Hip Replacement

A Personal Daily Recovery Log

A simple daily record of your recovery, for you and your care team. A free, printable log – made by a patient, after my own hip replacement.

A few lines a day show you how far you've come, help you spot patterns in pain, sleep and medicines, and give your physio, nurse or GP a clear picture at appointments.

What's inside

  • A Day 0 page for your operation, hospital stay and the names of your care team
  • 84 daily pages: medicines, activity sessions, pain, sleep, toilet visits, bowels, washing and walking aid
  • A weekly review after every seven days, so you can see your progress
  • Pages for your medicines, wound care, milestones and appointment questions
Download the free log (A4 PDF)

110 pages · 1.7 MB · print as many pages as you need

A daily page from the log, with sections for overnight sleep and pain, medicines, activity sessions, pain during the day, and notes.
A daily page

Printing it

You don't need to print the whole thing at once. Start with the front pages and Day 0, then print a week at a time. In your printer settings, choose Pages and type the range.

WhatPages
Front pages and Day 0 (print these first)1–7
Week 1 – Days 1 to 7 and weekly review8–15
Week 2 – Days 8 to 14 and weekly review16–23
Week 3 – Days 15 to 21 and weekly review24–31
Week 4 – Days 22 to 28 and weekly review32–39
Week 5 – Days 29 to 35 and weekly review40–47
Week 6 – Days 36 to 42 and weekly review48–55
Week 7 – Days 43 to 49 and weekly review56–63
Week 8 – Days 50 to 56 and weekly review64–71
Week 9 – Days 57 to 63 and weekly review72–79
Week 10 – Days 64 to 70 and weekly review80–87
Week 11 – Days 71 to 77 and weekly review88–95
Week 12 – Days 78 to 84 and weekly review96–103
Appointment pages104–109
Notes110

Why I made it

After my hip replacement I kept a daily record of everything: medicines, exercises, pain, sleep, and those night-time trips to the toilet. It helped me keep track of my progress, but it was one long electronic document. This log turns that record into clear daily pages that take a couple of minutes to fill in.

Many people are back to most everyday activities within 6 to 8 weeks. I hope that's true for you. But full recovery can take several months, so there are 12 weeks of daily pages: use as many as you need.

– Marty Jones

Prefer a bound book?

A 6 × 9 inch paperback version is coming soon on Amazon.