Kimberly Wyatt "could barely walk" a few years ago before her hip replacement surgery.

The Pussycat Dolls star told fans that she "limped through every day and barely slept because of the pain", which she attributed to "dancing night after night, always wanting to nail it in front of 10,000 people" and having undergone three C-sections to have her and her husband Max Rogers' children.

Reflecting on her recovery with a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday (04.10.26), Kimberly, 44, who has daughters Willow, 11, and Maple, nine, and son Ford, six, with the 43-year-old model, said: "A few years ago, I could barely walk.

"For nearly two years, I limped through every day and barely slept because of the pain.

"I remember watching my children playing on holiday and being in too much pain to walk over to them."

The Don't Cha hitmaker admitted she felt "scared", but stayed positive because tennis legend Andy Murray, 39, returned to competitive sport following a successful hip replacement in January 2019, and Kimberly thought she would have a "shot at finding my way back too".

After the procedure, the entertainer had to learn to walk again, and a sweet photo of her on crutches "taking these tiny, uncertain steps" with Ford, then four, "means more to me now than I think it did then".

Kimberly's post also included videos from her hip replacement journey, including one showing a blue arrow on her right leg marking the spot where the procedure would take place, and another of the star appearing to cry while wearing a hospital gown.

She also included a shot of Ford holding his mom's hand as she lay in her hospital bed, as well as a clip of herself practicing to walk with help from a physical therapy nurse and her son.

Kimberly added: "My four-year-old was helping his mum learn to walk again. I look at that picture now, and I don't really see the surgery.

"I see the strength. I see love. I see this tiny person instinctively knowing Mom needed looking after for a minute."

The Jai Ho! artist realised that "admitting you're scared" and "letting someone put their hand on your back" was also a sign of strength, and not just "pushing through, taking the pain, working harder, and not letting anyone see the cracks".

Kimberly said she "barely spoke" about her hip replacement at the time, adding: "I'd spent my whole life being the strong, athletic one. My body was my instrument. Admitting it had broken down felt frightening.

"So I quietly got on with it. And tonight I think about where those legs are now. On a Pussycat Dolls Tour. After four major surgeries. Three Caesareans. One hip replacement. And somehow this body is still dancing."

The Buttons performer admitted it has been a "battle" accepting that her body will not allow her to dance like she did in her 20s, but is happy that it "dances" and gets the beauty "onto that stage".

Kimberly continued: "Maybe it isn't always about getting back to who you were before something happened. Maybe the win is meeting who you are after it.

"And that's what I needed tonight."