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Core Decompression Assessing Readiness to Return to Work Post-Op

Thank you @Jaycey. I am fully weight-bearing, but it's not been 4-6 weeks. Thank you for the encouragement! I appreciate your wisdom. I had to postpone asking for the note until this week and will askfor more telework and permission to take intermittent ice/ heat breaks. My acupuncturist told me that I should be very gentle with that leg until at least 100 days post-surgery. I will follow the advice from the two of you. Thank you again.
 
A lot of sound common sense here. If you are in severe pain do not do anything to make it worse. Pain is natures way of telling you it (your body) needs a break so give it one,do this and I promise you will feel a lot better as the days go by but try to be clever and brave will only make the pain worse. This hip surgery is a big big event,there are those who say 6 to 12weeks before you begin to feel any way near normal, and about 6 months to totally recover let's hope this is not you but do not think that doing exercises that hurt will speed things up-they won't but be kind to your body will pay dividends.
BTW I am an 87 year old man,I fell and broke R hip had a half replacement. I have never experienced such pain in my whole life just now am experiencing a considerable let up this pain 5-6 weeks since surgery. Please please let it continue.
This site has been of the greatest help to me,I cannot thank them enough,and remember if it hurts stop and don't do it again!


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I'm no good at the logistics of this forum, so I may be posting in the wrong spot. Forgive me please if I am. I've been asked to provide a recovery update.

I've been working on my recovery lately using walking, Pilates, and massage. I have found Pilates to be very useful to regain my leg and core strength. I find it to be painful after the fact and my instructor always talks it over with me before and after class to make sure she adjusts if needed "e.g. Today my IT band is aching." as well as guides me with stretches and exercise I can do between my 1x weekly class. I wish it weren't so, but more than one class at this point feels like it would be too much.

Part of the pain has come from needing to rebalance my muscles after much bed rest, and it created huge knots in my lower back as I stood with weight on both of my legs and given my dangdest. I've gone to massage a few times to work that out, and I'm excited to report that I can feel quite a difference.

I still do have some groin and trochanter pain which worry me. I want to be done with this! I can do stairs using both legs, but I'm more interested to lnow the healing staus .To top it off, I don't see my surgeon until summertime, and I've not heard any plans for a new MRI. I will be asking about that, because I'd REALLY like to see in there and know what's going on in there. They are telling me to wait a few nore months after the summer appointment to know if it worked, but no mention of an MRI. Gosh I hope so!

I'm still happy I had this done and really hope my dear old stem cells will get involved.

Hope that's helpful!
Best to you,
Youch!
 
@Youch! Thanks for the update. Unfortunately this process can be a long haul. Hang in there! Sounds like you are doing all the right things. It took awhile for your hip to go - I guess we can't expect total recovery overnight.
 
I went to my massage therapist today, and she has an interesting theory: she thinks an old back injury of mine with its associated scarring may have been what cut iff the blood supply to my hip bone in the first place. I was so sore deep inside my hip when I went in, but she did a lot of deep tissue work at the site of the old injury, and the hip loosened up very nicely! I noticed that taking stairs was easier, too. Everything still aches, but I feel better. There could well be something to that theory! Now I'm about to go to sleep visualizing fresh fluids flowing around that hip. I wish I could get a massage every day!!!
 
@Kmhefner-I'm so glad!

I went for my 6 month follow-up with the surgeon. No MRI, but according to the X-ray, the surgery was a success. I still have some pain, but it's manageable. Doctor said I have a lesion which may or may not heal. I won't know until December. Essentially he said that how I feel at the one year mark would likely be an indicator. The pain isn't always there-maybe 30% of the time? The nature if the pain varies from feeling like I have a knuckle that needs to crack, to feeling like someone is pinching the ball of my hip joint. Not pleasant, but not as bad as it felt before surgery. I'm using Chinese medicine to guide my diet and hope to heal thst lesion! Pilates and massage are expensive, but have helped me SO MUCH! Take care all, and heal on!
 
@Belladonna it stands for Core Decompression which is a surgical procedure designed to relieve pressure and encourage regrowth for those suffering from AVN in the hip. If you do a search in the forum you can read the observations of those who've had it, have studied it, or are considering it. Here's hoping your path to healing is a good one.
 
:wave: Hey @Kmhefner
Stopping by with good wishes for your THR tomorrow.
I noticed you don't have a thread other than this one for your CD.
I'll leave the Recovery Guidelines here for you and if you wish to start a seperate thread,
we'll leave them there also.
Wishing you the best!


Hip Recovery: The Guidelines
1. Don’t worry: Your body will heal all by itself. Relax, let it, don't try and hurry it, don’t worry about any symptoms now, they are almost certainly temporary
2. Control discomfort:
rest
elevate
ice
take your pain meds by prescription schedule (not when pain starts!)​
3. Do what you want to do BUT
a. If it hurts, don't do it and don't allow anyone - especially a physical therapist - to do it to you
b. If your leg swells more or gets stiffer in the 24 hours after doing it, don't do it again.​
4. PT or exercise can be useful BUT take note of these
5. At week 4 and after you should follow this

Pain management and the pain chart
Healing: how long does it take?
Chart representation of THR recovery

Dislocation risk and 90 degree rule
Energy drain for THRs
Pain and swelling control: elevation is the key

Post op blues is a reality - be prepared for it
Myth busting: on getting addicted to pain meds
Sleep deprivation is pretty much inevitable - but what causes it?

BIG TIP: Hips actually don't need any exercise to get better. They do a pretty good job of it all on their own if given half a chance. Trouble is, people don't give them a chance and end up with all sorts of aches and pains and sore spots. All they need is the best therapy which is walking and even then not to excess.

We try to keep the forum a positive and safe place for our members to talk about their questions or concerns and to report successes with their joint replacement surgery. While members may create as many threads as they like in a majority of BoneSmart's forums, we ask that each, member have only one recovery thread. This policy makes it easier to go back and review history before providing advice.
 
@bonaventur ,
Hi! I was lucky enough to have a complete recovery. I’m glad I took the risk to try it, though recovery was a bear.
Wishing tiu the best!
Youch!
 
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