I am 4 weeks post hip replacement was doing very well until I started to get serious pain from groin to knee it is painful to walk and don’t like stair is this part of getting better and if so how long before it goes doing all my exercises and walking as far as can but left knee is swollen and very painful due to compression injury
How long have been been off or on reduced pain medication?
I’m about 14 weeks post op for LTHR and doing well, been playing golf 6 weeks 1 day post op until COVID-19 course shutdown yesterday, stated playing 3 times per week but cut back to twice a week and walking.
I wake in morning pretty well pain free but the more I walk, I get pain from the upper thigh just below the groin that can radiate down towards the knee and sometimes get an unpleasant sharp pain across the top of the left knee that feels like nerve pain, The muscle/soft tissue discomfort isn’t always in the same location between upper thigh and top of knee.
I spoke to my surgeon and he said I’ve done too much too quickly and my left thigh muscles and nerves haven’t had a chance to fully recover, they might now as I probably won’t be on the golf course for maybe 2 months due to COVID-19 total course closure.
Kind regards, Ken ;^)
Alan your only 4 weeks . you cant hurry healing. there is short term and long term healing. short term is when the doc has done the 6 week check up. you can bathe , drive, put on your own socks and your out of danger of dislocation, and basically in rehab doing various strengthening exercises and back to walking without aides.
then you begin the journey to long term healing. the body and brain is adjusting to hold the new hip components in place. this takes time. the muscles, tendons and ligaments all need strengthening. not to mention the brain signals seem a bit slow at first. this is long term recovery . it is usually 9 months to a year or more. just walking, swimming , walking in pools or walking on sandy beaches is great and easy on new joints and for building strength. and no lifting heavy objects 60 lbs or more for a year. the new joint components require the muscles and ligaments to strengthen around them to hold them securely in place.time and patience. in fact no exercising is required for healing. but we all want to get back into good shape so exercising without over doing is the ticket.
have had both hips replaced and 1 revision. each one was different thru revovery . one day you wont even remember your hip was replaced just going about your day in your new normal .
sending healing blessings your way.