You can start out with some range of motion exercises on that leg, gentle and slow and repetitive...several times a day....these progress to more energetic range of motion, plus the swimming exercises...then there is "climbing ramps and small mounds/hills" (I put one end of a 26" wide piece of plywood on a 4 inch tall phonebook, then gradually increased the height of the "ramp") , to exercise those little hip muscles....and of course, water therapy is GREAT, and can be done very effectively in the bath tub....my girl loved her warm water therapy exercises in the tub! She will still run to the tub for her exercises and she had her surgery 3 years or so ago! |