Check this out (iliopsoas impingement)

I had bilateral hip replacement in November of 2016. Everything went well and I have recovered nicely. The only problem I have had is that I have pain in my left hip when I flex it. The right one is fine. Getting in a car, raising the leg to get in bed, or raising the knee has caused a slight pain since almost the beginning (after surgery). The leg has felt heavy also. I mentioned it to the doctor several times but he didn't see anything obvious on the x ray. I have been coping with it because the slight pain is nothing compared to the old arthritic pain. It just made me a little clumsy. I researched it and came to the conclusion that I had iliopsoas impingement, where the psoas muscle rubs against the artificial cup, irritating it. Fast forward to yesterday, almost two years since my operation. I was getting out of my truck. I moved my left leg out of the truck a little differently than normal and I felt a strange sensation that I haven't felt before. I was a little worried about the hardware moving or shifting but it felt more like a muscle strain. It was a little difficult to walk, but I forced myself to do so because I had to work. Throughout the day it was a little annoying but got better towards the end of the workday. When I went to bed last night I noticed that there was no pain when I lifted the leg into bed! When I got up today, there was no pain. Getting in and out of the truck today, climbing the ladder (I'm a painter), and lifting my leg feels great! I'm hypothesizing but I think the pain I have been feeling for two years was a badly positioned psoas muscle or tendon. Maybe done during the operation. Maybe when I got out of the truck, the odd movement I made caused the muscle/tendon to shift back to a more normal position which relieved the pain. I'm excited because this is the first time in two years where the left hip feels normal. I thought I would share this with you to see if anyone has heard of something like this happening before? I'm enjoying the pain free hip, hoping it doesn't move into the other, painful position.

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