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I have a hip plant and now I have a 70% torn, gluteal, minimus tendon
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: May 17 12:14pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
Hi Melanie,
Sorry for what you are going through. 9 years is a long time since your THR.
If the surgeon used a posterior or lateral incision (as opposed to anterior), then some of your glute muscles would have cut for the replacement. They would have been sewn back together before closing, but it seems likely that scar tissue would form. Even so, at 9 years, healing would have occurred. The tears may bot be related to the surgery, hard to tell.
Because you list the degree of tears, I assume you had an MRI. I would go back to your hip surgeon first for advice. For tears of such significance, I would think surgery to repair the muscles is called for, but I'm not sure, and I'm not sure if an ortho Dr would even do that, or if a different specialist is required.
Please let us know what happens, and in the mean time, all the best to you.
(In the short term, ice is always a good choice for fast but temporary relief.)
Joe
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Thank you Joe
The surgery question looms over me as others report that they have as much pain after surgery as before. The PRP has given me great pain relief, but is it going to heal anything? Is this a temporary fix? yes, my surgery was not done anteriorly if something was cut at the time of surgery surely I would’ve known about it because my recovery was very fast and I was up on my feet walking and back to work quickly. It was after the five-year mark that this started to happen.