VirgoC
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I am new here and so glad I found you. I am 55 years old and have always been very active. Started having leg pain three years ago, mostly in my knee and thigh.
Want everyone to know IF you have leg pain, especially in the knee and thigh and they can't find anything major wrong in your knee ...it is probably your hip!!! It took over two years for anyone to even look at my hip to diagnose my leg problems. My first two ortho docs made me feel like a hypochondriac. I did not have severe pain in my hip, just down my leg and in my knee.b
I did not walk on the left leg becaue of acute pain in entire leg for almost a year prior to hip surgery!!! For three years the doctors kept focussing on my knee and ankle. Had three arthroscopic knee surgeries...wo meniscus trims, one lateral release to realign my patella, then a chipped talus bone in my ankle operated on in February. Non weight bearing for two months after that one. Still unable to walk without pain in leg. Finally went to Mayo Clinic and they told me it was my hip!!!!!
I was beginning to get down thinking it would never be fixed, but now realize the hip was the source of my leg problems in my knee and probably ankle. My hip was turned and bone on bone doc said and four major bone spurs removed. Now Hip is great. Am two months post hip replacement and using a cane and knee working fine, bh ankle feels normal! Just have to build back the muscles and that will take a long time. Daily workouts and swimming. Thank you for all your posts. I'm so glad I finally got to the bottom of my leg problems. Recovery is slow though but I'm gettin there!!!!
Want everyone to know IF you have leg pain, especially in the knee and thigh and they can't find anything major wrong in your knee ...it is probably your hip!!! It took over two years for anyone to even look at my hip to diagnose my leg problems. My first two ortho docs made me feel like a hypochondriac. I did not have severe pain in my hip, just down my leg and in my knee.b
I did not walk on the left leg becaue of acute pain in entire leg for almost a year prior to hip surgery!!! For three years the doctors kept focussing on my knee and ankle. Had three arthroscopic knee surgeries...wo meniscus trims, one lateral release to realign my patella, then a chipped talus bone in my ankle operated on in February. Non weight bearing for two months after that one. Still unable to walk without pain in leg. Finally went to Mayo Clinic and they told me it was my hip!!!!!
I was beginning to get down thinking it would never be fixed, but now realize the hip was the source of my leg problems in my knee and probably ankle. My hip was turned and bone on bone doc said and four major bone spurs removed. Now Hip is great. Am two months post hip replacement and using a cane and knee working fine, bh ankle feels normal! Just have to build back the muscles and that will take a long time. Daily workouts and swimming. Thank you for all your posts. I'm so glad I finally got to the bottom of my leg problems. Recovery is slow though but I'm gettin there!!!!
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