Hi!
I am 46 yrs old and had a THR a week ago. Up until then, I was very active (even taking a spinning class the day before surgery). I exercised every day (cycling made my hip feel good). THR was needed because my hip would just give out on me without warning. I would go from no pain to excruciating pain within steps.
My doctor said I would most likely have a quick recovery and he doubted I would even need a cane by 2 weeks post op. I am off of all pain meds but Tylenol. However, I'm now having severe knee pain on the leg that had the surgery. Almost like the knee cap is misaligned. This just popped up in the last day or so.
Has anyone else had this? Any ideas or remedies?
Thanks for the help!!!!
Iv got it to but iv got no cartlidge in my knees so that probably doesnt help. Although i dont really know why theres pain in our knees but its probably normal.
How long ago since your op? Are you still using walking aid?
Nrw muscles trying to form. Keep up the exercises recommended and walk lots - upright, forward looking, even steps
I think Annie is right - I get pains just above the knee, and my new physio tells me I need to step up my exercises (she is very hard to please!) and is now putting me though 'sit to stand' with a giant rubber band around my knees which I have to push outwards against to strengthen the backside muscles.
Also doing leg exercises with giant rubber bands to provide extra resistance to strengthen the other leg muscles.
I guess doing it in water would provide a similar resistance.
Graham - 🚀💃
If you are only one week out, you are very early in recovery. Many parts of our legs take quite a beating during surgery, and your knee is doing more work, trying to compensate for the weakness of your just-operated-on hip. I would take it very easy for awhile, walking only when necessary, and using walking aids all the time. Lots of icing and elevating can help, too. Time will tell if this is a minor soft-tissue injury or if it is more serious (i.e., it doesn't get better). Proper pain medication will help, too. One week and only on Tylenol is very unusual, and this pain sounds like it warrants additional help!
chickadees - Just bet they used your knee as the lever to dislocate that hip joint.
I had a lovely big hand print just above my knee the day after my surgery, and pointed it out to the surgeon, and told him he must have held on too tight, he laughed at me, he was lovely, and agreed he must have held on too tight.
I think some of the bruising in your leg gets down in and around your knee and just become another area to heal up post surgery.
Also the fact you have been compensating in the way you walk, probably for years as that hip got worse, maybe for a start only a ache, and then it became painful, and collapsed, and now you are changing the way you walk post surgery, all your muscles are protesting.
Good morning from the Netherlands,
Warm welcome to our hippies forum -
I echo previous comments - First, you are early in recovery - did you have the anterior or posterior approach ? Either way, your hip joint needed to be dislocated, worked on and put back and probably with some twisting and force -
in addition you are learning how to walk again, this time without a bad hip joint -
Your body is not in balance yet and healing will take time -
be gentle to yourself and patient and allow your body to heal at her own speed -
Listen to her carefully and when it hurts, rest -
big warm hug
renee
Hi chickadees , by the sounds of it I'm nearly a carbon copy of yourself . Before the op I was really fit just like you which really helps you afterwards .on Friday it will be 3 weeks since my posterior approach RTHR . I've got no swelling at all apart from a tender but cheek , I'm doing plenty of walking with 2 crutches . But I really only need 1 but don't want to over do it . I don't take pain killers in the day just codeine at night sometimes . And like your self my knee really aches down to my shin in a evening , so this is when I use the ice and elavate my leg . Like people have mentioned I reckon it's defiantley the leg just trying to use it self correctly not like before with the arthritis which has long gone 😄