I'm back in the office today, 13 days after RBHR and 41 days after LBHR. I actually started working full time from my home office on Monday.
I had a posterior approach, but the incision is on the side. Most of the pain due to surgery has resolved, but still a sort of painful knot under the incision. Muscle pain increasing in the quads and IT band after a week and a half or so, similar to my first procedure, but this may be due to PT exercises for strength and ROM(?). And my whole leg gets sore if I keep it in one position for too long and then try to move it.
The thing that's different from my first procedure it this. After sitting in my desk chair for half the day or so (I do get up and walk around occasionally) my butt (gluteus maximus?) gets really sore like I've been sitting on a cement bench for a couple of days. This started at home yesterday, and putting a soft pillow on the chair sort of helped, but what I really had to do is lie down on the bed for a while. Can't do that here at the office.
I'm wondering if this is some consequence of the surgery, or maybe just from not sitting a lot for a few weeks. Anybody else here experience soreness in the glutes developing after a week or two?