thigh pain after hip replacement

[Guest guest]

yep - exactly. I'm 38 and have been basically begging for a replacement for 5 years. The pain and lack of mobility had stopped my life. I felt 95.

[Guest guest]

Hi Grace,

That's how it was for me after my primary hip was put in. I was on a

morphine drip after the surgery, and when they took that out I had no pain

killers after it.

A bit of a different story with the revision though.

That's life

Aussie Margaret

RTHR 1990 revised 2004

Re: thigh pain after hip replacement

| Just to counteract all the depressing news on hip replacement. I had

| my new hip 3 months ago, it never was really painful. It ached where

| the incision was after I sat for a while and I took Tylenol for it. I

| would wake up in the middle of the night and it would ache, but my

| back bothered me more because I had to sleep on my back. I would take

| a Tylenol and sleep without problem for the rest of the night.

| Now I can sleep comfortably on either side. My hip aches a little bit

| when I start walking but after that it is fine.

| I don't know whether it is the fact that the incision was small and

| the new hip was not cemented in, but I feel that my hip was a total

| success.

|

| Grace

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[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for that. You are the first person who has given me any kind

of explanation or suggestion.

I'm off to do more research.

Aussie Margaret

RTHR 1990 revised 2004

Re: thigh pain after hip replacement

| interesting - the area where you carry a baby on your hip - that is the

exact site of one of my 2 incisions. I had the " minimal invasive " hip

replacement, and one incision is in my groin, sort of at the end of my

C-section scar. The other incision is right where I'd place a baby on my

hip.

| Perhaps this is where the new socket (acebeblahblah) is pressing in and up

against your pelvic bone?

|

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I'm actually thinking I am not explaining the position well. When you are

standing it is right up the top of the bone. near the waist.

Aussie Margaret

RTHR 1990 revised 2004

Re: thigh pain after hip replacement

| interesting - the area where you carry a baby on your hip - that is the

exact site of one of my 2 incisions. I had the " minimal invasive " hip

replacement, and one incision is in my groin, sort of at the end of my

C-section scar. The other incision is right where I'd place a baby on my

hip.

| Perhaps this is where the new socket (acebeblahblah) is pressing in and up

against your pelvic bone?

|

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[Guest guest]

---Hi ,

I was answering a post by Carmel and I think it got confusing. I

haven't had a total hip replacement, I had a Left Hip resurfacing a

year ago and am doing wonderfully so far.

However, I have several friends who have had total hip replacements,

and a couple of them have the thigh pain from the stem pressing

against the inside of the femur.

I did have a leg length discrepancy, but I had it before the surgery.

My operated leg is about 3/4 inch longer than the other, and it's

caused by a tilted and twisted pelvis. You cannot tell by the way I

walk though. I walk as straight as can be and have no discomfort from

it.

Some people used to say I had an exagerated wiggle, but, I laughed

about that until I discovered this LLD. Actually, ... I still laugh

about it because I know it's something I can't help.

How long has it been since your surgery? Perhaps there will be

continued improvement. I will wish it to be so for you. Best to

you. ..... Maxine

In Joint Replacement , Coffey

<wcoffey81@...> wrote:

>

> bayleerocks,

> i can't remember if they did any length correction on your leg or

not. if they did it may take a

> lot of time/work before the musclesget back to " normal " . i do know

how you fell because my

> replacement did not come out as well as i had hoped either! i

think my stem is rotated so that

> straight forward is not really straight because i can't get

anywhere near centerline without some

> really nasty, loud, noises and pain. it still beats the before

surgery pain but i have adapted

>

[Guest guest]

yep - that's where I'm talking about as well. on the top of my rump, close to my waist. This is where one of my 2 incisions is.