Physical Therapy Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

Inclusion Criteria: * scheduled to undergo primary unilateral anterior total hip arthroplasty for the treatment of arthritis under the care of the Principal investigator * available for follow ups postoperatively Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 or \> 75 * Preoperative BMI ≥ 40 * Revision (i.e., non-primary) THA procedures * Patients who have undergone THA in contralateral hip within the past 6 months * Patient is scheduled for or anticipating THA on contralateral limb within 6 months * Patients with an active infection (at the time of screening through surgery, as this is a surgical contraindication) * Current co-morbidities such as alcohol or drug addiction, and/or mental disorders could potentially interfere with study participation * Cognitive deficit or significant mental impairment that would, in the opinion of the investigator, impede patient self-reporting * History of severe osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease, radioactive bone disease, or tumor in the bone surrounding the hip joint * History of significant neurological and/or musculoskeletal disorders that may adversely affect gait after THA * History of inflammatory hip arthritis * History of septic hip arthritis in affected hip * Patients requiring discharge to a rehabilitation center, skilled nursing facility, long-term care center, or convalescent home * Non-English speaking * Unable to give informed consent * Currently enrolled in another therapeutic study for THA