Seated exercise?

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I’ve damaged both my hips and I’m waiting for probable surgery. I can’t do aqua or swimming.

Has anyone got any bright ideas for home based, chair based exercise? Particularly cardio? That feels utterly impossible, but I’m very conscious that I am getting very limited steps and I am sat with my feet supported for hours every day.

Same boat I am afraid - had to retire very early as I could not sit and stay awake on the pain meds.

Have you looked at smart crutches ? My hands are clawed up and after 6 plus hand surgeries I can't hold the normal NHS crutches - they and a better ferrule make walking a lot easier than standard crutches.

A referral to OT may help and hip compression garments ( various physios have suggested them and some people can get them on prescription )

Just saw you said you were on oral oramorph - I was told the pain patches are better as they last a week and give you consistent morphine dosage so you cope better - not sure I do but that is what they said ...

I’m currently hooked up to my tens machine, no idea if that really helps but it has a nice massage function.

I live most days in gym leggings which are a good level of compression, but I’ll look into that too!

my gp is rubbish, naproxen, gabapentin and oramorph is all I’ve been given. I need something better, patches sound like a good option that I’ll ask about.

I’ll also look at the smart crutches, I have terrible shoulders so anything better than nhs would help!

im sorry you’ve had to retire, people don’t understand just how deliberating join issues and ligaments can be.

Hip pain is awful, so sorry you’re going through this. I had a replacement this year and did walking in the pool when I was recovering. Someone I know did seated ski ERG whilst recovering from knee surgery.