TUB TRANSFER- How to bath after HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY

[ALASKA-HOME]

This actor makes everything look so easy and painless. I'd like to see this same scene with someone who is actually in pain from recent surgery.

[hipretty]

This is not a bath it is a seated shower. Is bathing (ie a genuine bath, not a seated shower) ever going to be a possibility again after a TKR? I am 3 months out from surgery. My therapy is very slow going. But I still cannot imagine getting up after a bath in a wet tub. I feel more disabled than I did with a bone on bone knee!

[andyrainylosingmyjeans]

What if your bathroom is too small for this?

[cecigalvis]

Wouldn't be better to use a higher bath bench?. The transfer she performed involved more than 90 degrees of hip flexion which is contraindicated after THR (usually in a posterolateral approach)

[ellenbee]

What if the surgical side in the video were the right leg? Does that require facing the bench backwards so that the surgical leg is first lifted into the tub?

[ice-man]

I have issues with this. I was told not to exceed a 90 angle between my torso and waist due to risk of dislo ation. So how do you wash your feet and leg if you cannot reach down. I think this is way too dangerous particularly if you are elderly or suffer other issues. I have caregivers and I slipped once but no injuries. Even if you have tub/shower with a anti slip coating BUY and antislip plastic mat for the tub /shower.

[kathyheil]

Not really showing how to bathe. Only how to get in and out of tub.

[sherrid]

No shower curtain? Water go all over the floor 🥹