Conditioning your body before hip replacement can help speed your recovery. Daily exercise helps strengthen muscles that support the hip joint.

Treating health and dental problems now may improve healing after a joint replacement. If you’re a smoker, do your best to stop or cut down.

Learn what to expect in the hospital after hip fracture surgery, from pain control to starting rehab.

The type of surgery you have often depends on where the hip is fractured. Read on to learn more.

After a hip fracture happens, you will likely be taken to a hospital emergency room (ER). While in the ER, many tests will be done, including X-rays and blood tests.

To manage stress, learn to recognize what sets off your stress, then find positive ways to respond to those triggers.

Anything that brings on feelings of stress is called a stressor. Learn about the many types of stressors people face today, and how they can affect you.

This exercise helps build strong, balanced leg muscles. Make sure to adjust exercise bands machines as instructed by your physical therapist.

The following flexibility exercise may be suggested by your therapist. Repeat as many times as instructed. Stop the exercise if it causes pain, and discuss it with your physical therapist or doctor.

Swelling, tight muscles, or scar tissue may make it hard to move your knee. Work with your physical therapist to increase your knee’s range of motion. Here are treatments that may be used.