll behind the knee of your operated leg if it's uncomfortable to have it fully straight.
• Tighten the front thigh muscle of your operated leg while pressing the back of your knee down into the bed.
• Hold for ____ seconds, then relax the leg.
• Repeat ____ times, ____times each day.

• Squeeze your buttocks together tightly. Your hips will rise slightly off the bed.
• Hold for ____ seconds, then release.
• Repeat ____ times, ____ times each day.