After your hip replacement surgery, you’ll be ready to begin the next step to returning to life with less pain —recovery and rehabilitation. Joint replacement is major surgery; your body needs time to recover and regain strength. Rehabilitation will help you do both.

The length of your recovery and rehabilitation will depend on which hip replacement surgical option is right for you. Depending on your condition, you may go home after discharge or you may need two to three weeks of follow-up care at a rehabilitation center after you’re discharged from the hospital.

Rehabilitation usually starts in the hospital, as soon as the day after surgery. After you’re discharged from the hospital, you’ll continue outpatient rehabilitation for 6-8 weeks. Rehabilitation takes a commitment of time and energy, but it’s one that pays off. Your hard work in physical therapy helps you get stronger, move better and with less pain.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare has 13 outpatient rehabilitation centers located conveniently throughout Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. You’ll work with rehabilitation specialists who’ve helped hundreds of people like you, who are committed to do what it takes to return to an active life.