I am coming up on three years since my THR, I wish I would have never had it done, but I also needed my back fixed and Dr wouldn’t do than without hip being replaced. It feels so tight all the time, like ball bearings in really cold grease, best way I know to describe it. I used to do three miles daily walking, be lucky to comfortably walk from one end of the house to the other. I am having a bone scan tomorrow, then will see my back Dr to make sure it’s not that. Has anyone ever had issues with SI joint dysfunction after THR?
Hi Angelluver67,i’m exactly the same,3yrs this June since i got mine done,hav’nt bn the same since,like you i used to walk everywhere,hav’nt bn able to go back to work! I am now attending physio for my back & my new hip goes in2 a spasm/cramp quite a lot.
Surgeon not interested,hip’s in place,so his job is done!
Since I had mine right thr I walk with a limp my already bad back got worse now I cant hardly walk for my back.i was told 2 discs fused then they said central nerve pain
Wish I’d never had it done
HI
Im feeling the same. I had my THR in June last year and have felt pain ever since. like you they are now saying its my back, and i am waiting for an injection into my spine.
Good luck with your bone scan
hi,i am exactly the same,left with one leg longer that the other,which results in constant back pain and not being able to walk the length of myself
Hi,sorry you’re having problems with your back too…i’m glad i’m not alone,im feeling worse for the op,the only thing it got rid of was my arthritic pain in my hip. So disappointed to be in more pain with my back (which i did’nt have before op!)
4 years ago i was waiting for right hip and both knee replacements, however surgeon wanted to do my right hip replacement first. after the hip replacement i couldnt walk without a stick as i felt uneven. unfortunately it was assumed it was due to my knee problems! ive needed a walking stick ever since even with two new knees! the only person to listen was a physio who arranged a mri scan as he thought it was muscle. the scan revealed SI joint disfunction. i now suffer low back pain and as a result the most painful sciatica nerve pain. your post is the first time ive seen confirmation of what ive always felt. that all my problems began with my hip joint. i hope you find a solution. best wishes.
Wow just Wow 
reading some of the posts is just what I’ve gone through, in fact still are..
i had LTHR last October, been having real bad lower back pain, out the other day with Hugo my black Labrador, and just couldn’t put weight down on my right leg, the pain was very bad, I have a physical therapist appointment next Tuesday, hopefully after this my doctor will arrange a scan or x-ray on my back.
Reading the replies here sounds very similar to my pains..
I wish all of you the best and hope we all get some rest and help with all our back problems…
Stay Safe & Stay Happy.. Pete 
What approach type surgery did you all have?
Posterior approach last October and now getting really bad lower back pain..
Pete
hi Charlie
my operation was a lateral approach. do you think the approach makes a difference?
over the last 8 months or so just asking as an informal survey like this, the info i have gathered has shown that posterior has a higher dislocation rate and anterior has a higher nerve damage rate. it is kind of pick your poison, all part of my risk assessment on approach
Posterior for me,do you think there’s a difference?
i thought i had researched well before op but didnt spot this as most people i knew who had hip surgery had same scar as mine. wish we had been better informed.
Me too not offered which just told it was a hip replacmant
My surgeon used to do anterior and has now changed to lateral posterior. He thinks there is less muscle damage.
I think there are a lot of new less invasive approaches, but at the end of the day the aim should be to get a hip with no pain which really means choosing your surgeon carefully.
This was written by a surgeon in the US.
" As a surgeon with a specialty practice in hip and knee replacement surgery, patients rely on my expertise. Recently, a patient asked me why I no longer use the anterior approach for total hip replacement. I stopped performing this procedure because in my experience there are no advantages to the surgery, rather a number of potential disadvantages. Simply, I couldn’t continue to use a procedure that I could not trust to deliver every time."
He now uses the mini posterior approach.
I don’t think surgeons in general do offer different things, they just do what they are happy with and they have had experience with. I did ask my surgeon about the approach and hip type and he explained why he preferred them which was interesting.
Thank you for the info…although i had posterior,i have a bulge at the top my thigh at the front,was told it would go down,but nearly 3yrs & its still there! I need other hip done,but I have no confidence in the outcome being any better.
Do you think it might be scar tissue that has amassed somehow? Is it painful?
Have you taken into count the lateral approach, the mini posterior, the superpath approach etc etc separately?