At the 5 month Mark. Post hip replacement..limping!
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Am I too impatient? Being an active 62 year old with a new hip...that feels too big..squeezed in...and not able to walk without a stick or shop without a walker! No issue with arthritis but had a bone spur that caused cartilage to disappear...other hip is "only 40" ..still fine! I'm not overweight, very positive thinking and swimming and doing physio.... pain is mostly in front thigh and knee doesn't bend easily when weight-bearing. No rhythm to movement. 🙄
Maybe I've gained 1/4 inch in length on that side..now legs are the same length.-as the left leg has all its cartilage and the new one is like adding the lost "cushion" back...it has improved low back pain..but Hey I want to walk...
Ideas? Suggestions for testing besides x rays...which are just fine!
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RichardKen Pilotswife
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Cheers Richard
beth2509 Pilotswife
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The knee would suggest to me asking for MRI - it may be something muscular. That knee not bending is not, as far as I know, a common issue.
renee01952 Pilotswife
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warm welcome to the hippies forum ...
i am not sure what to tell you ... when was the last time you saw your surgeon? I saw mine at 6 weeks and 12 months post-op -
do you see a physical therapist ?
would love to hear back fro you -
big warm hug
renee
Pilotswife renee01952
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I have seen my surgeon 3 times before today... each time getting a new x-ray... all fine in black and white...
I do physio weekly... and prescribed exercises at home as well as physio pool exercise classes and also water walking and side stroke swimming... I walk in the mall with a walker or anywhere with a cart to push... but stationary bike is like driving a poker from my knee to my glutes... a big ouch...
I am open to ideas!
P.W.
AnnieK Pilotswife
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Your situation will be different, since your pain is in the front and involves your knee. I suggest you get second and third opinions from excellent orthopedists who are in a different practice from your original surgeon, and who are knowledgeable about soft tissue injuries, too. Also, even if your hip x-rays are fine, have you had your knee x-rayed, too? Keep questioning and pushing for answers!
AnnieK
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Pilotswife AnnieK
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Hi Annie
Just came from my surgeons office.
He won't run ant tests at all...sees no reason for them..
Told me to get pain meds from Family Doc and and get useless government funded physio..
Then he said "You are a puzzle. GOOD -BYE. GOOD LUCK" walked out of the room left me crying. With the door open!
Mmm?
RichardKen Pilotswife
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Best wishes Richard
beth2509 Pilotswife
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That's pretty unacceptable. I hope you will complain?
I assume you are in the UK? Can you get a second opinion?
Why do you think "government funded physio" is useless? There are some great physiotherapists out there in the NHS. But if that isn't acceptable, then unless you have private insurance, I'm afraid your only alternative is to pay for it privately. This may speed things up for you.
AnnieK Pilotswife
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Awful! Then you need to see a different doctor. I'm not sure how your NHS program works, but can you go to your GP now and tell him about your symptoms and pain? And he can give you a referral if he can't figure it out. How can they ignore someone who is unable to walk unaided, when it is very likely that there is a fix for it? There are many bones and muscles, and certainly we are at the point in medical science where most of that can be diagnosed and treated. It's mechanics.
Pilotswife beth2509
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Hi Beth.
Thanks for your reply. I am actually in Ontario, Canada. Our OHIP insurance plan covers 15 minutes with a physio therapist as one appointment so all therapists work on that cycle. Even though I do have private funds, it is very close to impossible to find a therapist that has opted out of OHIP... and that cycle of care and works outside the box. I have all the "at home" exercises... and actually do them as recommended. I also go to rehab warm pool individually coached exercises specifically for hips AND do water walking and side-stroke swimming 3 times a week to build up energy and strength. I take my walker to the mall and walk...have trouble on the stationary bike even with no resistance... feels like a sharp pointed prod is going to burst through my gluteus maximus..lol... (wouldn't be a pretty sight!).
Am considering a private rehab in the United States if I can be sure of its quality! I'm expecting a 5th grand child (the others all under 4) in the next few weeks...Excited to be well and run with them... (so to speak)...I didn't say "jog"!
Pilotswife RichardKen
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Hi Richard...
Appreciate your best wishes...
The last thing you want to hear from someone who plans to do nothing for you... is "YOU'RE A PUZZLE! GOOD LUCK"
... AND THEN to have no tissue box in his office.... tsk tsk...
I use humour as therapy...
Pilotswife AnnieK
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Hi Annie:
Where do you live... Any names or suggestions?
I'm not prepared to "wait and see"....
As you probably have read... I'm about to welcome my 5th grand child in the next couple weeks... (all under 4 and living within 10 minutes of us!)
AnnieK Pilotswife
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I'm in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, and I'd gladly give you the names of my surgeons if you are going to be in this neck of the woods. I know of another excellent glute repair man in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.
Pilotswife AnnieK
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I will take all those contacts..
Will check out my options.
Thank you!
AnnieK Pilotswife
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I'll message you the info!
hazel14263 Pilotswife
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morriewynn Pilotswife
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Oh my goodness "you are a puzzle". If you are in so much pain after five months, then clearly, your body is telling you that something is amiss.
I am fortunate to have an excellent chiropractor/sports physician. Just by relaying the symptoms, I know he would come up with a probable answer and if he was unable to assist, then he would be able to point me in the right direction . You are complying with the exercise regime for your hip; they are not working.
You must be feeling so desperate. Please don't give up. You can probably purchase copies of your X RAYS. If so, request them and take them to a specialist. I know it means money, however, you need answers.
My Chiro diagnosed my osteoarthritis, some two years before it was medically confirmed. He gave me exercises that delayed the progression for over five years.
Good luck. I'm so very sorry that you have been fobbed off and treated so badly.
Love, Blessings
Maureen
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AnnieK Pilotswife
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RichardKen morriewynn
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I could not get a decent night’s sleep due to the discomfort and my ex kept saying that I should go and see the chiropractor who was treating her for back pain.
As the direct result of that first visit for the first time for years I got a decent night’s sleep. This continued and over a number of visits he helped me to strengthen the muscles that supped my hip and kept me going for a number of years until the time eventually came when it was not enough and by then it was considered that I was no old enough for hip replacement surgery!
I still to this day use the pressure point relief techniques I was taught back in 1992.
Cheers Richard