Left hip pain and groin 3 years after posterior total hip replacement

I'm back with my left hip pain, leg and foot pain. I had anterior THA and now I'm seeing a chiropractor for the hips going out of joint. My left leg is very painful and the knee aches. She thinks I may need an insert in the shoe as one leg could be shorter. I talk to my GP but she doesn't refer me for any further testing. I don't want to see the ortho who did the surgery, but I would go back to that clinic and see someone else but not him. The pain is so bad I wish I could cut my leg off!! Any suggestions from anyone. Thank you.

Have you been checked for particle disease? My sister developed it in one (of two) hip replacement. The prosthesis sheds tiny pieces of metal and the body attacks the metal causing terrible inflammation and pain. As it progresses, the muscle and bone are eroded. My sister was in terrible pain for four years (because the original ortho, refused to admit anything could be wrong), until at a PT session, her pelvis and tibia both broke! She had to wait about 6 months before she could have surgery - because the (new) ortho wanted to see how much the bone would heal before doing revision surgery. She had the revision surgery in November and is doing so much better now. Still needs a walker for longer distances but around the house can get by with a cane; whereas before the surgery she was in a wheelchair.

I had my right hip replaced in 2014…anterior approach. I had the surgery at 7a and was home in time that for Monday Night football. Unfortunately there was an infection at the time of surgery that they did not catch for 2 years. I kept telling the ortho and he said it was my lower back. I went to a spine ortho for a year and had injections. She finally said, it’s your hip. Two years ! They removed my hip, posterior, and put a block in its place. They put a port in my vena cava and for 6 months I had to inject myself with two highly potent antibiotics twice a day. They put in the new hip using the same posterior scar. I have had pain every day since…and then came the trochanter bursitis. The PA finally told me that removing the original replacement was very challenging and that “perhaps” nerves, tendons etc. could have been cut as the posterior approach is more challenging. He encouraged me that the nerves may grow back….its been 6 years post revision and the pain is still the same. I don’t take pain medication. I take Tylenol when it gets too bad but I drench my hip and thigh in Biofreeze every day. It helps a lot with the pain but still have mobility issues.