Debru4
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Did your surgeon do xrays at your follow up visit? You mentioned that he said it was "fine". I may have missed this in reading your thread, but was curious since you'd mentioned it felt worse than before the surgery.
I had stopped all pain meds but acetaminophen by 3 weeks and was doing a lot of walking and daily activities (no PT whatsoever). When I had my 6 week follow up I mentioned that I seemed to be seeing an increase in pain the last few days and wondered if I should resume the Tramadol. His comment was that since I had been fine without it for several weeks, most likely the cause of my increase in pain was that my activity level was increasing as well. He advised against returning to the Tramadol and suggested simply modifying my activity level, icing, and resting more. Like @Eman85 mentioned, you want to be sure you are not taking pain medication to off-set exercising that you would be better off not even doing yet. This did the trick for me, and if your hip is fine, your unresolved pain most likely is an issue related to what exercises/activities you are currently doing.
I was advised here on the forum as well that taking acetaminophen regularly and in the right dose would be more helpful in addressing pain, and that too was great advice. In those first months, staying on top of the pain made a big difference. And even then, for most of us, there is still a certain level of pain that accompanies recovery, as we gradually get back to our normal activities in life.
But I don't think feeling like you need the stronger opiods again falls under that type of pain. So if you cut back on exercising, you ice, and take the acetaminophen, and still are in great pain, maybe you'd want to think about a return visit to your doctor. I hope things start looking up for you!
I had stopped all pain meds but acetaminophen by 3 weeks and was doing a lot of walking and daily activities (no PT whatsoever). When I had my 6 week follow up I mentioned that I seemed to be seeing an increase in pain the last few days and wondered if I should resume the Tramadol. His comment was that since I had been fine without it for several weeks, most likely the cause of my increase in pain was that my activity level was increasing as well. He advised against returning to the Tramadol and suggested simply modifying my activity level, icing, and resting more. Like @Eman85 mentioned, you want to be sure you are not taking pain medication to off-set exercising that you would be better off not even doing yet. This did the trick for me, and if your hip is fine, your unresolved pain most likely is an issue related to what exercises/activities you are currently doing.
I was advised here on the forum as well that taking acetaminophen regularly and in the right dose would be more helpful in addressing pain, and that too was great advice. In those first months, staying on top of the pain made a big difference. And even then, for most of us, there is still a certain level of pain that accompanies recovery, as we gradually get back to our normal activities in life.
But I don't think feeling like you need the stronger opiods again falls under that type of pain. So if you cut back on exercising, you ice, and take the acetaminophen, and still are in great pain, maybe you'd want to think about a return visit to your doctor. I hope things start looking up for you!