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Jo_Michelle
Jo_Michelle

Hi everyone,

I am almost 5 weeks post THR, I find it very uncomfortable to sit on my bottom (posterior surgery), I have a mound of swelling behind. I presume this is normal and just needs to settle. Can anyone add anything?

Thanks all x 

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  • nascargirl
    nascargirl Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    This happwnwd to me as well. Felt like i was sitting on something! It does go away i promise!
  • ann66359
    ann66359 Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    Hi jo, sorry but this is normal I am nearly six weeks post thr and still got a swollen behind it is a big wound for me this time, I am taking a cushion with me when I go out, good luck Ann
  • Mollyjr
    Mollyjr Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    I am 5 weeks with anterior but I'm still icing periodically because swelling goes down when I do this. I wonder if that would help. 

  • linda81469
    linda81469 Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    I too have this problem. I am 7 weeks out of my second surgery. I feel it on the operated leg. Feels like I'm sitting on a small ball! I find sitting on a soft moist heat heating pad helps some. I also ice. I'm wondering how long does that last?? Hope you get to feeling better. Hugs, 🤗🤗. LD

  • linda81469
    linda81469 Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    Its right where the buttock and thigh meet.
    • linda38528
      linda38528 linda81469

      Posted

      Um hmm. That is it exactly Linda. 😟

      Heat then cold helps me.There is also a lymphatic technique to reduce the swelling. Think of your operated hip and the triangle made from the point of your hip bone out along your groin and a similar line across your stomach extending out about 4 ". Place a cold pack there. Then place a warm pack on the same spot on the opposite hip. Finally plave a large warm pad over the stomach where dozens of small lymph tissues and nodes exist. This configuration somehow activiates the lymphatic tissue to absorb and flush out the swelling fluid through your urine. Got to love it.

      I hope you are truly feeling progress as you soon get moved off of zero weight bearing.

      Big hugs.

    • linda81469
      linda81469 linda38528

      Posted

      Wow Linda that's very interesting!! I will definitely try this. Ever since I started to bear weight all kinds of things are waking up!! New sensations that are so pleasant right now!! My pt said that I would pay for the fact I was non weight bearing for those six weeks! My foot has gotten better! Swelling has really gone down!! No cold foot & leg either!! Some mild tingling as I first step from resting. Thanks for the tip!! Hugs, 🤗🤗. LD

    • linda38528
      linda38528 linda81469

      Posted

      Wow - this fabulous news. Great progress that must make up (a little) for your rehab under non-weight-bearing rules. It must have been tortuous.

      But yes - I will take the waking up sensations any day, although I know that it will be tough at times too.

      Good luck and big hugs

      PS - be sure your warm heating pad doestrogen not get to hot other it can actually heat the hardware inside you !! Can't be good..

      L

  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    Sounds like the 'sitting on a pile of golf balls' felling that so many of us get at some time or other.

     

    See my website for common complications and tips, the address is in my personal info here ...

       https://patient.info/forums/profiles/rocketman-sg6uk-907025

    and on the moderator's "useful resources" page at

       https://patient.info/forums/discuss/thr-useful-resources-487147

    Best wishes

    Graham - 🚀💃

  • Polly2016
    Polly2016 Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    Hi Jo. Once you have finished any blood thinning medication then get a spikey Pilates massage ball and lean against the ball up a wall and massage it against the cheek of your bum. It will release the those knotty bits. Just slide yourself up and down the ball. I have had both hips done posterior and this along with the bottom clenching exercises really does help. It really does get better in time.
  • anna87839
    anna87839 Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    Hi Jo just 11 weeks post tlhr and still feeling like I'm sitting on a lump of concrete still got swelling around the scar area GP said it can takes monthsto get back to normal,I tried driving this week

    and that agrevated it even more.

    I find the most comfy place for me is to sit /

    recline on bed hang in there big hugs xxx

  • amanda1827h
    amanda1827h Jo_Michelle

    Posted

    Hi Jo! Poor you! Thing's will settle in time. Please remember you've had a major op!OK what sort of chair in your living room do you have? I have an upright computer chair not able to sit on the sofa!! Try & place a cushion under your hi.Keep warm as heat helps.It can take over a year to get back to normal! Good luck Amanda h

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