THR Bickypeg's new hip

[bickypeg]

That's great @fanny23. I tried the balancing one. Very easy! I'll report back when I've seen the new physio.
I have found sleeping on my back again has been helpful although I hate it. I think forcing myself to sleep on my sides even when it was desperately uncomfortable was foolish but I felt after so many months I ought to be doing it! Should have listened to my body!

 

[julesglass]

Morning @bickypeg. I love seeing the smiles on everyone's faces. That little one had the biggest smile of all, holding grandma's hand stepping high. I like the dress it looks good on you. You definitely have the bod to wear it. I don't have a waist to pull that off. Anyway, I'm at the first month recovery and going stir crazy with the aching in my thigh. I'm planning PT at 6 weeks just because of the thigh thing. That is the only pain I really have now. Those exercises look interesting, I'm going to try the one leg stand. Take care, keep smiling.

 

[Mojo333]

I am hoping these stretches and exercises will help your bursitis resolve more quickly. My friend.

I have also engaged in some exercises to resolve some slight LLD and SI issues...updated on my thread.
I dont always do the amount of reps suggested if it feels too taxing and remind myself (and you) to do things mindfully and gently.
Hope things get better and better.

 

[bickypeg]

Wow that £40 for the physio was the best money I ever spent! And she was recommended by a Bonesmartie @Apricot (thank you!) Watched me walk up and down, tried moving bad leg here and there very gently and asking where it hurt or felt uncomfortable , and then massaged mostly front of thigh and also right buttock. A bit ouchy but in a good way @Barbaraj. When she finished I tried the same movements again and such a difference! I felt better and she said gait had improved which I could tell.
Only exercises at the moment - lie on bed and hang bad leg over the side, some gentle rolling of tennis ball of buttock against a wall, and lifting up knee on bad leg -on stairs would do.I can do those! Much talking at the start about my general recovery after each op, activity before, when deterioration started recently and what I'd been doing. General conclusion that right leg was not back to full strength re muscles, tendons etc and that I'd just asked too much of them too soon so they'd protested and everything very tight especially front of thigh. (All my words not hers) Not surprised by anything I told her, knew exactly where I was sore even before touching me from our conversation. Seeing me again in a couple of weeks. Thinks I just need rest, simple stretches, not being ambitious, sleep on back, keep knees apart sitting, ice under buttock.
This may sound a bit muddled but I'm still buzzing! She did say I'd be sore after the massage for a day or two. A small price to pay.
(She had worked for years for the NHS and said physio was still very hands on then, several sessions for weeks after the op and of course a week in hospital following the op.)
Hope your experience is as good @linette333. So nice not to have a physio not issuing orders and wanting me to do bridges and clams when I was sore!

 

[bickypeg]

Oh and thank you @julesglass for the lovely comments! You're doing very well after such a short time. Be warned don't join the ODIC like me! But physio in the future sounds sensible.
What I couldn't accept was that we all recover differently and just because some boast of doing so much after 6 weeks (returning to work! Lol!) doesn't mean we all can or should.

 

[bickypeg]

Hi @Mojo333 I'll have a look at your thread. But mine isn't bursitis.

 

[linette333]

That sounds perfect @bickypeg ! Gentle, but effective. Yes, I really hope my visit is as positive. My consultation will also cost £40. 00 - I don't care how much it costs if I get some results! I look forward to hearing how you get on with the exercises. Are you going back for more sessions?

 

[bickypeg]

Yes @linette333 going back in 2 weeks. My choice, but she was on holiday just after and I didn't want to wait too long. Here are the exercises she's just sent... She stressed to be very gentle with the ball rolling and only on the one spot not on the bone.

 

[linette333]

Thanks so much for posting these! I can see I could do a couple now. I'm just so scared of damaging the new hip at this stage - probably silly! I plan to pool walk next week too now.

 

[bickypeg]

Be careful with the pool walk. I'm sure someone warned about it on here, I'll check...

 

[Mojo333]

Oh...mine isnt either, but I thought that was what yours was...My brain

Only exercises at the moment - lie on bed and hang bad leg over the side

Forgot to add that I do this one too. Tight hip flexors can be helped by this, and it feels GOOD to me.

doesn't mean we all can or should.

Hmmm Where have I heard this????

 

[bickypeg]

That was me self diagnosing early on @Mojo333 but fortunately I found more up to date information. Lateral Hip Pain sounds so much more acceptable! And pronounceable.
Sorry you're having problems as you're our poster girl! But guessing working in a food bank is the equivalent of being on a factory floor.

