Groin.pain three weeks after posterior hip replacement

Hi Thomas your recovery is spot on and I wish you continued recovery & on to  a improved lifestyle and mobility. It's normal to have pain after surgery, healing  has its ups and down and in general you will be in better shape in no time. 

Take one day at a time and don't over do follow PT and you will have a great summer ahead to look foreword too! 

Cheers 😁

We’re all different in our recoveries so sure can’t be the expert but when groin pain began around 3 weeks, my dr told me to quit the exercises & that I was probably also overdoing things. I wasn’t prescribed PT when going home from surgery but given exercises like the ones we learned in the hospital PT classes. I did as the dr said and the groin pain went away after a week or so. I walked for exercise  but didn’t resume the exercises until 6-8 wks & only 1/2 the repetitions and all was good! Best of luck on your recovery!

Hi Thomas, i am 64 and had my posterior hip op on January 13th and you are far in advance of me , I am still using 2 crutches and experiencing pain from deep inside the hip, guess we will have to be patient.

Hi Thomas,  

I'm at 9 weeks post op and swimming 30 mins and cycling for an hour and am pain free whilst doing the exercise and after. But  I have a dull groin ache which I notice when i'm lying down in bed most.. I did have bad groin pain before the op which is what made me make the decision to have the replacement. I'm sure in my case its just the groin healing. 

The other thing I find is that doing straight leg lifts whilst lying down is still a bit painful in the groin and It is hard to raise my leg up any distance. I've read about other people having this problem, don't know why, and my physio said don't do this exercise.

Hi Thomas. I had that pain in the groin area. It is the abductors and after doing all the stretch exercises, it has gone away. For weeks we are told not to cross legs and keep them straight with pillows to reduce chance of dislocation, so they get tight and lazy. I had that radiating pain as well as my knee throbbing, my toes tingling, my calves aching and once I started stretching and the nerves going back to normal, it all set back to normal in about 3 months. Now I just have a tightness , like a band around my thigh and it is tight where the implant and ring hold my femur. It is weird at first but one gets used to it. My glutes also are rebelling as most of my physio is to strengthen them. As long as I can walk and have my independence, I will acknowledge and move on. Sounds like you are doing very well. Good luck.