Broken hip :(

[billb5612]

Sorry to hear about the hip. i've been there. i'm going to post a few of my comments/recommendations and they will be 'different'. don't follow or trust them if you don't want. i wouldn't blame you. but you may want to hear a different approach.
i went down on April 1st, 21 (i was 63 yo). operated on 4/2, walking down the hall after the operation, kicked out of the hospital 4/3, was on the spin bike 4/25 and on the road a week later. everything went fine except i found out i'm allergic to surgical tape on my skin for a week. took weeks for the rash to go away. didn't effect the healing.
After a very brief conversation with the surgeon and more of a discussion with the PA we agreed to skip PT. I've been to PT before and they're not used to 'people like us', they take the most conservative approach - by the book and they can't feel what you feel. they have liability. they will go slow and conservative.

i'm in good shape, riding for 25 years, 15 of those doing triathlons (10 ironman) so i know how to exercise, i know my limits and i don't need supervision or encouragement.

the exercises are basic, same things you would do to improve strength and mobility for training. you almost can't go wrong if you use common sense and know you limits. as my doc said - pain is the best coach to tell you when to back off. there's no magic formula or exercise here, strengthen the hips, strengthen the legs, strengthen the core. Rinse Repeat.

you don't have to work on mobility as long as you don't let yourself become immobile after the operation. you didn't (i assume) screw up the muscles/tendons/ligaments you broke a bone. you should have no loss of mobility except it hurts some to move at first. i ended up with a slight increase in mobility. i had some arthritis in the hip - now i don't.

so, look, carefully, at youtube for appropriate videos ( i recommend E3 Rehab and [P]Rehab) and start doing what you can as soon as you can.

hope that is of use. sorry for the rant but i think sometimes solutions are over thought and reliance on specialist is overblown. some things like imbalances and specific overuse or biomechanical problems need pinpoint solutions but some problems you can just blast them with a shotgun and you can get the job done.

sometimes when i'm riding along and some bonehead driver almost takes me out i think to myself, 'i hope i go down on the other hip and break that, id really like to get it replaced before it gets too bad or i'm too old to recover'.