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Severe pain Eight years after hip replacement
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@elli7 The first thing I thought was hmmm, if your knee hurt first and now your hip, these are probably connected in some way.
If it was me, I would call my orthopedist (who is not strictly a surgeon) for a diagnostic workup to look at knee, hip and back. They would probably x-ray to be sure the implant is not the problem, them move on to knee and back. If there is nothing apparent there, they would give an order for PT to figure out which muscles, tendons or ligaments was causing a misalignment.
Do you still have access to the ortho who operated? If not, maybe start with you primary for initial diagnosis.
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Sadly, my orthopod who replaced both hips has retired. This started in my knee mid-Sept. I had to stop my advanced tap class because of it.by Jan. I was having big time trouble doing my stairs. My family kept saying get over it. It's arthritis.
Now I have to use a walker and the pain is absolutely terrible. In fact, I haven't been able to do the stairs since February. Unfortunately, they're not interested. I need to be able to get downstairs and out so I could have somebody look at my knee and now hip. I have thought about calling an ambulance to take me to the ER but ......