Anyone out there having the same issues as me? Am I on my own?
Mine used to once in a while. I think that the hip exercises that they gave me before the hip operation helps me. I think that it builds up the muscles around the joint and helps. I had op. June 2015.
Mine squeaked a bit in the summer - haven't heard it since, and no popping noises.
Hi Maggers, i'm 6 months post op and yes mine still pops. My husband could hear it last week when we went out for a walk! Its not every step but every so often it pops for a few steps. Told my surgeon at 6 week check and he said it was normal. He doesn't want to see me until August so i presume it is normal.
Thank you Christine do you have pain when it pops? I don't have any pain it just feels alien and I'm sure by now after 4 years it should have settled. If your surgeon says it's normal then I guess it is. Thanks for your reply
What exercises did the prescribe to strengthen the hip?
I don't actually hear a popping sound it just flips in and out if I'm in a certain position, I do so much exercise that I'm obviously not strengthening the hip itself so I'd like any suggestions if any that I can start doing
No pain, but but i can feel something. Not quite sure how to describe it. But can definitly hear it when it goes. I will be asking him again though when i see him next.
Hi its annoying when the hip pops,I would ask your physiotherapy dept.Reflexology also is very good & Hydrotherapy. Regards Amanda
Please let me know what he says
These are the exercises that I do:
1.lay in bed a flex feet & point toes - 20 times
2.Quad sets: Lie on back, tighten muscles on front of thighs. hold 5 sec. do 20 times
3.Gluteal sets (butt squeezes) lay on back & tighten butt muscles
Hold 5 sec. 20 times
4.Abduction & adduction (slide heels out & in) Lie on back & slide legs out to the side, hold 5 sec. slide legs back again, repeat 20 times
5. Heel slides - lie on bed, slide heel toward your bottom, hold for 5 sec. repeat 20 times
6. Short Arc Quads: lie on back, put a rolled up towel under thigh, straighten knee. hold 5 sec. repeat 20 times
7. Knee Extension - sit in chair and straighten knee, hold 5 sec. repeat 20 times
8. Standing heel raises - hold onto chair & raise up on toes then back down 20 times
9. Mini squats: 20 times
10.Standing Knee Flexion: Stand & hold on to back of chair, bend knee up behind you, straighten to fll stand, hold 5 sec. repeat 20 times.
Hope that they exercises help you!
Thank you x
Thank you x
This sounds a strange thing to ask but where do people hear the hip pop? I am at 8 months now post THR and I hear the sound come up through my neck
I can't actually hear it popping it's like if you can imagine someone having a double jointed shoulder that they can pop out and in at will, so it's not actually a popping noise and when I sit with straight legs if I bend forward like trying to put my head on my knees it does it then too so I sit back up and it goes back in.