[Margerie]

honk, honk! I don't want to raise your bp Chelee, but this doesn't sound kosher.

I have had family members get hip and/or knee replacements over the past several years. They were not due to bone mets, but they ALWAYS got PT as soon as possible, usually the day after surgery in the hospital. They really did not give you supervised instructions/exercises? No PT at all? I am curious to know if his non-HMO patients are denied PT. Is this the standard of care????? You should find out because it does not sound right. The first articles I found when I consulted Dr. Google (hip replacement surgery):

http://www.mghp.com/services/procedu...lacement.shtml

http://www.everydayhealth.com/hip-pa...l-therapy.aspx

http://www.georgetownuniversityhospi....cfm?id=555811

http://www.aapmr.org/condtreat/rehab/hip.htm

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00377

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00303

as a side note I tried to google "hip replacement surgery and no physical therapy" and the result was Did you mean: hip replacement surgery and physical therapy

LOL