Rehabilitation

Many patients feel that if they “do not attend” in-patient rehab their outcome will be inferior. This is simply not true.

The need for in-patient rehab has been extensively researched. All studies have concluded that there is no difference in outcomes between in-patient and out-patient rehab. Hip Replacement or Hip Resurfacing replacement patients generally recover quite easily and most patient prefer to go home and have outpatient rehab rather than stay more days in a hospital/rehab facility.

There are off course exceptions and these patients benefit from further in-patient stay at a rehab facility. These include the following:

• Bilateral hip replacements (ie both done at same time)
• Patients with no support at home
• Elderly patients with co-morbidities
• Patients slow to mobilise and become independent

The RAPT score (Click here) can give you a guideline as to whether you would benefit from in-patient or outpatient rehab.