Post surgery information

We know the best place for you to recover is at home and our therapy teams will work with you to help you get up and about as quickly as you can.

Rehabilitation videos

Please only use as directed by your therapy team.

Hip replacement videos

Watch a video showing early stage hip replacement exercises. The video opens in a new window which takes you to YouTube where accessibility controls may not be supported.

Watch a video showing mid stage hip replacement exercises. The video opens in a new window which takes you to YouTube where accessibility controls may not be supported.

Watch a video showing late stage hip replacement exercises. The video opens in a new window which takes you to YouTube where accessibility controls may not be supported.

Knee replacement videos

Watch a video showing early stage knee replacement exercises. The video opens in a new window which takes you to YouTube where accessibility controls may not be supported.

Watch a video showing mid stage knee replacement exercises. The video opens in a new window which takes you to YouTube where accessibility controls may not be supported.

Watch a video showing late stage knee replacement exercises. The video opens in a new window which takes you to YouTube where accessibility controls may not be supported.

(used with thanks to our colleagues at South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre)

How to return equipment

When you no longer need your rehabilitation equipment you can return it to the following locations.

Essex-based patients can return equipment to any of the physiotherapy departments at:

• Gainsborough wing at Colchester Hospital
• Mill Road Therapy Centre in Colchester
• Clacton Hospital
• Harwich Hospital

Suffolk and Norfolk-based patients receive their equipment from Medequip. We will give you the relevant telephone number for your area.

For patients who live in Cambridgeshire, NRS provides the equipment and can be contacted on
03451 213 456