Discomfort 6 months post lthr

I tell you Chris, I think everything is normal, have you been doing more lately? It takes several months to heal, a good year.

Try and see a physio they can assess if you have any weak muscles  in and around your hip, that adds to pain in other muscles and causes you to walk incorrectly only adds to discomfort.

I did, amazing how fast i improved once I and the physio identified where the weakness was, only a small muscle but helps with stablity in your hip, she had me do very specific exercises for that muscle and what a differnece it made within a month or so, taught me how to feel  the muscles twitching and confirmed I was nice and strong in my other musclesand doing very well otherwise.

I am 5 months out from surgery and I still have numbness on the outside of my thigh and hip, and muscle pain! It feels very tight and it gets sore! I also get nerve pain,as they are coming back around and waking up but boy is it painful!!! Stings like crazy but I am glad they are repairing themselves it is an awful feeling to touch your thigh and have no feeling there, pressure but no feeling! My surgeon said it can take up to a year to fully feel that area again! The numbness is very normal!! Good luck!

Hi Chris, 

Are you walking unaided?  are you limping?

It might be that your body is not in balance yet and muscles are  still in healing/repairing mode if you had posterior approach -

do youb have physical therapy? gentle massaging the area around scar and that big butt muscle will help also -

but hey, that nasty arthritic pain is gone, right?  you are getting there -

big warm hug

renee 

 

Hi Chris, 

I'm about to hit the 6 month mark for a RTHR.  I still have discomfort in the area where the scar is and occasional pain in the my inner thigh. If I over do it, I feel swelling around the new joint (it almost feels like a ball of fluid). I've been seeing the physio who has me working hard to rebuild my glutes which seems to be helping a lot. 

I've been told it'll be about 8-12 months until the joint feels normal again...

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I did not have such a problem.  But I do want to say "normal" is a big word.  What is normal for me may not be normal for you.  Your health before the operation, age and body weight also can make a difference.  Cement or cementless?  Training? Honestly, it was discovered that I had osteoarthrtis because I complained about discomfort in my left thigh more than I was concerned about my actual hip.  I had trouble lifting my leg up, like to get into the driver's seat, or lifting my leg to go up some stairs.   2 years  after the operation, I still have the same problem.  My right side . . . I can feel that it is indeed my hip that is bothering me.  I will be having that replaced after December.

I had my op in October last year, followed by revision on the same joint in January, and I get this - it's not exactly pain, but it is uncomfortable,  it just feels 'tight' around the upper thigh.  I walk well, but still get the occasional limp, usually when commuting to/from London.  I have just put it down as a side effect of the operation - it just doesn't seem to be getting completely better, but it is tolerable compared to the pre-operation pain.

It didn't get much worse on holiday, despite the heat and climbing of churches and castles that we did.  In fact, I was doing rather better than my wife who has not needed a new hip .