I know I’ve gained weight when in the hospital so I know that’s a factor.

I’ve been doing forward leg raises (sitting on chair), standing and raising legs (for calf muscle), toe raises standing, right side side hip raises (standing) Also, standing and raising right knee up (to a certain height), bringing Right leg back (kick back), (can’t do butt kick because the muscles in back of ham string aren’t that strong - they move with pain - sometimes the muscle “jumps”. (Then I get a cramp so I skip that exercise).

On the bed, I do half snow-angels, bending knee up to chest, crunches (lifting body up into air), lift right knee by using knee cap area (leg is on top of a rolled up towel) and hold for 3 seconds for 10 repetions (then the left leg),

The pain in my hips is so bad that “most of the time I can’t sleep through at night time, I keep waking up because of the pain - in my hips and the lower back.
This morning, I tried doing some stretching (side to side) while sitting in front of the computer - this may have helped some. I can’t think straight right now because I can’t do the “normal exercises because of my R. hip”. I’m limited by what I can do.

I was just thinking - if the pain in my top right leg (right where the leg joins the body) - could that be from doing an exercise of lifting the leg into the air and holding it? Would that cause strain on the top leg muscle? I don’t know what causes it to pain.

I am trying to exercise so I can get back to normal walking - without 2 canes or a walker. It sure is hard on the hand palms.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Linda