Yes, this has been quite a debate but I agree we need to get back to the point. It is a matter of personal opinion and individual comfort in the end. I still hesitate but would consider if my doctor could suggest a chiropractor who is very, very good. BTW I am not going back to my orthopedic surgeon, I will be seeing another orthopod who specializes in healing sports injuries and osteoarthritis. My hope is that she can diagnose what my problem is and offer a solution that is better than what my surgeon (whom I like very much) says, which is to "keep trying" dance moves. It keeps hurting, so I keep thinking there must be another issue/problem (like maybe tendinitis) or another solution.
THR 10 months post-op - Hip flexors hurt!
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Josephine
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I too would totally refute your tirade, Max. My first visit to a chiropractor was after years of suffering the nurse's occupational disease, low back pain. Many GPs, orthopods and physios failed miserably to make even so much as a dent in my misery but within a few months of treatment, my chiro got rid of it. I trust him completely as he had dealt similarly with all manner of 'itises' since then! Chiropractic has always had more than it's fair share of naysayers, mostly from within the medical fraternity who dislike the inference that their treatment can be superseded and don't understand it anyway. But as the saying goes 'the proof of the pudding' wins out. Tell you what though - I would never let an orthopaedic surgeon within a million miles of my spine with a scalpel in his hand! The statistics for good outcomes are abysmal. Nuff said, I think.
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It's been my experience that no medical doctor would ever recommend a chiropractor as they are poles apart in thinking. I look at it like going to see a dentist or chiropodist - you don't need your doctor's permission, approval or referral. It's your choice so just make the appointment and go.
Dancer, I think your approach is a wise one for your particular comfort level. Please let us know how things go.
Jo, it is possible to go to a sports medicine clinic here in the states that has both doctors and chiropractors on staff. While it's not real common, those practices do exist in some cities.
Jo, it is possible to go to a sports medicine clinic here in the states that has both doctors and chiropractors on staff. While it's not real common, those practices do exist in some cities.
Wise words, Dancer!!! And you are absolutely right about therapy. YOU are in charge and it should never, ever be painful. At the most, you should experience only mild discomfort. This is not like physical training and "pushing through the pain" is counterproductive.
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Thank you for this. Years ago when I broke my knee, the PT people tried to make me do exercises that really hurt and I refused. They were snippy about it and weren't very interested in me afterwards. I'm about to start outpatient therapy for the hip so wish me good luck.
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Amen, sister! My daughter, a massage therapist, is visiting me and bawling me out for not doing exercises soon after recovery which hurt. She does not have the concept that hurting a hurt is a bad thing. Maybe it works on some things, but not hips. Since I cannot convince her, I'll just nod, smile, say "yes, dear" and ignore her.
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Hi Dancer,
Good luck with the sports medicine doc, do let us know what you find out!! I hope you get some answers and they are ones that you'll be capable of dealing with and don't involve any more invasive procedures.
I am always curious as to how one gets a massage of the psoas -- isn't that located under all the organs in the belly and not accessible? I guess I've heard of stretches for the psoas like this:
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Cardie
Good luck with the sports medicine doc, do let us know what you find out!! I hope you get some answers and they are ones that you'll be capable of dealing with and don't involve any more invasive procedures.
I am always curious as to how one gets a massage of the psoas -- isn't that located under all the organs in the belly and not accessible? I guess I've heard of stretches for the psoas like this:
Take care,
Cardie
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My PT best way to moinitor excersicse and movement is said think of a scale 1-10, where 1 has no effect and 10 pain
excercise at levals 1-3 are not doing much 4-6 are where you want to be 7-8 in reserve 9 in an emergency and avoid 10 unless your life depends on it. Some days you can excercise a bit harder and some days less it just depends on your body you have to let it dictate the pace.
excercise at levals 1-3 are not doing much 4-6 are where you want to be 7-8 in reserve 9 in an emergency and avoid 10 unless your life depends on it. Some days you can excercise a bit harder and some days less it just depends on your body you have to let it dictate the pace.
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You know, I'd add to this that it is perfectly all right to wait a few weeks or months before beginning a physical therapy program after having THR surgery. It seems that people are starting outpatient therapy earlier after surgery and often times while still having post-surgical pain from the healing their body is trying to undertake.
There is no perfect timeframe for starting to exercise or enroll in PT but a little common sense and listening to the sensations that your body is giving you in terms of both pain levels and energy drain levels can allow you to avoid starting something physically exerting before your body is able to tolerate it. A PT program can be much more productive and successful if you are healed enough to do the movements and exercises with ease and without feeling as if you've been run over by a truck afterwards.
Give yourself the gift of time -- time to heal and strengthen from your surgery.
Just my two cents,
Cardie
There is no perfect timeframe for starting to exercise or enroll in PT but a little common sense and listening to the sensations that your body is giving you in terms of both pain levels and energy drain levels can allow you to avoid starting something physically exerting before your body is able to tolerate it. A PT program can be much more productive and successful if you are healed enough to do the movements and exercises with ease and without feeling as if you've been run over by a truck afterwards.
Give yourself the gift of time -- time to heal and strengthen from your surgery.
Just my two cents,
Cardie
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I have found to my cost. This is right. My hip is very sensitive to new excercises and I have to take it very slowly. X
Hi Everyone, I just want you all to know that my hip flexors seem to have finally relaxed, and I feel much, much better. I can lift my leg from a sitting position - so they are responding and working again (my hip flexors). So, after about 10 months post op, it is finally much better. I am not sure what did it, but I can tell you I had numerous massages from wonderful massage therapists that did trigger points and just kept massaging tight piriformis, hip flexors and adductors. I also talked to it (!) and suggested it relax, that it did not have to protect any longer. And I prayed. Best of luck, everyone.
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