Hi Ruby - sorry I have not been keeping up with posts here but read the last few. If the water eases it there is a good bet it is probably muscular of some nature. The water is taking the weight off the muscles. Walking forwards, backwards and sidewards in water will be great excercise. Just take it nice and steady your hip muscles will be no where near full strength at 8 weeks and still healing. Don't know what excercises you have been doing but if you can, simply standing straight on one leg is good excercise, does this hurt? on the outside, front or inside of the groin.

Inside your muscles will still be 'raw' and probably will be for a while, mine were. Maybe one is complaining about your new pelvis/hip position because it was overtight previous, or it has been agravated in some way. Does icing and rest ease the pain? It can be frustrating but keep your chin up you will get there. Keep us informed what advice you are given.

Hi Ruby.  It's easy for us to say but stick at it. It is obviously a very difficult time for you but I'm sure it is just your tight muscles trying to rearrange themselves and their movements. If activity in the pool helps then do loads of it even if you end up looking like a prune!  Stretching the muscles back onto their new positions and lengths is the goal that will remove the pain.  I have to say that my muscle pain disappeared over the period of a day or so when I upped the time I was spending on the bike stretching out the groin and hip flexors with each pedal rotation.  We are all different though.

if you can't make contact with Mr T (I think he is away for 3 weeks at the moment from what his secretary said to me last week), then why not speak to his private secretary and have a chat over the phone with Christine his assistant (I'm seeing her next week) or ring the ROH and ask to speak to one of the physiotherapists there.  It can't do any damage to talk to someone as they could give advice or reassurance.  If you want the phone number of Mr T's private secretary, just PM me and I'll send it through to you.

With regards to the pain killers, have you tried Non steroidals such as Voltarol (diclofenac) rather than Oxocodone (or whatever it is).  The codeine derivatives are powerful pain killers but have many other side effects whilst non steroidals relieve the pain and dampen down the muscle inflammation and it sounds as if your muscles are quite inflamed.  You should take them after a meal though as they can upset your stomach. Worth a try?

Good luck and don't forget that we are here to listen and help get you through this.

Thanks everyone, you're all so kind!

I saw my GP this morning and he's not letting me return to work for at least another 4 weeks because of the groin issues.

With regards to the physio he said he's more than happy to refer me locally for some treatment but he wants me to take advice from Mr T first as there may be a very good reason why he didn't want me to have any. I spoke to Laura (his secretary) just now, explained everything to her and she's going to get someone to ring me from clinic tomorrow morning for a consultation rather than bring me up to Birmingham to see someone.

I've been taking Ibruprofen for the inflammation and keeping the Oxycodene for night time as getting comfy in bed is a bit of a nightmare right now :(

Hi Ruby - So sorry to hear that the groin pain is giving you such a miserable time.  I can only echo what the other posts have said in terms of this being the place to express yourself freely and get advice and support from your friends.  Glad to hear that you're going to have a telephone consultation tomorrow, hope this leads to something more positive for you. 

I've been spending a lot of time in the water over the last few weeks and found that hydrotherapy has really helped with mobility and ease of doing my exercises, perhaps your GP can get you referred for some hydrotherapy if your consultant is ok with this.  Ka

A lovely lady from the ROH called me first thing this morning, what a great hospital they are!! In a nutshell, I'm being sent for an urgent xray to see if the device has moved in anyway, it's unlikely she said, but they want to rule out the most serious issue first.

What the most likely reason is due to my very small sockets, there is a tendon that stretches across the pelvis (she did call it by name, but I forget) and it's probably very angry at me because it's been pulled, stretched and inflammed. She told me to stop swimming (:-() but keep walking at least until we know what's going on after the xray.

That should put your mind at rest. Good luck Ruby.

Those muscles certainly don't like being pulled in different directions!  Shame about the swimming, but at least you can be more relaxed in the knowledge and maybe the physios at ROH can provide some exercise that will help with the specific muscle problem?

That's positive, ruby - the more you know, the better off you are. Sounds like a good call on the tendon.

Good news Ruby! Glad that your telephone consultation has resulted in some action to identify what's going on. 

I feel a little relieved to have spoken to someone now. Just hope the xray shows nothing sinister.

Quote from: rubyred on October 10, 2012, 04:00:59 PM
I feel a little relieved to have spoken to someone now. Just hope the xray shows nothing sinister.

You'll be great.  Think positive ..... and say "cheese" when they take the picture!

When is the xray Ruby??

I couldn't get booked in until the 20th October.

Urgent ????? What are they like?

Quote from: rubyred on October 10, 2012, 06:24:26 AM
A lovely lady from the ROH called me first thing this morning, what a great hospital they are!! In a nutshell, I'm being sent for an urgent xray to see if the device has moved in anyway, it's unlikely she said, but they want to rule out the most serious issue first.

What the most likely reason is due to my very small sockets, there is a tendon that stretches across the pelvis (she did call it by name, but I forget) and it's probably very angry at me because it's been pulled, stretched and inflammed. She told me to stop swimming (:-() but keep walking at least until we know what's going on after the xray.

Rectus femoris tendon? This awkward thing hates all hip surgery with a vengeance and misbehaves at the first opportunity it gets - mine is still playing up nearly five months post hip scope!!  Its gonna be this, I'm sure... Least you the xray will give you peace of mind and you should get the results straight away.!

Quote from: dav0 on October 11, 2012, 04:39:51 PM
Rectus femoris tendon? This awkward thing hates all hip surgery with a vengeance and misbehaves at the first opportunity it gets - mine is still playing up nearly five months post hip scope!!  Its gonna be this, I'm sure... Least you the xray will give you peace of mind and you should get the results straight away.!

That sounds about right actually... I only know of the Psoas muscle and she definately didn't say that. If this is what it turns out to be, I take it there's no solution to it, given that yours is still sore 5 months on?

It's a really hateful tendon, in my experience.  Any kind of hip surgery really aggravates it and causes it to tighten up, but simply stretching it doesn't solve the problem either.  When it tight and angry it inhibits the glutes and becomes the primary mover in pulling your leg forward during walking, hence it is overworked and hurts.  Does it hurt to put your leg into extension (as in behind you?)

I hate to say it, but i think strengthening glutes - the antagonists to it - is the only real way of sorting it.  I had cortisone in mine but it did naff all and cost me ££, so i wouldn't recommend it!! It will come right though in the fullness of time, so don't panic!!

It doesn't hurt to extend it behind me, but to lift it and extend it forwards is the killer. Funnily enough I get no aggravation when walking, but climbing stairs, getting in and out of cars... anywhere where I have to lift the leg in an upwards motion is enough to double me over in pain.

Stairs are the one thing that if I do too much of buggers me up. Which in a hotel with 10 different landings over 5 floors and a lift which is only level with 3 of them is a bit of an occupational hazzard. It has always been my worst movement lifting leg up forwards.

I'm off to A&E this afternoon. I can't take no more of this. I can't weight bear now  :(