Glut, back and groin pain

[Rabbott]

I’ve been experiencing in increase in pain in my lower left back threw my glut and along the surgical site going into the groin, It's a really tight sore feeling except the groin which is a little bit of a sharp pain, I’m currently 9 months post surgery HR on my left hip age 29 and pretty active

It makes me wonder if my hip muscle is not strengthening and my glut; back and groin are taking too much stress, it’s becoming kind of uncomfortable to sit at work

I just had an X-Ray after talking to my doctor last week and he said everything looks fine and it could be an irritation from psori Band *S that runs across the groin and I should just limit the amount of things I do that lift my leg up past the groin, but I don’t want to feel like I’m restricted forever

Does anybody else experience this with there hip or is this the general groin pain people normally feel? do most people experience lower back pain?

also I get a shifting feeling not really a clicking feeling but if I left my leg while sitting I can feel the hip slide threw the socket or if I’m standing sometimes my hip will just kind of shift it self, not painful at all but weird

[Linda G]

I had the BHR on my right hip 11 months ago. First, let me say that I am glad I had the surgery - the x-rays are perfect and the pain I suffered at night is completely gone. It was the kind of pain where you wished to cut your leg off.  Walking had become more and more painful with a very obvious limp, especially after 10 minutes.

I was 51 at the time of surgery, but very, very active. I was in excellent physical shape and my Dr expected me to be one of his top patients in terms of recovery time, etc.

As Pat has said in her postings, no one recovers the same and you can never predict how your body will react to the surgery.  

My recovery was very, very slow with many problems.  The first was a tremendous amount of fluid retention in my right leg, requiring me to remain on my back with leg elevated for over a week.  I walked the hallway every day with a walker for short periods but then back to bed to elevate my leg.

My hip flexor muscles were shot - I could not lift my leg even a 1/2 inch off the floor and it took months of PT to be able to lay flat on my back with my leg flat on the floor. The only way I can describe it in very non-medical terms is that it seemed that the muscles and/or tendons in my rear end and lower back seemed to have shrunk by a couple inches and I just couldn't straighten out.  Not to mention the pain in my groin area.  It also took about 6 months for me to be able to lift my right leg comfortably and to be able to bend over and put on my shoes and socks. My leg extension while walking (when your leg extends behind you) was very restricted and painful.  I received the most benefit from deep tissue message therapy.

My Dr has expressed his surprise and disappointment over my recovery problems as I continue to have some limitations that were not expected.

Today, I can lay flat, but there is a sharp tightness on my backside at the top of the gluteus muscle. When I walk, I can not comfortably let my right leg extend back to the normal extension â€" if I do, I have a pain that runs from my lower back to the top of the gluteus.  Since my gait is off, I have been experiencing a lot of lower back ache; my alignment is off and I have the constant need to stand and stretch my shoulders way back and then forward.  My Dr is following me carefully and believes at this point that my psoas muscle (which, if I understand correctly, wraps around from the top front of the leg around to the backside), is the problem.  I have had 2 cortisone injections into that muscle that provide some relief after a week, and lasts for about 2 weeks.  At my one year post op appt, he and I will be discussing a surgical option that he has referred to as “releasing” the muscle and lengthening it.  I don’t know if that’s what I’ll do, because of my history of post op problems, although my Dr feels it may be the solution.

So my story is somewhat of a success story.  The hip surgery itself (ball and socket) was successful â€" no problem or pain at all from the joint and the x-rays are good.  I am back to running, and doing just about anything I want without the hip pain. My problem seems to be with the major muscle and is causing me limitations in movement of my leg which is most noticeable when walking and is affecting my lower back.  

I’ll follow up on this post should I have the surgery.