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Can Scar Tissue "Pop"?.

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DawnDedee
DawnDedee

I am beside myseld.  Today at work I slipped moving a cart down a ramp and caught myself so that I did not fall.  I thank God for not falling, but I really jerked my right leg/hip. This hip was done with the anterior approach and is nearly three years old.  Has been absolutely no trouble at all, until now.

I continued working, came home, and when I was rising up from the toilet seat, my hip popped.  Now I have incredible pain, muscle spasms and FEAR.  I asked a good physical therapist about this and he examined me and said that he thinks I may have torn some scar tissue and that it can "pop" when it is torn.

Have any of you heard of this, or experienced this?  

Thanks

Dawn, USA

 

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  • Loral
    Loral DawnDedee

    Posted

    I have anterior too, what do you mean by pop?eek
    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee Loral

      Posted

      It felt as if the ball shifted out of position and then back in.  It felt like it popped in and out. 
  • AnnieK
    AnnieK DawnDedee

    Posted

    I have no ideas for you, but just wanted to give you my sympathy. Are you checking with an orthopedist?
    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee AnnieK

      Posted

      Thank you AnnieK, I appreciate it.  I have a call into my surgeons office.  Unfortunately, I live five hours away from my surgeon and trust no one local.  I am icing the hip and not using it for now.  
  • jo37353
    jo37353 DawnDedee

    Posted

    OOOh Annie, I cant help, but feel for you, that must of been scary, sounds like you doing all the right things. Hpe you ok . xx
  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK DawnDedee

    Posted

    First time around I had the feeling mine had unzipped inside me, as if the internal stitches had split! All was ok though
    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee Rocketman_SG6UK

      Posted

      Those internal feelings can be scary indeed!  Have not heard yet from my surgery group.  I emailed them also.  I like being able to do that because I can write my thoughts better than I can say them.  Now I have been up and can still feel pain, but must go to work today no matter what.  I plan to work at a slower pace today and make double sure that I do not hurt myself again.
    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK jo37353

      Posted

      I checked just in case, half expecting my hand to come up all covered in 'red sauce', but it was fine.
  • MichaelTN1UK
    MichaelTN1UK DawnDedee

    Posted

    Oh. My. Goodness.

    I can't offer you any insight, but sending you loads of support across the wires. I shall foillow this thread with great interest. Thank you for sharing.

    Michael x

    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee MichaelTN1UK

      Posted

      Thank you Michael.  I will report what I learn from my surgery group.  
  • alice85142
    alice85142 DawnDedee

    Posted

    Oh you poor girl....I bashed my scar whilkst still in hospital on the metal side bits..my it hurt too..the nurse said ( as I was worried like you) if I could still stand up I hadn't sone any long term damage.  Three years on seems a long time after your op for this to happen.  You have to trust your physio but I would ring your doctor to make sure you have not damaged the joint.  For your peace of mind.  Does it still hurt??????

    Let us know how you are doing.

    ​Alice ( Ali) Wiltshire England

    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee alice85142

      Posted

      Thanks Alice.  That is comforting advice the nurse gave you.  I have not stood on it today, but laying here, it does not hurt as much as yesterday.  I will attempt to go to work and do my work slowly.

      Within 2 weeks after my left hip revision, while still at the after care unit, I fell.  I remember turning myself over in midair so that I would not fall on my newest hip, and landed on the right one, which was about a year and a half old at that time.  That is the only trauma I can remember until yesterday.

      Have not heard from my surgery group yet. 

    • alice85142
      alice85142 DawnDedee

      Posted

      Good grief....how amazing to turn mid air...wow like a cat does....Take it easy now and let us know how things go.

      ​ALice

    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee alice85142

      Posted

      I think I could turn over mid air because it felt like slow motion.  All I could think of was how devastating it would be to fall on the new revision.
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