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Sudden groin pain 10 days post op

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sarah22500
sarah22500

Hi, I have been doing my exercises everyday with no groin pain whatsoever. Groin pain/agony was my biggest pain by far before my op 11 days ago.  So I was delighted this had gone.

Today whilst doing the knee raise exercises (bringing knee up on the bed and from standing position) that same pain is back. I don’t get it doing the other exercises just bringing up the knee ones. Should I exercise through the pain or avoid as I don’t want to make the situation worse. Your advice would be most welcome here thank you.

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  • anniepaint
    anniepaint sarah22500

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    Hi Sarah, not sure I understand what exercise you are doing. Are you standing and bringing your knee to 90 degrees? I haven’t done any exercise that involve bringing my knee onto the bed. Have you been doing this exercise daily? Did you do anything different before the pain came on? I find some Pilates exercise can be a bit sore in my groin also using the clutch a lot when driving starts to hurt there,  if I’m in a traffic jam for instance. If it’s the normal sort of pain you can get when you are exercising perhaps don’t do as many repetitions but do it more frequently. Little and often rather than over taxing your healing muscles. Probably as well to speak to your physio for advice though. They might understand more what exercises you have been given. 

    Cheers

    Ann

    • sarah22500
      sarah22500 anniepaint

      Posted

      Lying flat on your back you bend your operated leg a bit and drag your heel up over the mattress bringing your knee up. I could do that ok until I got a bit blasé and maybe brought my knee higher than it should be. Doing it now brings on a bit of groin pain so physio said to just bring my heel up minimally and then back down. Otherwise she said it could seize up so I move the heel up only an inch. The other knee exercise that causes groin pain but never used to is standing holding onto something and then bring the knee of the operated leg up, hold it, then back down again. i used to find that easy but now I get groin pain so physio said to just take my foot off the floor for now to stop any seizing up. 

      When I first realised something was very wrong long before my op was when I started to experience intermittent groin pain a year ago now. All year long that groin pain disabled me to such an extent it was like a knife going in there every time I stood up. So that’s why I felt so utterly depressed when it came back again the other day.

  • kjwsr
    kjwsr sarah22500

    Posted

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    1) It's important to learn the difference between soreness/stiffness and pain. Soreness is OK to test (push against a little bit) and pain is not. She further clarified by saying that I was unlikely to do any damage to my new hip as long as I was reasonably careful. "You will know you have done damage if you find that you are in unbelievably excruciating pain." 

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    Kyle

    • sarah22500
      sarah22500 kjwsr

      Posted

      Hi Kyle,

      Right up until this morning I would have agreed with you but walking with my crutches this morning I developed a bad pain in the side of my hip, like sciatica but deep inside my outer hip. I initially ignored it, then rested that leg, then massaged gently around the pain but it still hurts when I walk. I had absolutely no pain walking heel toe heel toe until this started today. So I’ve done no exercises in case it makes the pain worse. I don’t know what’s causing it and I can’t see anyone medically until Monday. What do you suggest? 

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