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    THR THR at 29

    Welcome to Bone Smart and congrats on your recovery from ALL. I had my hip replaced two years ago and rarely check in anymore but something had me do it today. This is a great resource for planning and expectation setting, although with your youth, you'll likely be on the fast track for...
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    @Pumpkin @Klassy @Layla thanks for the encoouragement! Good luck @Klassy on your continued recovery!
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    Thought I'd check in just shy of my one year anniversary. After my last post, where I was doing pretty well at 6 months, I spent a week in NYC. There I did far too much walking, and set myself back again. So when I got home, I went back to the PT and kept up through the end of the year when...
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    THR Psoas tendonitis post-THR

    @Sashimu I love hearing that you can walk for an hour now. I think you're about 6 weeks ahead of me and we've both had some challenges! I was feeling pretty good finally, after PT, then went on a vacation to NYC where the walking caught up to me. And that's just incidental walking since I...
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    @CricketHip Thanks--I am now enough more functional to be happy. The idea of 6 months of additional improvement (albeit slower) is truly positive!
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    I am one day shy of 6 months now and, since I came here to do a little reading, thought I'd do an early 6 month check-in. The PT has worked wonders. I am now walking 2 miles at under a 19 minute pace without problems. Only issue now is I was carrying the cat up the stairs and got a sharp...
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    THR Hip pain 10 months pst LHR

    @Coacher I think the dry needling is related to acupuncture but they operate differently. The PT inserts a very thin needle and I generally don't feel anything. Then they move it gently when sets off very brief muscle spasms or "twitches." That part is absent in acupuncture. I think the...
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    THR Hip pain 10 months pst LHR

    @Mimicking I am sorry you are having so many ongoing problems. My PT says that everything is connected so just a couple problems can result in pain in a lot of spots. And on that note, I do want to put in a plug for physical therapy--assuming you get the right PT (as in don't hesitate to...
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    Hit 5 months yesterday and wanted to update in case someone else with similar concerns happens upon this. I have had maybe 5 PT sessions at this point and it seems to be helping quite a bit. These have included dry needling to release trigger points, some massage and a variety of stretching and...
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    @CricketHip @Layla Thanks for the anniversary wishes. At this point, I am in a fair amount of pain, including pain at rest (mostly in my back) which I never had before. We did one of my post-surgery goals this weekend--a two mile (easy) hike around a lake, which I did with a cane. Well I was...
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    THR Sheila-Seattle's Recovery Story

    @Sheila-Seattle I don't know if you'll be back to read this but you made my day with your 6 mo report. Like you I felt setbacks between 3 & 4 months, with more pain, and started to be more careful. But so happy to hear you feel great 2 months later. Perhaps this is a "stage" where expectations...
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    THR Hip Op Thurs 5th August in Worcester UK

    Good luck on Thursday @Eddzuno70
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    Thanks @Layla Yes, I've been considering calling the surgeons office. I skipped my final (12 week) visit--they encourage and most of their patients to skip it, but I've actually regressed pain-wise since that point. Good suggestion!
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    THR So far, so good, knock wood

    @Eman85 Still weak at 1 1/2 years--I am so sorry. I am pretty sure I'm not overdoing it. Average daily steps in the low 3000s (not much more than before surgery) and if I have a couple very low days, it's not any better. Well my PT replied back that she has some more ideas so I guess I'll see...
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    THR So scared - THR in 5 days!

    @Jaceyduck I was completely crazy prior to my surgery! I actually ran around doing living will stuff the day before surgery (which was extra tough getting two non-related live witnesses during my pre-surgery/post covid test quarantine)! The anxiety reduced quickly afterwards though I still had a...
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