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I'm almost 9 weeks post op now and still have iliopsoas tendonitis. I've noticed a few times that when I sleep on my stomach, my pain is reduced significantly. I'm surprised by that and was wondering if anyone else sleeps on your stomach and, if so, do you find that you have less pain in the groin area?
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Jodi-France cindy6649
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I'm happy. Once in a while at night I am unable to sleep becuase the pain is jsut a slight bit more than Napraxon can control. In these instances, maybe once a week, I will take a 400 mg Paracetamol (which is Tylenol) with 20 mg Codeine, cut it in half and that is enough to let me sleep. I am very very careful NOT to become dependent on the Codeine wich is very addicting. I have some nights where I need no pain medication at all. I feel like I am almost recovered and better than before the surgery. I'm 60 years old and was in pretty good health before the surgery.
I truly feel bad for the people who have long term recouring pain do to nerve damange, and also for people who have iliopsoas tendonitis (GROIN PAIN) and don't even realize it.
Random- My hsuband got the bill for the surgery in the mail today and it was 1,700 Euros for the operation. We have insurance so we are fully covered. He said it does not cover the one weeks hospital stay but in France that is not going to be that much.
hope4cure cindy6649
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Both the legs potentially have severe issues with the tendons after hip surgery. See the process online....The major tendons in one long length that girdles the hips runs down to & around the knee then down to the ankle around the arch of the foot. This hip joint surgery can cause life long issues. See pic on Internet...Many tiny microscopic tears in the tendon from surgery can be a issue in many cases. I sleep on my back & my stomach 80% of the time . Never a back sleeper. As u know after surgery it is a must so I could not wait until it was safe to sleep on my stomach... I am in pain either way..always propped up with loads of pillows. I cannot sleep on either side at all, since the hip replacements are on both hips... I walk with a limp and still fighting the recall issues on the last replacement from the STRYKER AGB ll small stem 2" in the system is MOM . Sitting standing or walking for any length of time is impossible. Both sides. The newest Stryker is 22 months the oldest is Duprey-12 years .
Hip implants can be a life long health issue.many have no choice depending on our Dr. to do the right thing... Never depend on that always ask what system they are trained to implant and ask for the manufacturer. Stay informed ask for UR surgery records they contain the tags from the manufacturer to use for UR personal reference is only trained for implants on designs he find acceptable.. My MOM WAS APPROVED by the FDA... slipped thru and should not have been approved. So a beware check UR dr and the type of implant and the manufacturer.
I have had three before I knew all the risks and yet I find myself in a life long painful situation waiting for a ver long very painful revision.
Stay strong... Time heals all....hugs to all my friends suffering from hips implants.. My prayers to u all and many blessings and warm healing prayers sent UR way .
Jodi-France cindy6649
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Did you have it, not realize what it was and possibly aggravate it by exercizing which aggravated it? A few more details. I think 9 weeks is kind of long to still have Iliopsoas if you have taken care not to aggravate it for 3 or 4 weeks.
Are you taking anti inflamatory medication (Paracetamol aka Tylenol is NOT an anti inflamatory) I took non prescription napraxon. It's been 9 days since I last wrote mine has seemed to have healed up completely. I still have minor pain with the hip, but hardly even take anything at all.
cindy6649 Jodi-France
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Yes, my iliopsoas has been irritated from the beginning but became worse when I started using it more in therapy. I rested it for a couple weeks at least twice but I don't think it was quite long enough because every time I would start using it again, it would start hurting again. It hurts quite a bit right now (10 weeks).
I'm taking prescription ibuprofen but I'm not sure it helps much. I gently stretch it every day but I've stopped therapy last week because the tendonitis in my right ankle is so bad I was in a huge boot and couldn't do many of the exercises so I decided to stop for now. I go to the pool and do what I can and, to be honest, I think that's why my iliopsoas has flared up again. I can do more in the pool and think I overworked it before it was ready.
The doctor suggested a steroid injection to calm it down but I still have a third degree burn on my thigh from the surgery so that needs to heal before I take any steroids so I'm just dealing with it. I'm going to have to stop aggravating it in the pool.
Jodi-France cindy6649
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If I were in your shoes I would go for the steroid shot, I really would. I would possibly give it one more 4 week try, a dedcated efort to not stress the tendon, and after 4 weeks once you start back up again gentle activities, if it flares back up I would go and get the shot. I hade the steroid shot for the tendonosis in my legs, outside og leg from hip to knee and it really helped. However I foolishly did not go to the doctor soon enough after my injury to my tendons and kept on working, thus my tendonitis turned into a permenent condition, tendonosis. (This is not related to my hip replacement).
If you are not able to let that tendon heal you really can be left with this as a perment condition. Sure the tears (rips) in my leg tendons healed but with clumpy scar tissue, which keeps the pain going. I mean I can rub my fingers right down that tendon and feel the scar tissue.
Tendonitis is nothing to mess with or take lightly. I did once out of ignorence and it severly crippled my life for 3 years. For some strange reason the Hip replacement also fixed the tendonitis in my worst leg and I am overjoyed with that. Best of Luck to you, I wish you nothing but the BEST.
cindy6649 Jodi-France
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I had tendonitis in my IT band too (outside of leg from hip to below the knee) after my first hip surgery in May of 2013 (labral repair) so I know it's miserable but my thr in April of this year made it go away. It might have been that I rested so long after the thr that it healed. Luckily I don't have any significant scar tissue that still causes pain. During the labral repair in 2013, my hip was dislocated and my leg (IT band included) was stretched as far as possible without rupturing for the entire 4 hour and 15 minute surgery. That surgery was much, much harder to recover from than the thr. It turned out to be completely useless because he took it all out during the thr but he wanted to try because I was "too young" for a thr. 45 may be considered too young but not if your 45 and miserable.
You're right though, I really need to commit to resting my iliopsoas for a month. I'll look at my calendar today and make arrangements to be able to rest the whole time. It's really hard to keep being active but NOT irritate the tendon. Maybe I can do some research to be sure I know all the things not to do or what to do differently.
Thanks for for your encouragement. I think you gave me the push I needed to stop and take care of my unhappy tendons. 😊