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wylena04270
wylena04270

I have had THR my left on march 27 now I'm having intense pain in heel an foot. Anyone had this problem your forum has helped me so much I decided to join

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  • BasilOc
    BasilOc wylena04270

    Posted

    Hi Wylen,

                   I found the TED socks made my heels hurt more from the pressure of sleeping on my back so I cut them off at the ankle ( socks not the feet )! That improved things for me but I add the caveat of speaking to your Dr first.

    Regards,

    Basil.

  • karen53823
    karen53823 wylena04270

    Posted

    Hi Wylena

    I too had bad heel pain within days of op due to sleeping on my back but found it eased if I put pillow or towel under heels at nighttime as long as not elevated too much seem to do the trick.  Hope you get on ok

  • Guest
    Guest wylena04270

    Posted

    Good morning, I had RTHR 9/13/17 LTHR 12/6/17 Anterior Approach. For some reason my feet hurt when I first get up in the morning and walk. I keep forgetting to ask my surgeon if this is normal. I am seeing him in a week. I will let you know. In the meantime has anyone else experienced this?
  • philip20437
    philip20437 wylena04270

    Posted

    Hi

    I had LTHR ON 29th March and I have the same problem only at night in bed.

    My consultant said I can leave the surgical stockings of at night and i slightly elevate my feet on a pillow and stick my feet out the covers at the bottom of the bed and this leaves me pain free. Hope this helps and your recovery is going well.

  • tinasuds
    tinasuds wylena04270

    Posted

    I was exactly the same , sleeping on my back and the pressure stockings too .

    I had my feet hanging over the end of the bed... so moved my pillows down the bed , that stopped it .

  • laura98998
    laura98998 wylena04270

    Posted

    Me to. I wake up with my heels hurting many nights. Have switched to normal sock, and bare feet and still the pain. Not sure what causes it but I guess I'm stuck with it until I am comfortably sleeping on my side again. 

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