Last Saturday I ran outdoors for the first time since surgery, around 8 miles (feels sooo amazing to be running again, by the way). As a result, I've had a lot of soreness and pain in the glute and hamstring, some limping involved. It feels like it has improved since Saturday, been cycling instead since then. I was cleared by the Dr at 2 months to go back to all previous activities, so I assume the implant is solid at this point.
Since I am new to having an implant, how can I tell the difference between just muscle pain and actual implant pain? If I have damaged the implant at all, I am assuming the pain would manifest itself similar to the arthritis pain I had before (feeling of a pulled groin muscle, lower back pain, etc)? Also maybe the pain wouldn't subside with time, like muscle pain does?
I am at a point in my recovery now where I can really push the hip to its limits and I am worried about possibly damaging it. Are there any signs I can look for to make sure that I am only putting stress on the muscles and not the actual implant?