Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Great to read your emails, hippies. I am now at the end of week 4 since the BHR to my right hip. I'm 62 years of age and had been making steady progress without pain. During the last three weeks at home I have had no painkillers until today. Ibuprofen is now helping. I had progressed to walking 1.6 miles without sticks, and had been able to lift the bad leg onto the bed without pain or assistance. Suddenly I have experienced hip joint pain and I'm back to using the elbow crutches. I cannot begin to lift the bad leg by itself, and it takes several stiff painful steps to get moving after sitting down. Has anyone had experience like that? I wonder if I overdid it walking the 1.6 miles. The previous week I limited the daily walk to 1 mile. I slept on my good side for the first time a couple of nights ago... otherwise I've been on my back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 , I experienced a little setback around week three or four although I was using a cane and wasn't walking for exercise. I thought it was hip/joint pain but think that it was really thigh muscle soreness/stiffness and pain from all that was cut and stitched back together during surgery. I didn't start walking for exercise until after five weeks (without the cane) and still there are setbacks, times when it is more sore than the day or week before. After sitting down it's always slow moving when getting up especially after being seated for a long time. The longer I sit the worse it is. Once I get moving I'm OK but feel like I'm 85 years old when I first get up (and I'm almost 49). From what I've read here, it's typical to feel like you're taking a step back sometimes after taking one or two steps forward. I think that we all forget that we've had major surgery because the hip pain that we've had is gone instantly after the operation. Keep up the exercise! Decrease the amount or skip a day if you're sore (I'm not sure how far I'm walking but had been walking 25 minutes at a decent clip and today increased to 33 minutes - feels great at 8 weeks post-op). Regards, Fred P. Gross r C2K 1/21/04 > Great to read your emails, hippies. I am now at the end of week 4 since > the BHR to my right hip. > I'm 62 years of age and had been making steady progress without pain. During > the last three weeks at home I have had no painkillers until today. > Ibuprofen is now helping. > I had progressed to walking 1.6 miles without sticks, and had been able to > lift the bad leg onto the bed without pain or assistance. > Suddenly I have experienced hip joint pain and I'm back to using the > elbow crutches. I cannot begin to lift the bad leg by itself, and it takes > several stiff painful steps to get moving after sitting down. > Has anyone had experience like that? I wonder if I overdid it walking > the 1.6 miles. The previous week I limited the daily walk to 1 mile. I slept > on my good side for the first time a couple of nights ago... otherwise I've > been on my back. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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