Physio
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I posted some time back about physio for hip arthritis. I started a few weeks ago and now I've been moved into the hip class. I was horrified that they expected me to use an exercise bike - I could barely get on and certainly couldn't turn the pedals all the way round. I found all the exercises very painful and now I'm back home my hip is aching like billy-o! I have to attend this class for 6 weeks and then report back to my GP. I really can't see that it os going to work. It may strengthen my muscles but I can't understand how it will help bones. Most of the other people there were post-hip replacement and they could do far more than me. I'm embarrassed to say I ended up in tears.
As well as telling my GP about the pain and the things I am unable to do, does ayone have ay advice on convincing her that I can't go on like this and need a new hip? I can't drive, can only walk short distances and my hip keeps gettig 'stuck'. I have to click it back into position and it's so painful. I'm 67 in August but they keep telling me I'm too young.
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sue18692 CelsB
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rosie86947 CelsB
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Good luck and let us know how you get on xxxx
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The reason of being too young is sheer bollocks. I'm 43 and have had the first of both hip replacements done in May, the other to follow around September.
If you are in this much pain, have your GP get you to a hospital to have an Orthopedic surgeon decide whether or not you need the hip. At first my GP thought of bursitis of the hip. After my third visit (and PT to use with bursitis) I said I wanted the hospital to have a look. One X-ray was followed by an MRI and then I was told I had osteonecrosis going on.
Please do yourself a favour, and demand to have pictures taken and evaluated by an orthopedic professional.
lynne09047 CelsB
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I don't know where you are, but here in the UK 'you are too young' is their favorite cop out!!! trying to save the NHS money!! I was told the same thing, in 2011 i was diagnosed with cronic OA in both hips I saw and took photo's of my xrays, the left was far worse at the time, as I was living a very active life at the time i was in shock that this was happening ti me, I was 60 at the time, anyway I kept on going with the help of painkillers and herbal remedies, eventually the pain was too much to bear, so back I went to the gp this time I saw a different dr, he put on the list for a LHTR staight away.
Three months later I was invited to the hospital to be ascessed and was given a date for a pre op. long story short, I got my new hip in nov. last yar after deferring 3 times because they said the longer I could keep my own hip the better, I'm not a dr or surgeon so I was lead by them, all I can say now is, go back to your gp, insist you get reffered asap, you have rights, and take photos of everything you can, this is your proof of your hip condition,
good luck, let us know how you get on,
Lynne x
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Lama22 CelsB
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Not sure GP should be making decisions on your behalf. Surely a specialist is needed to advice? I'm 63 by the way and because I can now exercise I am managing to strengthen all the muscles that have been wasting away.
I can see the point of strengthening muscles pre op as it does help recovery, bone can be replaced but muscle can't. But it shouldn't cause you that amount of distress.
Good luck, hope you get what you need
Barbara
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renee01952 CelsB
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I was the one in denial and it was up to me to ask for a surgery date ... so different, right?
can you take someone with you to your GP - they can be so initmidating ...
good luck - don;t go to PT anymore if it causes you so much pain ....
be gentle with your self -
renee
annedi CelsB
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When was the last time you had an xray on your hip? They can get worse quite quickly.
Physio can be good for the hip but if the class causes too much pain I would tell the physio people you can't cope with it. I had physio before my recent hip op. I was in a class and some of the exercises were ok but others hurt a lot. I had an individual appointment with a physio and explained the difficulty. She wrote a supportive letter to my GP and I got a referral. The hip had got a lot worse since the previous xray over a year ago and the surgeon arranged to do it within 12 weeks.
At the least it sounds like you need an xray to see what is going on now and then maybe you will get a referral.
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Laura
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