Burning sensation in my operated leg at night

Hi,  this is very normal after the procedure.  You should be talking good pain meds to help with the discomfort.  Ice will be be your best friend over the next few weeks.  Apply ice pack to area several times per day, especially after walking or exercising.  This will help reduce inflamation and ease discomfort.

Kimberly is in Target. Pain meds, ice, elevate and another few weeks. Exercise and walk. Best of luck

HI

I had both hips replaced 6 weeks ago - and during weeks 4 and 5 experienced a burning pain sensation around the surgery site and below in the right leg only. Strangely it only occured at night- when laying in bed. It was also occasionally accompanied by sharp stabbing pains. The skin in this area was also tender to touch. During the day I had no trouble at all. Weird!

I called the Hospital   discharge advice line, and the nurse explained that it could be nerve damage or one of the internal stitches irritating the nerves- both of which would pass in time as the nerves and muscles heal.

My physiotherapist said the same thing.

I'm now week 6 post op and can happily say that the burning pain/sensations have finally gone.

I hope yours will soon pass too- be patient!

Best wishes with your recovery

Jill

This is normal take your pain meds and ice ice ice it. I found sleeping more than 2-3 hours at a time was normal  for the first weeks.do your exercises and rest . Good luck to you  

Agreed - ice is your friend. I also found it impossible to sleep without my whole leg (or both for symmetry) elevated.

the need to move seems normal post hip repalcemnt. Don't worry at this point when you sleep, just as you need to.

Has the hospital given you a exercise sheet, if not you are doing the right thing by stretching out your legs, and squeeze down to straighten your knees against the bed, also drawing up your knees a little, watch for dry heels, get some moisturiser and wife or girlfriend can massage into heels.

Another exercise is lying on your back, squeeze your buttocks together hard, relax and do it again, gets all that blood moving, and defenatly helps. in a few months you won;t know yourself, you will be a new man.

It does get better, I have done this twice over, and now knees have given it away. not looking foward to knee reaplcements, told it is worse than hips, but struggling to walk without pain in knee joints, high moderate I am told by Dr, will not refer me to hospital until severe, but if my hip joints are any indication of how fast they gave it away at the end, won't be more than a year or two.

Ice as much as you can, it's the key to getting the swelling to go down.

I am five weeks post-op from anterior thr (left). I didn't have burning, so much as restless leg/mild cramping between weeks three and four. I started taking magnesium tablets and the problem went away within two days!

In addition to what you have already been advised, exercises that ?really? stretch your back will help, but like all the other exercises, a couple of times and then never again won't do it - you will have to add them in to your daily routine. Have a look on line for anything that is for lower back/nerve pain - there's loads of advice available, and video demonstrations too. Look for ones that really involve stretching your spine in every direction (and slowly is better than quickly). Those should help a lot. In the short term, for immediate help, you may find this helps: stand up and place your hands on your hips. Feet about shoulder breadth apart, standing comfortably. Now slowly, trying to keep your hips as still as possible, bend backwards from the waist really pulling that spine as far as possible (without falling over!). Slowly move back up to the starting position and do the same forwards ?arching your spine as you go. Repeat two or three times. For most people, this will ease the pain. It may even stop it entirely for a time.

?If none of this helps at all, then your doctor can provide neuropathic pain killers which may help - they are one of those "works on some people, not others, nobody knows why" sort of things. But you still need to keep up the exercises because you don't want to be on these for a long time if you can help it. And the doctors shouldn't prescribe them if you have ever suffered from depression or anxiety related illness.

Hi brisgolfer, I had the same thing and it went on for a while but after speaking with my specialist I discovered it was due to the surgery and the way you are positioned. It did eventually go in the end.

Good luck with your recovery

Sally x