Alfie888
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This is my first post so I'd just like to firstly say hello. This forum looks like a great resourse.
I had a hip arthroscopy 8 days ago and have been doing pretty well over the past week. I've stuck to the exercises given me when leaving hospital and managed to get around the house and up and down the stairs relatively pain free with crutches. I've only been taking the pain meds (codeine) before I go to bed, more to help me get off to sleep. I've had some discomfort sleeping, more due to back ache from having to sleep in the same flat position but generally getting up and having a stretch has made this better. So, all in all doing ok for my first week.
I had my first physio session yesterday although I don't see the consultant till next week, so don't have the full story of what has been done. The therapist gave my hip a pretty good pulling about to seeing how much movement I had, pushing my leg way beyond the 90 degrees I'd been told to avoid. By the time I got home I was in quite a bit of pain. The result was a very painful day yesterday with not much sleep and pain in my groin, hip, back and down my leg this morning. Not even my last couple of codeine tablets, ibuprofen, paracetamol and ice has had much of an impact.
Is this normal procedure? I would have thought pushing the joint around like this only a week after surgery would not be a good idea!
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Any help would be much appreciated.
Alfie (age 49)
I had a hip arthroscopy 8 days ago and have been doing pretty well over the past week. I've stuck to the exercises given me when leaving hospital and managed to get around the house and up and down the stairs relatively pain free with crutches. I've only been taking the pain meds (codeine) before I go to bed, more to help me get off to sleep. I've had some discomfort sleeping, more due to back ache from having to sleep in the same flat position but generally getting up and having a stretch has made this better. So, all in all doing ok for my first week.
I had my first physio session yesterday although I don't see the consultant till next week, so don't have the full story of what has been done. The therapist gave my hip a pretty good pulling about to seeing how much movement I had, pushing my leg way beyond the 90 degrees I'd been told to avoid. By the time I got home I was in quite a bit of pain. The result was a very painful day yesterday with not much sleep and pain in my groin, hip, back and down my leg this morning. Not even my last couple of codeine tablets, ibuprofen, paracetamol and ice has had much of an impact.
Is this normal procedure? I would have thought pushing the joint around like this only a week after surgery would not be a good idea!
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Any help would be much appreciated.
Alfie (age 49)
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