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@Hip4life @SaraK @Meldoy So now it is day 7 and I can lift my leg maybe 3 inches and then I encounter sharp "back pain" as I try to lift it higher. Getting in bed is easier but not there yet. in and out of car, difficult, etc.)
Hopefully , the back pain will go away and the leg will be able to go higher. (The lifting movement is absolutely tied to this
one area of the back...if I am not attempting to lift the leg there is no back pain when standing or walking and I don't want to cause a "permanent back pain" so I am hesitant to keep trying to lift the leg or push too much.)
I have started walking for the last two nights maybe 40 minutes and that seems fine except the new reality is somehow I have no "rudder" because the I have NO psoas. The psoas pretty much keeps your legs in check in the walking process much like synchronizing them.. I can feel a subtle change required now to more coordinate both legs from going to apart from each other.. In addition, since the psoas controlled a lot of the balance mechanisms, I sometime will feel my body going slightly more forward than I want it to and have to manually correct and stand back straighter.
I am hoping my brain will adapt and synchronize these movements as time goes by but now when I read the "duties" of the psoas I can see the lack of the psoas exemplifies physically that those "duties" are somewhat lessened and /or gone and have to be retrained. I am just keeping this update diary for myself and other BS members so if they have this procedure they will feel comfort that their after effects are not solely theirs alone ...
Given, that I have had both the
lengthening and the
TOTAL RELEASE, I can tell you the lengthening at this point in time was much easier and less complicated to live with(second day ,leg could be lifted higher, getting in car ok, bed ok, etc body and walking still regulated by the Psoas.np)
but unfortunately
I ended up still with groin pain not being relieved.
Therefore, if you're stuck on the acetabulum cup, an adhesion, or a spur, with the
lengthening you will possibly still
HAVE GROIN PAIN like I did as you did not release enough to overcome the obstruction and
need the full release to make sure that the psoas pain in the groin is definitely gone.
( You could also get very lucky and be totally fine like many who have the partial release ,lengthening, etc. at the central compartment, peripheral compartment and it's done there and then.)If you have any questions re: either of the two releases bring 'em on...would be happy to answer them..
Any thoughts would be appreciated as well ..JWS