Shin and ankle pain

I am also very interested in replies on this. I guess I expected various aches and pains from connective tissues being retrained, but there seems to be a rotation on this and it is currently ankles and shins with the odd head of the hip complaint.

I hope this just our bodies readjusting, but it is signicant enough that I took a break from some exercises last week. And this week, I am resting more due to bronchitis.

Good luck Karen 😊

I don't think that those pains are necessarily typical of THR recovery, especially 11 weeks out. Have you googled shin splints? Wikipedia has a good article about it. "Shin splints are usually caused by repeated trauma to the connective muscle tissue surrounding the tibia." When I had a bone scan to try to figure out if I have infection around my implants, the result showed probable shin splints on both sides. I have pain on the left (non-surgical) side. It may be totally unrelated to your THR surgery, except in that your lower leg probably had to do more work for awhile to compensate for weakness in your thigh/hip area. Your ankle pain may be an overuse injury, too. I have ankle swelling and pain in my non-surgical side all the time these days.

How long have you had these pains? Sure, sometimes they can go away on their own if they are given time and rest to heal, but if they are still hanging around, I'd definitely bring this up to an orthopedist, as it is interfering with your quality of life and, possibly your ability to go back to work. 

I get ache in ankle in operated leg . It is like it drops so when resting i put something to support in correct position. I have wondered if it was pulled on during op???

Nope, definately not. Am not as ambulant as some folk say I should be, but really VERY little pain to speak of. Sorry, honey

Hi Karen, 

Sometimes it seems as if weird pains and discomforts are showing up during the healing process - Things we don't expect or not had before -

It is quite a long process and can take up to 12-18 months, if not longer - Of course we are not being told that might be the case, however my surgeon did mention 12 months and I freaked out - Who wants to know that, right?

Just keep in mind what your body went through and how your leg was manipulated, e.g. to dislocate hip joint  - the force used - depends where the medical team placed their capable hands, so to speak - 

you are definitely retraining the way you walk, a very balancing act -

I know that I am a sloppy walker - get up and start walking instead of standing and making sure I am in balance before I take the first step(so tedious) -

Also, and this has been mentioned a couple of times here on the forum, have a look at your shoes !!!   Eventhough i knew it, I didn't get new shoes - Walked on the old comfy ones I wore pre-op ... those were expensive shoes and hell I was not going not to wear them - so wrong, on hindsight -

Just my experience okay -

It sounds that you are doing great though -

Does your job involve a lot of walking?

big warm hug

renee

 

Hi Karen

I am now 13weeks post op and I have still got a swollen ankle and foot. The doctors keep telling me it's plantar fasciitis and it can take 9-12 months to clear. I get frustrated because it just feels as if it's improving then it seems to swell back up. When this happens I have difficulty walking an try to think what I have been doing differently.

The doctors say there's nothing physio can do for me so I'm going private tomorrow. Let's see if I can get some satisfaction.  I hope you have more luck than me and keep in touch.

Brenda