Backwards I'm going

Yes I believe they can you ate doing too much, it can take a

Up to a year for the muscle to be fully repaired xx

I think so Pauline , I've been same after my holiday silly night and trying to see how fast I could run !! Suffered since ! Think it's improving but I've been resting certainly done too much ! take care and just rest for a bit x

Hi Pauline

I'm 8 months down the line and last month did a 7 mile bike trundle!!!! Then a walk was away for a few days I suffered with aching thigh and bum muscles for about 5 days after I think the key is to rest until the aches subside before doing any more strenuous exercise and gardening is strenuous

Hope you recover soon

Regards

Vicki xx

Hi Pauline, I too am just over 4 months! I know I have over done things. It's not easy as I am Hubby's carer! He too has oa of lumber spine,hips and knee's! Also deaf and severely sighted! So tension and anxiety with me!I am having reflexology and aromatherapy and will have jacuzzis when I can. It's not easy .sorry about you! It can take longer to recover as its a major op! Regards Amanda

Almost certainly I think. Was pain free for a while, recently gone back to work, phased return, driven longer distances, more housework etc.

As someone else has said, take it easy for a few  days, will then subside. I think of it as the body giving me an amber light, proceed with caution!

Hi pauline, yes I agree with all the others, you have overdone it,  I am 8 months post, and i am in real pain as i write this, see my other posts on this, basically i thought all was great with my new hip, no pain , but because I'm in agony with the other one now i have to lean more on the opp. side.

I have good and bad days, but today I went shopping and was walking round the store for an hour or so, and by the time I got to the parking lot, My operated hip was on fire!! but it will pass, I hope, basically we have to re adjust our lives according to the situation that we are now in, the pain is better than before, but there are and i think always will be restrictions 

hi pauline ... I agree with the others - you might have overdone it - easy to do when you don;t feel any discomfort while doing it, however muscles and tissue are still fragile and tender - early stages  of healing - well, you kno what to do ... rest and take it easy and be oh so gentle with yourself -

warm hug

renee

Huge thanks to all of you and comments.  Basically I am too independent to just stop doing anything and I am one paying the price.  I have taken on board all your advice and appreciate your kind words.

 Humbled....Pauline

I've noticed a prevalence of posts like this lately. Makes me wonder exactly what's going on here.

There is also a similar trend on other threads, lauding, for instance, how many miles people are walking after a few weeks THR.

I'm going to stick my neck out.

It strikes me that some seem to think our lives resemble something like a challenge. As in: 'I will prove to myself (and others?) that I can do x as well as I used to do, or 'should' do'.

This touches, I believe, on something quite profound. What is *life* about/for?

I do try not to be judgemental, but I can't quite understand what these 'strivers' are actually trying to prove, and why.

Surely, we are meant to live in the moment: not in another moment where we 'achieve' more?

I'm fully understanding of the opposite argument to this: onwards and upward = progress. But, hey. How about we just enjoy, appreciate and celebrate what we can manage on a day to day basis? Isn't there a glorious freedom in doing that, rather than a self imposed pressure to go beyond an innate sense of what feels right to each and every one of us, as individuals?

Just suggesting…

I have just been talking to my daughter, a 26 year old who recently returned to the gym after a few weeks break. Surprise, surprise she had a few aching muscles a couple of days afterwards. Thinking back to before the HIP began, I can relate to that. So perhaps when we use our recently cut, sewn and partially wasted muscles we should expect a few aches and pains too

Pauline, I agree with everybody. At 11 weeks, 2 weeks ago, we took our campervan to Cornwall. I have walked down to beaches, driven over 900 miles, lifted chairs, made beds etc etc, and today I'm stiff in thighs and back but my muscles are coming back. It is like going back yo the gym after a long lay off. Easy day today and a kip.