Starmarie
junior member
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2021
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- United States
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Hello there,
I’m new here. Glad to find this website! I had a RTHR on Aug 2 and feel I am doing quite well. Today is Day 16 post-op. Last week after my 2 week post-op with the OS my PT cleared me from the walker to a cane. I was glad at the time, but even with great gait training with the cane I am finding it difficult to walk due to pain when I put pressure on my surgery side. So, I went back to the walker for more support. I’m now using the walker mainly to get around my house and the cane in some areas where I can. I also started having a lot of middle back/back of shoulder area pain which I figured was due to the way I was walking with the cane.
My PT has been wonderful, only having me do minimal exercises, mostly to get my surgery leg lifting in preparation for my stairs eventually.
So, my question(s): Is walking with pain upon weight-bearing somewhat normal? Do I keep walking while I feel this pain or do I rest it? I’m only walking indoors a bit, maybe 500-600 ft (PT measured) and doing household tasks like easy food prep/showering/feeding cat. Thank you in advance for any tips/advice!
I’m new here. Glad to find this website! I had a RTHR on Aug 2 and feel I am doing quite well. Today is Day 16 post-op. Last week after my 2 week post-op with the OS my PT cleared me from the walker to a cane. I was glad at the time, but even with great gait training with the cane I am finding it difficult to walk due to pain when I put pressure on my surgery side. So, I went back to the walker for more support. I’m now using the walker mainly to get around my house and the cane in some areas where I can. I also started having a lot of middle back/back of shoulder area pain which I figured was due to the way I was walking with the cane.
My PT has been wonderful, only having me do minimal exercises, mostly to get my surgery leg lifting in preparation for my stairs eventually.
So, my question(s): Is walking with pain upon weight-bearing somewhat normal? Do I keep walking while I feel this pain or do I rest it? I’m only walking indoors a bit, maybe 500-600 ft (PT measured) and doing household tasks like easy food prep/showering/feeding cat. Thank you in advance for any tips/advice!