What We Treat

Hip Replacement Surgery treatment in Burleson.

A new hip is the start of the comeback, not the end of it: recovery decides how well it actually moves. It's fixable, and it starts with a cause-first evaluation, not a guess.

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Sound Familiar?

Does this sound like you?

  • Putting off the surgery date because there’s never a “good time” to stop
  • Wincing getting in and out of the car, even weeks after the operation
  • Using the walker longer than you told everyone you would
  • Favoring the other leg without even realizing you’re doing it
  • Wondering if the new hip will ever really feel like “yours”
  • Being cleared by the surgeon but still not trusting the leg

Two or more? Keep reading.

Why It Happens

A new hip is hardware. The recovery is what makes it move.

Hip replacement swaps out the worn joint surfaces causing the pain, but the muscles around the hip, especially the glutes, have usually been compensating for months or years before surgery. They don’t just switch back on once the new joint is in.

That’s why recovery takes more than rest and a home exercise sheet. It takes a real, cause-first evaluation of your strength, gait, and range of motion to know exactly where you’re at and what’s next. Find the real gaps, and the comeback gets a real timeline.

Physical therapist assessing a patient's movement related to hip replacement surgery

The Honest Truth

Waiting on hip rehab doesn’t make it wait on you.

If you keep waiting

  • The muscles around the new joint stay weak, and old compensation patterns stick around
  • A limp or guarded walk can quietly become a habit, even after the joint has healed
  • The longer real rehab gets delayed, the longer it takes to trust the leg fully

If you start this week

  • You get a clear picture of exactly where your strength and motion stand, from visit one
  • Guided, safe movement starts right away, appropriate to how many weeks out you are
  • You get a plan with an endpoint: real milestones for walking, stairs, and getting back to normal

You’ve spent your whole life on your feet for everyone else. Which is exactly why you put this surgery off as long as you did. Nobody regrets starting early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.

How We Fix It

The same four phases. Built for a hip replacement comeback.

Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like after surgery.

Weeks 1–2

Pain

Protect it and get you moving.

Hands-on care and guided walking manage swelling and get you safely up and moving in the first days after surgery.

Weeks 2–6

Prime

Get your motion back.

Targeted mobility work restores the range your hip lost to the old joint and the surgery itself.

Weeks 6–12

Perform

Rebuild the strength around it.

Progressive strengthening wakes up the glutes and hip muscles that had been compensating for years.

Months 3–6

Prevent

Trust the new hip completely.

Walking, stairs, and getting up from low chairs get tested under real conditions before you’re cleared to go all-in: that’s the endpoint, not just a surgeon’s checkup.

I recommend Dr. Talin Pepper for everyone that is recovering from surgery or an injury of any type. He's compassionate yet pushes enough to get you back to normal movement. Dr. Pepper has helped me recover from hip replacement and shoulder replacement surgeries. I'm back to normal and feel great.

Shared by Connie S. · Hip Replacement Surgery

Before: recovering from hip replacement surgery

After: back to normal movement, and feeling great

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Related Conditions

Pain rarely stays in one place.

Compensation patterns often show up nearby. Here's what else we treat.

1

Hip Pain

That pinch when you cross your legs to tie your shoes: hip bursitis, labral tears, flexors too tight to trust.

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Knee Replacement Surgery

The hardware's in. Getting the knee to actually bend, bear weight, and trust itself again is the real work.

Learn More 3

Arthritis

Jars you can't open, mornings your hands won't cooperate until they've warmed up: arthritis doesn't have to mean giving up motion.

Learn More

Questions, Answered

What people ask before booking for hip replacement surgery.

Most surgeons include PT as part of the standard recovery plan, and many patients start within days of surgery. If you're not sure what your surgeon's protocol allows, we'll coordinate directly with their office so your plan lines up with your specific procedure and timeline.

In most cases, yes, and appropriate movement is exactly what speeds recovery. Your surgeon's specific precautions come first, and within those, a Doctor of PT will guide exactly how much to do and how to progress safely as you heal.

Most patients feel meaningful change within 4–6 visits. A full plan for hip replacement recovery runs through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent, typically over 3–6 months, since bone and tissue need time to fully heal. Either way, you get a plan with an endpoint: you'll always know which phase you're in and what's left, not an open-ended string of appointments.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Mon–Fri: 8 AM–5 PM
  • (817) 904-5070 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • Same-week appointments available

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