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[Tim Bratten]

Great news, Pat. I have this site to thank for helping me get hooked up with De Smet who fixed up my hips too.
Cheers
Tim

[Dannywayoflife]

I on the other hand won't have any formal PT again. I remember last time the Physio trying to force my knee to my chin at I think 19 days post op and did some soft tissue damage. My surgeon said not to have anymore!

I shall do my own strength stuff once its not painful I'm 4+ weeks post op now and I can't even stand on one leg without feeling like I've been shot in the leg! Horses for courses. I will get in the pool initailly then start work on my wattbike and then do some very very light weight stuff in the gym.

Danny

[evant]

Congratulations Pat.

[terryjh]

Hi,

I haven't posted before but I found this forum was a great reassurance to me in the lead-up to my operation back in 2003. My Birmingham hip has been a great success so far but in the past week, I've been having groin pain. I've tried to convince myself that it's only a muscle strain from cycling but it's unilateral and I've noticed some swelling around my upper, inner thigh with some blue/purple discoloration. It's uncomfortable to stand up for any long period and it almost feels like my BHR leg is longer than the other (which had never been apparent before).

Before I start pestering the medical folk, I wonder if anyone can comment on what normally occurs when a joint starts to fail? Could my symptoms be consistent with that? I'm male and  kind of young for this type of thing (56) so would like to think I don't have osteoporosis. My other joints are all pretty ragged now though, thumbs, spine, knees - all affected by OA. I don't know if that sort of predisposition has any bearing on BHR longetivity (I can't think why it would).

Great forum anyway and I'll be grateful for any words from the experienced.

Terry

[Dannywayoflife]

Hi Terry your best bet is to get yourself to your surgeon as soon as possible for a check up mate.

Hope this helps and welcome to the forum :)

[terryjh]

Thanks Dannywayoflife. I'm going to follow your advice.  :)

[Dannywayoflife]

Out of interest who is your surgeon Terry?

[karlos.bell]

Hi Looks cool Sean. I hope I able to do similar stuff later on. I do miss the board and the skis. Nice day. Cool family stuff. Thanks for the video. Cheers

[wayne-0]

Hi Terry, While I am not a doc or anything close to being able to diagnose medical conditions , I kinda remember reading something a while back about your symptoms (swelling,black and blue) could possibly have something to do with metal levels in the blood. Go get yourself checked out and good luck. keep us posted.

Wayne

[wayne-0]

Hey Karlos, I am a bi-lateral going on 6 1/2 yrs. Just wanted to let ya know that I am doing so many things since my surgery like surfing, windsurfing, snowboarding, ice skating, roller hockey,golf and just walking normal again. I am confident that you will resume your activities again. With a huge smile on your face I should add :). So the things that helped me after surgery was to have someone around for the first week or so, helping me get out of bed. Having someone help you up is important cause you don't really have one good leg to use yet. Another thing I used was the pee bottle from the hospital. It was so much easier not to have to get up in the middle of the night to walk to the bathroom. So for me the first 8 days or so was the hardest but then after that every single day got easier and easier. Just remember to do your rehab after surgery, it ,in my opinion is the difference between getting better or staying the same. Good luck with your surgery and recovery.

Wayne

[wayne-0]

Way to go Sean. I remember my first day back to snowboarding post op. Doc gave me the green light at 4 months post op with this condition , be smart. If it is icy conditions go slow and if it is soft snow you can push it a little depending on how you feel. So I took my 11 yr old son up and it was a great spring day, nice and soft. I was very conservative until 11am and I just turned to my son and said I feel so dang good that I am gonna cut loose on the next run. The rest of the day was just amazing, I felt so good, kinda like a teenager again. 6 1/2 yrs later still snowboarding with no problems with either hip. Happy riding.

Wayne

[hernanu]

Thanks hernanu!

I have not been devoid of exercise. There was a set provided by the surgeon which I've been doing.  From what you say however, it seems 4 weeks isn't too early to start PT with a therapist.  I don't seem to have the option of in home, but should be able to start driving this week and am scheduled a week from tomorrow so I'll gauge this week and decide. 

I have to say that I was feeling better earlier but then decided to a bit of walking which set me back with a lot of muscle soreness that took a few days to recover from. So I'm a bit leery of doing too much at this early stage.

Mine was a bit different, both times I followed the same procedure, which had me doing home physical therapy starting at one week.

Outpatient physical therapy was at four weeks, by which time I could drive and do the basic (simple) initial exercises.

Any kind of movement was challenging, especially for me any side lifts of the leg, which seemed impossible. I worked those out with the home PT, but no reason why it can't happen well with an outpatient person.

Can you have at home PT for the next couple of weeks? Mine was with someone with a lot of experience with THR, I was their first HR (and boy were they excited).

Hope that helps, PT was a very good thing for me.

The best thing to do is to trust your body, in or out of PT. The main thing is to recover safely and well. Plenty of us have come to a good recovery without PT - any time anyone is treating you, realize that you're in control and it's your body that is being trained.

I cut off a couple of exercises that didn't feel right and just asked them to do something different. They had also had a lot of experience with THRs, so were knowledgeable.

Do what feels right, you are your best advocate.

[hernanu]

Congratulations. Pat!

[hernanu]

Excellent Sean!

[curtieman1]

Congratulations Pat!! Thanks for this wonderful site, it's been a great help through both my resurfacing especially my first one . Curt

[JHippy]

That's fantastic, Pat, congratulations!

[JHippy]

Awesome!

[seahip]

I talked to my PT today on the phone and she knows a lot about hips, the surgery, and the exercises and how the muscles respond. She seemed sensitive and understanding and I think I'm going to have a good experience with her. She said 4 weeks is the right tine and earllier might have been counterproductive. im feeling a lot better suddenly and even able to the adduction a bit now.

thanks for all the input, cant say enough how much help this forum is.

[Some Dude]

Mine failed. For me it was a steady increase of discomfort, swelling, "clicking", loss of range of motion, and a constant "Ache" in my butt cheek. Plus it was increasingly difficult to maintain any strength or flexibility.  I never had any discoloration or bruising and it gradually got worse and worse. It wasn't a "gee it's fine today thing", then 2 weeks later it's done. It was a long slow tailspin. That's just how mine was though, I'm not a doctor. I'd go get an x-ray and your blood ion levels checked. That will let you know one way or the other.


ps. I hope you pulled a tendon or a torn muscle and it clears up on it's own. But if you do need a revision at some point don't sweat it. It's not the end of the world like some people will have you believing. My thr has been awesome, feels solid and so far trouble free. It was almost 5 years to the day between the two.  Good luck !  Hope it turns out to be nothing  8)

[terryjh]

Out of interest who is your surgeon Terry?

It was John O'Hara at RNOH.