When my hip dislocated my leg never returned to the nice straight leg it was after surgery. My knee is angled towards the other leg and my foot is not under my knee anymore which makes walking a painful experience. The surgeon won’t image it or except that it’s a problem. He thinks it’s my fault for not walking at first after the dislocation. Should I get referred to a different doctor in a different hospital for a second opinion. I’m his second ever to dislocate.
I am sorry for you, and bloody hell yes- go and see another surgeon ASAP. Worst case scenario go to A&E and demand an x-ray/ MRA and make sure they know you are in agony,
Gosh anoukhip, that sounds terrible to have been left in that state. What has your GP said will he/she refer you to another surgeon. How did you dislocate the hip, was it long after the original operation. I hope you get a resolution soon,
Yes get it sorted out at another centre with a surgeon used to doing hip revisions.
Good luck, Richard
Hello Anokhip
I've been all sorts of videos on YouTube, regarding hip replacements, preparing for and post recovery. From what I have learned, your abductor muscle on the side of your hip, is weak. Try exercises for example standing at your work surface in the kitchen, and raise you affected leg up sideways holding it for a few moments before lowering. Do as many repetitions as you are able, several times through the day
Another one to do is lie on your side and do the clam, raising the affected leg towards the ceiling but keep your foot parallel to your other. Have a look online for a better explanation and demonstration.
Ask for more physio if you would prefer a more hands on approach.
Good luck with your recovery
that is ridiculous and the surgeon should be held accountable
How did it dislocate?
How did it dislocate?
I absolutely agree with you.
My GP has put in for imaging at the same hospital ortho group, different doctor.
I dislocated 1 month after surgery. Was told that I had no precautions. I took 1 big step backwards and it dislocated. I was so upset that the surgeon didn’t give me that precaution. I would be healed now.
Is that a leg lift to the side? I’ll try it. I can’t lay on my stomach so the other exercise will have to wait. As for the clam, I’ll you tube it.
OMG!!!! Make an official complaint to the hospital TODAY XXX
Unbelieveable you were not told about 12 week precautions. The nurses and physio's in the hospital were the ones telling us about not bending twisting etc, not the surgeon. Time to bang on doors and see what can be done.
That's terrible..that surgeon' s name should be on some sort of don't go to list...I am so sorry this has happened to you..go elsewhere and start living again... 🙏
This is disgraceful! Of course you should seek a second opinion. Where do you live? I had my hip replacement 6 weeks ago done by Philip Kerr at the Pinehill Hospital, Letchworth in Hertfordshire. He takes private and NHS patients and is one of the best in the country. I am delighted with my result. Mr Kerr also has a great bedside manner and spends a lot of time talking through any concerns. He let me have an x-ray because I was a bit worried about a noise that I get on certain movements. There was no question of just being told it was nothing to worry about. I hope you live close enough for this to be helpful and I hope this get better very soon for you.
Taking in a step backwards seems quite an easy way if dislocating a hip and we never seem to be told about it until it happens.
I had a hip replacement 16 mths ago and from the very first my leg was never straight,the knee turned toward the other knee but from the knee down, but from the knee down it was on an angle away from the body,the specialist told me it was my back and made it clear he didn’t believe it was my leg.even though it was obvious. At14 mths it dislocated,it was put back in and at first seemed so much better,but though it’s not as bad as before the pain is still there and I still can’t walk more than a 100mts.I have now gone to another surgeon,he agrees there is something very wrong.all the tests show it should be normal but he can’t figure out what is going on,I go for an explority in Oct because he says I shouldn’t have to live like this, so we’ll see what happens.Please don’t just leave it,get another specialist to check it out,if your legs not straight then there’s something wrong.
would it make sense that that the femur stem was put in the femur at an incorrect angle wouldn't you think?
I was just wondering if you have knee pain..sound to me like your knee was dislocated or something..wow..you poor thing ..I'm so glad your seeing another specialist .I certainly hope you get answers .
Yes Charlie but I’ve had all tests and they’ve come back normal,the MRI,X-ray scan my left side (the bad one) looks no different than the other,he can’t figure it out,he can see the way I walk is not good so the next step is a small operation to see if he can find out where the problem is.Fingers crossed,but thanks for your input.