Knee Pain

Hey Billy,

I've had pain in both hips and started walking in a way that all my upper body weight was only supported by my knees. I was getting pain in my knees that sometimes matched the pain I was getting in my hips.

It is normal for the pain to sometimes feel like its coming from your knee but in reality its actually still because of your hip.

I was in that position for 7 months and I've just had my left hip replaced and I can tell you once the post op pain has gone your leg seems to straighten out and your body starts to support itself properly again and the knee goes back to normal. I still need my right hip doing because of damage but even with one done its a major improvement on both sides.

hope this helps,

Dan

it is possible to get referred pain in the knee

Hi Billy - I think it's an impossible question to answer. My guess is that if your right hip is worse than the left then you'll have been adding additional stress to the right knee - in which case it would suggest that the knee problem may go after the op. Can you request an xray/MRI scan of the knee?

Just to give you confidence - I had bilateral hip resurfacing 11yrs ago and was given a new lease of life. All good.

Hope everything works well for you... Ruth

Billy,

Quite often people have knee pain and are surprised when after being x-rayed it is the hip causing the problem, it is not unusual. Once your hip is replaced you can start walking straight again and the other hip might feel a lot better. Hope you are exercising to strengthen your muscles and make recovery much easier and pain free.

Hi Billy,

you just described what I've been going through.

I had a TLHR Mar 1, 2018. I had a TRHR Apr 16, 2019. Prior to the RHR, my right knee was killing me. I had to wear a knee support that really helped and I would recommend it. After I had my RHR, my knee stopped hurting. I haven't had my 2 wk follow up yet but my Dr did say the knee pain would stop after the surgery and it did!

Good luck.

Hi Billy - I had TRHR on 12/26/18. The months prior to surgery, I was in severe pain from my groin to my knee and it was excruciating. I had bilateral knee replacement in 2011! It's been 4 months now, no more knee pain, yoga and walking every day.

Good luck and have faith!

Georgette

Hello Billy,

I put off my THR right hip until the surgeon told me the good hip was going and I too had had constant pain not only in my right knee, but also the right ankle.

I was convinced my knee was going however, numerous X-rays showed nothing and my surgeon said it was all deferred pain.

I am in week three post op, and my knee still hurts, but this is all due to the bad walk, or rather hobble I had adapted to for the past two years

because of the terrible pain in my hip.

My physiotherapist saw that my knee was out of alinement and the muscle connected to the knee was so tight it was pulling the kneecap inwards. We have been taping it for the past week and not only does this make the post op exercises much easier to cope with, but also it eases the pain when walking with the obligatory crutches.

I am not worried as this will correct itself, so I don’t think you need to worry too much either. Of course though, we are all different but perhaps you should ask your physiotherapist about the position of your knee cap too.