Month 5 update
Daily life is pain free. I can walk long distances over uneven terrain without problems. I have started using my elliptical at a faster pace, and experience no pain the day after anymore. I only use the elliptical every other day, to give my hip some time to rest. If I do more...
It's week 15 now, and it feels like a switch has been flipped in my hip. My pain has mostly been between 0 and 1 for over a week now. The worst pain I experienced was about a 2, and that only lasted for a few hours. I am walking outside without problems. I have used the elliptical at the maximum...
For me, I generally don't take medicine during the day if I can help it. I just ice and rest if I can get away with it. However, I do take IBUProfen before bed if my pain is approaching 3 or higher, so that I can get good sleep.
Right now, if I sit for too long I experience pain in the 1-3...
I'm almost 14 weeks post OP, and sitting irritates me a bit as well. The pain is not intense for me, but it can be annoying. I'm hoping it's just one of those things that resolves with time.
I have been walking a lot and using the elliptical at a slow pace. Pain has been pretty low in general for weeks 12 and 13, aside from one point when I slightly overdid it on the elliptical and got inflamed for about 3-4 days afterwards. It's almost week 14 now, and I'm feeling pretty good in...
Week 11 has been pretty good to me so far. I've been walking casually again through the house without any kind of crutches. I did go outside again a couple of days ago, but only for about 15 minutes. I was careful and walked slow. Pain has been present off and on, but overall it's minimal. It...
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This forum has helped me too, so I'd like to give back a little. I intend to continue posting status updates every now and then, until I eventually recover. As of today, I am mostly pain free and walking around again. Mild pain is still present every now and then, and I'm taking...
Thanks for the warning. I did not rest of my stomach on the first week or so, because the painkillers made it unnecessary. In the next few weeks, I did not need to rest on my stomach much either, as my activity level was very low and I was mostly resting. I only started lying on my stomach on a...
I know the feeling of being barely able to walk around. When my hip is irritated it seems to stay irritated for a very long time, and may hurt for many days even if I rest it, unless I'm lying on my stomach as that seems to offer me a little temporary relief.
When my hip was not irritated, I...
From week 7 to early week 9 I had been walking without a limp, but when the hip became irritated I subconsciously started limping a bit. This was pointed out to me by a family member. I have started using the cane whenever I notice myself limping. Otherwise, I walk with a normal gait.
That is...
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I really am trying not to overdo it! It's frustrating sometimes, because my hip doesn't seem very good at communicating what it needs.
It's like this - I'll go for a short 5-10 minute walk outside every other day, and afterwards my hip will be painless or nearly painless. After a few...
Things have been going better for the most part! Towards the end of week 7 I was back to a painless state. I had another PT session at the end of week 7, and we did gentler exercises that did not cause pain.
I continued doing exercises through week 8 and 9, and by that point the exercises that...
Update:
I rested the leg for most of week 6, and walked with a single crutch. There were some ups and downs. On some days, I would have no pain or next to no pain. On some days, I would have pain, which was generally between 2 and 4 out of 10. I couldn't identify a reason for these ups and...
Thanks for the replies, and sorry for my late response. I've been in bed resting for most of the day and have not checked the thread. Earlier today my pain was in the 2 to 4 range, and now it's between 0 and 2. So, it's already improving with rest. I have decided to continue to just rest and do...
Quick update with some additional information - I had been relatively pain free on the second and third weeks after my surgery. On the fourth week, I felt mild inflammatory pain after doing PT exercises, but that pain never lasted for more than a day. Week 5 has been the first big setback for...
My past few sessions have been virtual PT sessions. They are not currently seeing people in person. I talk with them over the phone in a video conference and they give me exercises to do.
Thanks, I do ice the hip down after PT sessions, and it definitely does seem to help!
I did rest it yesterday, and the pain seems lower today. I'll likely continue my PT exercises, but only the ones that cause no pain. I plan on talking to my PT about straight forward leg raises in my next...
Hello!
The date of my surgery was on March 11th, of this year. I think I will ask her to scale back on the exercises on our next meeting. She did advise me not do any exercise that cause pain. I think the leg raises are the recent irritant
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