THR 4½ months post op, pain, limp, popping noise<

[Mtnmama]

@oh2sew those surgeons and their "the x-ray looks good so everything must be fine" attitude ticks me off. Just thinking about it brought back a ton of memories.

Many would tell you nine weeks is too soon, you're still healing, cut back on activity, but I felt almost immediately that something was wrong. It is hard to describe but the pain was not a healing pain. It was my body telling me something wasn't right and no one knew that with every movement my iliopsoas was being shredded by a bone spure.....that didn't show on an x-ray. I know that my surgeon did what he thought was right by going through the steps of rest, PT, try rest again, etc. but a lot of time and money was wasted. If I were you I'd get a second opinion if you're not seeing progress. After I had my other hip replaced the difference was incredible. I had regular, noticeable progress even though I was still compensating for the first surgery.

Today I rode my bike for 21 miles, far from my usual 60, but I'm getting there. Don't give up!

 

[oh2sew]

@Mtnmama Yes, 9 weeks, like you said, is "too soon" for alot of things. I know this isn't a bone spur as I had this groin pain for quite some time before surgery (that's one of the reasons for the replacement). It's gotten worse since surgery - although I'm sure that some of the groin pain is just healing from the surgery. The rest, I don't know. After surgery - for about 2 weeks, my surgeon kept asking me if the groin pain was gone. Initially it was, but then came back even worse. In hindsight I guess I should have told him that the groin pain was still there and maybe he would be thinking differently now. And based on the x-ray I had last week, he pretty much said that it's impossible that something is pinched (impinged?) in my hip. Ugh...

But, I'm not giving up. It may take awhile, but I will find out what is causing this!

Congrats on the 21 miles! It sounds like you are now definitely on the right road!

 

[Horseshoe]

Kudos to you mtnmama, thanks for sharing your story, it's very useful. I know what you mean when saying it's not healing pain, it's something else and it's great you persevered in spite of X-rays, it's hard to do. Glad to see you're back on your bike