GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Getting around can sometimes be a challenge for children healing from hip surgery, or with special hip braces. Collins Arnett is one child at the Maynard Children’s ...

1 to 2 Days After Hip Replacement Surgery. You'll get out of bed -- with assistance -- and start moving around using a walker or crutches. You will see physical and occupational therapists.

In the U.S., surgeons perform more than 500,000 hip replacements every year. That number is only expected to increase as our population ages.