Marls00
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Hello all! Glad to have found this site! My anterior hip replacement was done on Aug 19 in the U.S.
After a bumpy start due to a bad reaction to anesthesia and initial pain meds, I was discharged from the hospital after a 2 night stay. Starting around day 7, I began reducing my pain meds which weren't doing much anyway. (Tramadol). By day 9, the pain was very minimal most of the time while walking with a walker and almost non-existent while laying down and sitting (except for some butt muscle or butt nerve pinches that still comes and goes). But it continued to be painful to swing my leg up onto the bed or lift it up onto a footstool. I've been doing the PT exercises at home for about 5 days now-twice a day, though they recommend 3 times per day - and have been to the PT twice so far. (Most recently yesterday.) Today that muscle (adductor?) is quite sore and my range of motion which seemed to be improving ever so slightly, feels worse. I'm discouraged that swinging my leg up onto the bed or lifting it at all seems worse. I'm going to go very easy on the PT these next few days, hoping that will help. But just wondering if others who have had anterior hip replacement have trouble with that muscle - I believe adductor is the one - going into their 2nd week of recovery. It's really the last piece of the puzzle for me - once it heals up I will have virtually no pain, but it's a stubborn little thing that is quite painful when triggered. Of course, that little troublemaker voice in my head sometimes sneaks up on me and says ooooh, something is wrong, this is not normal!! I try to ignore it as I'm still in the early days of my recovery, but it's a challenge not to worry sometimes!
After a bumpy start due to a bad reaction to anesthesia and initial pain meds, I was discharged from the hospital after a 2 night stay. Starting around day 7, I began reducing my pain meds which weren't doing much anyway. (Tramadol). By day 9, the pain was very minimal most of the time while walking with a walker and almost non-existent while laying down and sitting (except for some butt muscle or butt nerve pinches that still comes and goes). But it continued to be painful to swing my leg up onto the bed or lift it up onto a footstool. I've been doing the PT exercises at home for about 5 days now-twice a day, though they recommend 3 times per day - and have been to the PT twice so far. (Most recently yesterday.) Today that muscle (adductor?) is quite sore and my range of motion which seemed to be improving ever so slightly, feels worse. I'm discouraged that swinging my leg up onto the bed or lifting it at all seems worse. I'm going to go very easy on the PT these next few days, hoping that will help. But just wondering if others who have had anterior hip replacement have trouble with that muscle - I believe adductor is the one - going into their 2nd week of recovery. It's really the last piece of the puzzle for me - once it heals up I will have virtually no pain, but it's a stubborn little thing that is quite painful when triggered. Of course, that little troublemaker voice in my head sometimes sneaks up on me and says ooooh, something is wrong, this is not normal!! I try to ignore it as I'm still in the early days of my recovery, but it's a challenge not to worry sometimes!