Does the felling of leg discrepancies go away?

Hi,

The same thing happened to me, the discrepancy felt quite a lot making it difficult to walk. The physio thought it was about 4cms (1 1/2”),  it’s definitely more than an inch. The pharmacist said it’s 3cms.  Surgeon couldn’t care less. It’s 3 months now and no better. I feel disabled. I am wearing an insert but all my shoes aren’t suitable as my insert  is too much so I just wear Crocs all the time as my insert fits into them nicely. I am very upset. I can’t see how it will improve as it’s my operated leg that is now longer. I have been left to deal with this on my own. I wasn’t made aware this could happen.  I hope your discrepancy isn’t so much and that you have a surgeon who will help you.

Good to feel operated leg is longer， swelling in the hip causes it， and usually it subsides over a few weeks.

Yes.   It’s true.   Legs do settle.  I’m 1 month out and the feeling of discrepancy is getting better. 

Not completely.   But there are adjustments the body makes.   I’ll let you know in a few more months.   H

To stand  straight on my operated leg meant I had to tip toe with my non operated leg! I’m now 4 weeks post op and it is lessening thank heavens. The advice I’ve been told is that it can take up to 6 months to settle and you shouldn’t use heel raisers or the like until then, unless a clear leg length discrepancy is shown by X-ray, not just misalignment/swelling that should resolve. Hope yours begins to settle soon

I'm been fighting with my hip doctor since the replacement on this same issue.  I've had to add a riser in my right foot to compensate for the irregular length of my right leg.  If I do9n't use the riser my body let's me know that something is not right.  Been fighting with ortho's , chiro's  about this issue for a long time.