Has anyone regained mobility **PRE**-op?
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I've had major consistent mobility problems for several months - major limp, all kinds of movement restrictions associated with hip, and various pains in moving, though still managed with considerable difficulty to keep walking a few miles.and exercising. (I'm 70)
December X-rays show "severe degenerative joint change" of osteoarthritis and am seeing surgeon next week .
It happened after sit-ups, when I jolted a tendon to my groih, and after the pain subsided after a few mins, found I had mobility again. No doubt may all revert any minute to normal limp etc.
Has anyone had or know of any similar experiences?
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AlexandriaGizmo michael62695
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When are you due back to discuss the next step
michael62695 AlexandriaGizmo
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Hi, Thx for reply. No doubt on the part of GP or is-it-the-physio at Camden St Albans Health Centre who decides on whether you see an NHS surgeon, that this is v. def. osteoarthritis and warrants an op. And no doubt in my mind either that an op would be the only way to restore seriously.impaired mobility. (I asked the physio re how much pain I should take in walking/v gentle jogging & he said basically "You're so buggered it doesn't matter - you cant do more damage in a few months"
I didn/t/don't have any pain when not moving, but otherwise symptoms consistent/unremitting. Weird.
michael62695 AlexandriaGizmo
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jimbone michael62695
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Hi Michael-
My experience was similar to yours. 3 years ago when I was 60 I had a sudden onslaught of degenerative pain and loss of mobility. Until then for the preceding 10 or so years there were occasional nagging hip pains and pain in my IT band but nothing stretching, exercise and deep tissue massage wouldn't usually work out and help me manage. I chalked it up to age and soft tissue issues. When things went bad it happened quickly within 2-3 months. I was working long hours on a difficult construction contract and assumed when I was finished I'd get back in shape and shake it all off. Never happened. I spent most of the next 1.5 years trying to regain my loss of range of motion, get rid of the limp and get out of pain to no avail. Imaging with a chiropractor showed advanced severe OA. I fought the diagnosis and the implication for another 6 months before coming to terms with the fact the hip was shot and the only way out of pain was going to be surgery. Saw the orthopedic surgeon early Jan. 2018, he told me I need a new hip, probably 2 new hips,and yes at this point I am having symptoms on the other hip as well as effects in my knees. I tried diligently to overcome the problem prior to deciding surgery was the only solution. For most people the deciding factor for surgery is pain level and quality of life. I'm fine just sitting in a chair, but that can't be all there is to living and when a short stroll across the parking lot leaves me hobbled, limping and unable to function normally my decision was basically made for me. It's a difficult decision for me and others I think but I wish you the best in making yours.
Jim
michael62695
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Hi Jim
Well you were v. loosely similar up to the point of deciding on surgery. I had about 2 years of progressively weaker and painful jogging, thinking it was "stiff leg"! Then the X ray diagnosis made total sense, since for the last few months I have had major limp/disability of movement more generally. And, like you, I decided well, if this is the only way to regain mobility, I have to do it. And that may well still be the case. But so far - still v.v. early - I haven't lost my new freedom of mobility. Still by no means perfect, - but vastly improved - and have to see if it keeps improving.. If - big if - it continues, I will put off surgery until I revert to previous immobility.
kenbooth michael62695
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michael62695 kenbooth
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Thx - so what happened? Did you still have the surgery? I am still improving. Still cautiously stretching, pushing all kinds of movements. Mixed a little v. gentle jogging into my walk tonight - feet actually leaving the ground. Getting all kinds of soreness, very close to previous sites of pain, but now I can steadily push the sore muscles, whereas with the pains before, moving through them would quickly build them to an unbearable, incapacitating pitch. IOW feels like the proper normal muscles are being engaged for the first time for a long time. So, I will def. be holding off surgery for now. You?
?(I've also started seeing opinions that it may be possible to rehabilitate the body/hip/cartilage
michael62695 kenbooth
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Hi Ken
Really appreciate a reply here.An important question is involved. My experience that is I am still improving - it's a question of stretching all the tight areas of one's leg that seem as if they will snap at first. It looks as if what you and I may have both done is accidentally push tight areas that normally one (and most people) would stay away from - stretching them violently - with consequent *improvement*.