Pain afterbTHat

my pain was soreness, not pain. i did my PT faithfully and walked alot, was st work 4 weeks later. the more you move the less pain

your correct it's just soreness and lack of using muscle. Walk as far as you can and keep moving is the trick.

My gosh, you have only just had your op. It is a major operation and you would not expect to be up and running around as soon as it is done. I found my leg heavy when getting in and out of bed and used the scarf thing given me by the hospital. I then found some days I did not need it and other days I did, until I was able to discard it. Rest for the first couple of weeks and then slowly build yourself up and just don't overdo things. Have you seen a video of the op on Youtube? Also food has no calories after a hip op particularly chocolate!!

Hi I haven't had my hip replacement yet but have a bad case of disintegration of my left hip after a fracture so for 3.5 years I have been on crutches and have learnt lots of ways of manoeuvring around including the bedroom, I sleep on my right side with a pillow in between my thighs/knees.

To get into bed I sit on the side of the bed and I hook my right foot under my left leg and lift it up, if your sleeping on your back still you can push your left leg further over the bed and if its your other leg then do the opposite.

To get out do the reverse.

Hello Frances,

I did not have any pain after my op and did not need painkillers but, the nurses would not listen! It was a week before I could lift my leg up on it's own, it was a case of lifting it with my hands to do exercises.

think you can tell theres a wide variance between us all re amt or any pain . a lot of it depends on the surgical approach ie anterior v posterior as it's well documented that the anterior is less painful than the posterior. but there are other reasons esp here in the uk that the posterior is still popular ie reduced risk long term of any nerve damage.

I think at the end if the day if you have pain you take pain killers to stop it or reduce it so you can mobilise as well as you can. my pain once the first week was out the way was I'm sure now muscle pain as opposed to any bone pain from having the femur head sawn off 😃

but whatever the pain was for me it was very real and I needed the meds I was given.

so please dont get disheartened if you need pain killers - please make sure you keep on top of the pain whilst you need them