Experienced constant upper leg pain since my hip replacement. Tested for blood clots but negative. My leg feels numb but in a painful way, like I am being stabbed with a knife. Doctors claim my back is causing the problem. Yes bad back but this started right after surgery and my back has never caused leg pain before. Anyone else with this problem. I literally can’t sleep and barely eat because it is so intense. They scheduled a nerve block on my back 4/20/2018. I just don’t think it will help. Six weeks straight of pain now!
Hi Deborah: I had a left hip replacement, anterior approach, last September. The hip and groin pain were gone after surgery, but it left me with a numb thigh, and a burning sensation where they made the incision. It felt as if someone had kicked me as hard as they could in my thigh, so along with feeling numb - like it was asleep - I've had pain and numbness in my thigh ever since. It has gotten better as time goes on, but it's still there. I understand it can take up to a year for these post-op symptoms to abate. The fact that it has gotten better makes me hopeful. Hang in there and give it some time. I hope the nerve block helps. Janet
Not funny, but often when we have one thing fixed we discover something else that was hiding beneath it. I have that problem with my back and am facing surgery. A famous therapist, Milton Erickson discussed how our minds tend to focus on the more pleasurable body sensations, masking the less pleasurable. He had a neurological degenerative disease for which he would self treat with hypnotherapy, didassociating from the more painful sensations. I fully understand the pain.
Hello Deborah
I had the same problem and physiotherapy helped with both issues. I also go to a heated pool once a week and do further physio of my own.'
I had scar tissue damage and nerve and tendon damage as well as psoas tendon problems and over a year later these are slowly disappearing. We are all different but I feel that time will make a difference.
All the best.
Hi Deborah, how long is it since your op? Its almost 4 weeks since mine, l got massive pain at the top of my leg the second week, and l kept saying it feels like a sharp object was digging in to my leg, it was very weird, but its gone now its more of a bad ache now, but my wound is very sore but looks fine, lts worrying sometime not knowing if these things should happen hope it goed off for you soon ☺
Deborah,
I hope that pain has subsided by now but if it hasn't I had same thing. My leg burned inside and stung. My doctor gave me one pill for nerve pain and it stopped and did not return. I don't know the name of the drug but you can ask. It was such a relief.
Good Luck. Hope You're Better.