6 WEEKS POST-PAO
It's also going to take awhile to adjust to the position of my new hip. There are special sensory nerves in your joints that are responsible for proprioception--which is your brain's ability to sense where your body is in space. Proprioception is what allows you to know where your feet are when you are climbing up a flight of stairs... even without looking at them. Now that the joint has been repositioned, my proprioception is off. I can feel it when I try to walk without the crutch. I have to concentrate really hard on engaging my glutes to stabilize my pelvis, which is something that should happen automatically in response to proprioceptive input to the joint. But never fear! This will come back :) Proprioceptive training will be a big focus for physical therapy, especially as I work towards return to sport.
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