 

[Mojo333]

The stretches definitely help...and yes. The Food Bank can be very hard work at times. I do have young strong volunteers often, but not always.
I hope things keep improving on your end...
Have a great weekend @bickypeg

 

[bickypeg]

Feel a lot better today. The massage certainly helped and I don't feel sore from it. Actually did the exercises today and they were more of an effort than expected. Which I suppose is the point. The little videos were helpful. Sleeping on my back is still a drag but I think the change of beds onto a softer mattress helps. Wake frequently but can now put audible on half asleep for 30 minutes and I float off again. And it's good being upstairs again for the first time in well over a year as it makes me feel less of an invalid. But separate bedrooms for me now!

 

[Barbaraj]

Hi, @bickypeg, glad you've found a GOOD therapist and that you're on the road to getting some relief and might be able, with continued help and work on those sore, tight and aggravated muscles, to start feeling more human again. I am sure it will be a slow process (everything about hip surgery recovery is wretchedly slow, isn't it?!) but sounds like you're hopeful that it might produce the results you want--hurray! I agree with you that sleeping on your back is totally the pits, but if a softer mattress helps as well as other aids, then that is wonderful. I sleep fairly well but, oh, I am so sore and cranky in the mornings--my back aches, my left buttock and thigh are complaining LOUDLY and I am not a happy camper until I'm up and moving around for awhile. It used to be said "don't talk to me until after my morning coffee" but now I have to add "and until I am moving around a bit" as well. So, you hang in there, but glad to read the hopeful prognosis for you. Things ARE going to get better for you, I am a believer!

 

[Layla]

You are sounding cheerful and hopeful. Lovely to read this morning @bickypeg
Thankfully the massage felt beneficial and you're feeling better because of it. I'll bet you master those exercises and will soon ditch the videos although they certainly are helpful when attempting something new.

Sleep is so important to our health and recovery. Happy to hear yours is now sweeter. A softer bed in a different bedroom and upstairs instead of down. Whatever works and gets you back to you feeling like you.
I hope you have some special family time planned for the weekend as the cherry on top!
Sending hugs.

 

[CricketHip]

@bickypeg You sound like you are on the right track again! congratulations in finding a good PT to help you..
Your photos of you and your family are so nice! You all look so happy, I could tell which was you form the cane It's amazing how hooking up with the right therapist or dr can immediately change your outlook and get yourself back on track.

cheers!

 

[bickypeg]

Rather achey in different places this morning ladies! Is this a good thing?! Knees and calves mainly. I have been aware in the past that if I've over exerted it's not been the following day but the one after that when I've suffered. I'll keep on with the exercises like a good girl although I've never been keen on doing anything which inflicted discomfort. My last visit to a gym was in 1973...A rotten night @Barbaraj waking every 2 minutes it seemed to put audible back on and more visits to the loo than normal. Need to watch the tea consumption in the evening. But don't think I was waking because I was in pain. Do you sleep with a pillow under your knees? I used to but not sure it helps now. I was in bed at 9.30 which was perhaps foolish in view of my quiet day (just a trip to our little library to pick up a couple of books I'd ordered) but I'd been nodding all evening.
Walking very grudgingly with a stick again @CricketHip as I'd almost sent it up to the attic with the other aids. So glad I kept the raised toilet seat though.
A trip out to see a house for sale this morning not that ours is ready to go on the market, but just to show OH there are nice things out there. He's dead against moving but we have a 5 bedroomed former manse with attic and cellar for the 2 of us. Most of it I still can't access. Heating bills are huge. He's hard work sometimes. And A hoarder. But it's a start.
Eldest is over later for lunch @Layla possibly fish and chips as I don't feel like cooking. Normally comes on a Sunday but he's hoping to take his dad to the cricket on Sunday although our weather is so weird at the moment who knows? And babysitting at my treasures home on Monday yippee! Though not the car journey. Shall sit on a pillow.

 

[Fiona444]

Your physio sounds like a star! I hope it helps you. I am looking forward to giving my crutches back to their rightful owner but dont want to tempt fate just yet

 

[Fit4Family]

So glad you found a great physio. Mine is good too, despite assistant letting me get injured. The right massage makes a huge difference. Book marked your stretches. Doing similar ones. The leg off the bed is very helpful after sleeping. Sleep is key. I have moved up my bedtime. Going to bed before my husband I seem to relax and get sound asleep before snoring starts. Lol. It’s a comfort some night, but falling asleep not fun. Really hope this continues to help you move forward.