Victorialast
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- 33
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I’m a day past 4 weeks anterior LTHR. I used a walker for about 3 weeks (my doctor said 2 weeks were required for me) and then moved to a cane.
Now I’m still using the cane and my physical therapists are telling me I should have already been off it at this point.
I’ve been walking with the cane about 4-5000 steps a day and just trying to slowly increase if it felt good.
I guess I’m questioning myself now.. I felt like I’ve been improving decently since surgery, I could feel my walking was improving pretty well and I felt really positive but they’re saying I’m not locking out my left knee when I walk and that’s my issue causing me to still use the cane - I felt that I still had a limp, so I didn’t want to rush myself off the cane.
I also feel like some of the therapists are pressuring me to do exercises I’m not comfortable with and now I’m questioning if I should have just been sucking it up and doing it despite the pain and swelling it would cause? They’re saying I’m where I’m at with the recovery because I’ve not been pushing myself enough since I’ve been focusing more on walking and not some of the exercises they’ve been prescribing. I don’t know, I have been doing the exercises that weren’t too hard, like the glute and thigh squeezes for instance.
I’m feeling very discouraged about my recovery now.
Extra information:
I was quite weak prior to the surgery because my hip had started to cause severe back pain so I was less mobile than ever along with my hip not being able to handle long walks anymore.
I’ve been going to therapy once or twice a week and my hip usually swells up and it’s painful to walk afterwards.
Gonna add this in case it’s relevant:
33F, had a traumatic hip dislocation and fracture about 14 years ago which resulted in my first surgery, then a hip arthroscopy about 7 years after that. Now about 7 years later (present) I had my hip replaced. I have significant weakness and nerve damage in my left knee and ankle (my entire left leg, really) stemming from the original break/dislocation that never went away.
I don’t know if this is a rant, or a request for advice, idk.. am I wrong for not having pushed past the pain?
I was already having a rough day before my therapy today and it was just the last straw to totally ruin my day.
Now I’m still using the cane and my physical therapists are telling me I should have already been off it at this point.
I’ve been walking with the cane about 4-5000 steps a day and just trying to slowly increase if it felt good.
I guess I’m questioning myself now.. I felt like I’ve been improving decently since surgery, I could feel my walking was improving pretty well and I felt really positive but they’re saying I’m not locking out my left knee when I walk and that’s my issue causing me to still use the cane - I felt that I still had a limp, so I didn’t want to rush myself off the cane.
I also feel like some of the therapists are pressuring me to do exercises I’m not comfortable with and now I’m questioning if I should have just been sucking it up and doing it despite the pain and swelling it would cause? They’re saying I’m where I’m at with the recovery because I’ve not been pushing myself enough since I’ve been focusing more on walking and not some of the exercises they’ve been prescribing. I don’t know, I have been doing the exercises that weren’t too hard, like the glute and thigh squeezes for instance.
I’m feeling very discouraged about my recovery now.
Extra information:
I was quite weak prior to the surgery because my hip had started to cause severe back pain so I was less mobile than ever along with my hip not being able to handle long walks anymore.
I’ve been going to therapy once or twice a week and my hip usually swells up and it’s painful to walk afterwards.
Gonna add this in case it’s relevant:
33F, had a traumatic hip dislocation and fracture about 14 years ago which resulted in my first surgery, then a hip arthroscopy about 7 years after that. Now about 7 years later (present) I had my hip replaced. I have significant weakness and nerve damage in my left knee and ankle (my entire left leg, really) stemming from the original break/dislocation that never went away.
I don’t know if this is a rant, or a request for advice, idk.. am I wrong for not having pushed past the pain?
I was already having a rough day before my therapy today and it was just the last straw to totally ruin my day.
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