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THR Hip replacement after hip arthrosocpy

So I saw my Dr. for my 2 week post op follow op. (Actually 13 days). I see on here all the time that hips can heal on their own and all they need is walking. He was not happy with the home PT they were doing with me as he said it was too much hip flexion. He recommended walking only and riding the stationary bike with the seat up high for 5 minutes no resistance. He says that the stiffness I am still having. Still can not tie my shoes will go away in the next 2-4 weeks. So, can anyone weigh in on his advice. How do I get rid of the stiffness with no PT and no stretching just walking and stationary bike.
 
@Rdwolfe94 Did you read the articles and the Big Tip I posted for you in post #54 of this thread? I'll post the big tip here again for you:

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.

So you see we agree with your surgeon's approach. It is the tried and tested route here. However I don't agree that the stiffness we go away in only 2-4 weeks. Full healing can take as long as a year or more depending on how long you limped around pre-op.

One other thing that might help the stiffness is icing. Are you doing any icing? If so, for how long? Ice for a minimum of 45-60 minutes several times per day.
 
@Jaycey I have read it multiple times. He did say it could take up to 3 months. I am still icing constantly 45-60 minutes several times a day. I actually was not limping at all preop before surgery as I had a failed hip scope that my pain did not improve from. Once he replaced my hip joint he said that their was little labrum left and my articular cartilage was deteriorating from the bone. What is your take on his recommendation of the stationary bike at a high seat?
 
Is there anyone out there who had the anterior hip replacement and then had to have a revision? I am 27 days post op and I still have the same pain prior to surgery with sitting and bending over. I am super stiff and in pain. It still hurts to sit and bend over. Also, putting on my socks and shoes is very stiff and painful. If you had the revision, when did you know you had to have it. How long did the Dr. wait for healing time?
 
Rdwolfe94 said:
I am 27 days post op and I still have the same pain prior to surgery with sitting and bending over. I am super stiff and in pain.
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At only 27 days out this is totally normal. It may take months before you have the flexibility to put on shoes and socks without help.

Have you read the articles I left for you in post #54? Read them again. All the information on how long this recovery takes and guidelines for activity levels are there.

THR is major surgery. Healing is going to take much longer that a few days. You don't need a revision. What you do need is time and patience.
 
Jaycey said:
At only 27 days out this is totally normal. It may take months before you have the flexibility to put on shoes and socks without help.
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Absolutely true.
These are still very early days and things are traumatized and tight and it isn't helpful to insist on doing things before some more healing has happened.
Read through some recovery threads and check out the timelines.
All sounds very normal.
Try to measure progress on the weekends and not by the day...
Staying slow and icing and resting will get this hip well faster.
 
@Jaycey and @Mojo333 Totally understand about everyone healing different. I am now 36 days. I can tie my shoes but sitting and any hip flexion is extremely painful and I have had no improvement since surgery. In the articles that were sent to me that I read, I did not see anything about sitting being painful unless I missed it. Also, I am now only walking as the stationary bike caused to much pain later after use. Also, I limp when I first get up from a seated position. Extremely frustrated. Is the pain with sitting normal?
 
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Boy the one month out - is it ever going to get better - is this normal - post op blues syndrome sounds like it has rested upon you. All Normal...or was for me and many others.
Rdwolfe94 said:
Also, I am now only walking as the stationary bike caused to much pain later after use.
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I think this is wise...your hip is in charge and apparently the hip is not liking that yet...:nah:

Rdwolfe94 said:
Also, I limp when I first get up from a seated position.
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I called mine stutter steps. Like they just didn't want to get with the program for the first four or five steps...this would happen consistently after resting for very long and icing. And for several months....Hope you are still icing?:ice:

Rdwolfe94 said:
Is the pain with sitting normal?
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Well, depends on where I sat and for how long. Could swing it longer in my recliner with legs up so that was where I resided most of the time when not up walking about. But hard chairs...wrong angled car seats, lots of seating made me uncomfortable and eventually just too much sitting would get uncomfortable.

It IS frustrating, but it DOES get better.
 
Rdwolfe94 said:
Is the pain with sitting normal?
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Totally normal. Are you icing and elevating. At only one month out still very early days. Walking is the best activity for a new hip. Patience my friend - you'll get there!
 
Thanks @Jaycey and @Mojo333. Mojo, you described exactly where I am having sitting issues. I actually bough a recliner last night that helps but it won't be here until Wednesday. Thanks for the encouragement. I was hoping by 6 weeks I would be good to go. Still have 5 days until then.
 
@Jaycey. Will do. The most frustrating thing for me is that several guys I know who are 20-25 years older than me and had the anterior with the same surgeon I had were 100% by 2-6 weeks.
 
My surgeon told me that being younger and having more muscle tone can make the surgical force needed to be much more. Thus resulting in soft tissue being stretched much more under force and likely resulting in a longer healing period.
He explained this even before the surgery happened. He said older muscle is easier to move around and many times the nerves are less painful.
Take all of that for whatever it is worth, but he did predict I would have more pain and heal more slowly given I was only 50. So far he is right, I’m 7 weeks and still really sore. My approach was lateral and he predicted a full 3-4 months.
 
Rdwolfe94 said:
The most frustrating thing for me is that several guys I know who are 20-25 years older than me and had the anterior with the same surgeon I had were 100% by 2-6 weeks.
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I dont believe this for a minute.
Might have looked so...but pretty sure all was not 100 %
I had bilateral THR, went back to work half days at 6 weeks and that was a struggle!
4 months was my biggest turnaround.
Now, at 2 1/2 years out I'm at 95% great, and 5000% better than I was preop.
 
@Rdwolfe94 .. it's still very early days. I recently had my second THR and I STILL had days where I worried about my supposed lack of progress. We all heal differently and each hip is different, even in the same person!
I'm 11 weeks plus 2 days and I actually forget about the hip once in a while.
Mornings are the worst, stiffness upon walking, but it eases more and more quickly with each week.
Just keep telling telling yourself. ' it's still very early days.'
The more you push yourself and that hip? The slower your progress will be and believe me, I struggled with that also.
Try not to worry, you'll get there. :flwrysmile:
 
Rdwolfe94 said:
The most frustrating thing for me is that several guys I know who are 20-25 years older than me and had the anterior with the same surgeon I had were 100% by 2-6 weeks.
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Don't believe it for a minute! No one is 100% at 2-6 weeks. It just doesn't work that way. Take a look at the article about How Long Does Healing Take. No matter what approach or how old you are - healing takes time.
 
Saw my Surgeon for my 6 week follow up. He says everything looks good and needs more time to heal. His Physician Assistant said she though I had hip flexor tendonitis. The Dr. did not expand on that. Not sure if because his PA said it, it was know and I forgot to ask him. He told me to go about normal activities. Any suggestions for activity and stretching for tendonitis. Also what is better ice massage or extended icing with an ice pack?
 
Rdwolfe94 said:
His Physician Assistant said she though I had hip flexor tendonitis.
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Gracious, sound like you might have overdone it a bit.
Rdwolfe94 said:
He told me to go about normal activities.
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Well, rest is what is most needed, so not sure what your normal activities are?
Rdwolfe94 said:
Any suggestions for activity and stretching for tendonitis. Also what is better ice massage or extended icing with an ice pack?
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Extended icing with ice pack also requires you to be still and rest, so it gets my vote:ice::ice::ice:

Check out this cute video
https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/tendinitis-an-explanation.51325/
 
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