With this new procedure, patients are often using a cane as a light balance aid just 2 days after their surgery. One patient drove here by herself and walked right in without a cane. Ultimately, this procedure is rewriting the book on physical therapy after hip replacement. Anterior hip patients are bypassing both the typical in-patient rehabilitation and post-op rehab facility stays. We can see them much sooner. They are getting back to normal function much faster. They can get back to work more quickly, especially if their job involves standing. You just don’t see that accelerated process with a traditional hip replacement. It’s becoming almost predictable to us how these patients will present. They are a joy to work with because we can be a little bit more aggressive sooner due to their tremendous range of motion. We as physical therapists are free to stretch the hip without fear of dislocation. With a traditional hip replacement, we work within limitations and have to take precautions not to flex the hip beyond 90 degrees. Although the outcomes of both procedures may be similar, we are seeing patients get back to their normal lives — their work, their recreation, their independence — so much sooner.