Age28March2022
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Today is exactly day 26 post surgery of my partial left hip replacement. I have been blessed with little pain and that's a good thing. Currently have slight lower back pain when I wake up but it only lasts for like 15 mins or so.
The only thing I have been told and bother me is that I have real LLD of 7mm, in which my OP leg is 7mm shorter than my good leg after surgery as confirmed by X-Ray. The femur bone (between my knee and hip) is 7mm shorter.
I have been told to use insole for the rest of my life as the bone won't grow anymore. I would like to know if 7mm is a huge discrepancy? I worry about barefoot walking on the beach and whether it would cause me back pain or hurt my good hip in the future if I don’t use insole? I have read all LLD thread in here and since most are apparent and not real LLD and the general consensus is to not wear insole for 3-4 months and see how it goes.
I told the ortho that I wanted both of my legs to be of same length before the surgery. He told me that this is the most he could do because there is so much you can lengthen due to the stretching of the nerve. Is he right about that?
Long story short, I had skiing accident in March 2021 with fractured femoral neck and had titanium rod inserted 24 hours later. The femoral head slowly deteriorated over time and was told to go for partial hip replacement in March 2022.
I have X-ray pictures right after my skiing accident and before the titanium rod insertion, and also the X-ray pictures before and after hip replacement surgery.
I don’t remember having LLD before my skiing accident. After the insertion of titanium rod in March 2021, I was good but with the deterioration of my femoral head my left leg became shorter (around 17mm) and walked with slight limp and now with hip replacement the surgeon lengthened it by around 10mm which makes it 7mm shorter than my good leg now.
Several questions
The only thing I have been told and bother me is that I have real LLD of 7mm, in which my OP leg is 7mm shorter than my good leg after surgery as confirmed by X-Ray. The femur bone (between my knee and hip) is 7mm shorter.
I have been told to use insole for the rest of my life as the bone won't grow anymore. I would like to know if 7mm is a huge discrepancy? I worry about barefoot walking on the beach and whether it would cause me back pain or hurt my good hip in the future if I don’t use insole? I have read all LLD thread in here and since most are apparent and not real LLD and the general consensus is to not wear insole for 3-4 months and see how it goes.
I told the ortho that I wanted both of my legs to be of same length before the surgery. He told me that this is the most he could do because there is so much you can lengthen due to the stretching of the nerve. Is he right about that?
Long story short, I had skiing accident in March 2021 with fractured femoral neck and had titanium rod inserted 24 hours later. The femoral head slowly deteriorated over time and was told to go for partial hip replacement in March 2022.
I have X-ray pictures right after my skiing accident and before the titanium rod insertion, and also the X-ray pictures before and after hip replacement surgery.
I don’t remember having LLD before my skiing accident. After the insertion of titanium rod in March 2021, I was good but with the deterioration of my femoral head my left leg became shorter (around 17mm) and walked with slight limp and now with hip replacement the surgeon lengthened it by around 10mm which makes it 7mm shorter than my good leg now.
Several questions
- Should I be wearing insole? And if I don’t wear insole, will lateral pelvis tilt hurt my good hip (right) and cause back pain in the future?
- Is 7mm of real LLD significant? I am short (5’4) by the way.
- Was my surgeon right about the nerve thing and that’s the most he could lengthen? Or a more experienced surgeon could make both of my legs the same length?