Thigh Pain/ Discomfort

Hi Ranger Jack (great handle)!

The pain and discomfort you describe - getting underway after sitting is very familiar. I think it is partly that the muscles and other soft tissue tighten up fairly quickly when you sit for any period of time. Does it ease up after walking a bit?

This might also be the IT band that I have spoken about in other posts - may be worth speaking to a PT about this as it is very simple to resolve although you need to be really committed to the exercises to resolve it.

It takes quite a while for the connective tissues to heal fully and as one of their functions is to hold the hip in the right place, it is really worthwhile respecting their healing time.

I am at 5 months and still get 'resistance' when getting up from a sitting position for a while (esp getting out of the car). But it is getting easier and I feel about 80% or as close as I can get until my other hip is replaced!

Patience has never been my strongest suit but this journey has taught me a lot about that virtue.

Good luck and let us know how you fare.

L

Did this pain just start? Are you sitting more lately? Or moving more? I had fascia sticking to my quad which was extremely painful upon walking, but it was right after surgery not at several weeks after.pt resolved my problem.

RJ,

I am 13 1/2 weeks post and have the exact same issue.  I now stand up for several seconds before moving and once I get started the pain resolves quickly .... and more and more quickly as time is passing.  All good.

Hi Ranger Jack....yes everything you are experiencing is "par for the course"...Even now-14 weeks out- after sitting for a while, say an hour or so, when I first get up it is a little difficult and slightly painful to "get started" and as you say, after three steps or so, it goes away or gets much easier.  I think the muscles,etc, get stiff and then just need to loosen up.  I had the posterier method and many muscles and stuff needed to be cut and stretched etc...my doctor said it is going ok (altho some people have healed sooner than me) and to give it another month or so and I should have much more noticeably good results. 

You did not mention if you have "lower back issues" as well ( I do) if so, those issues certainly go into play as we try to navigate around.  But I would say that for 9 weeks out you are doing great.

Could also be the femural stem

Hi I sympathise, I have had the exact same thing it got so much better at around 12 weeks, but up to that point I was wondering if it would ever go.  Now I have no trouble (other than back pain) I do loads of squats so wondering if this helped.  I have also taken the arms off my office chair at work so I force use of my muscles. Hope it resolves itself as mine did - eventually.