Hi tallbackhip,

Sorry you had to go through a dislocation. Very painful.

My dislocation occurred four weeks after surgery. I returned to the gym in two weeks, mostly to spin. I did myself in with an IT Band stretch that requires (while standing), crossing the feet (crossing legs, first mistake) and bending from the waist and putting my palms on the floor (bending hips greater than 90 degrees, second mistake).

My hip dislocated, and five painful hours later in the ER (heart attacks, strokes and gunshot wounds all come before hips), closed reduction was used to pop the femoral head back into the new hip socket. I was "consciously sedated" with a mix of ketamine and propofol. I don't remember the procedure, but it worked, and scared the hell out of me.

I'm lucky it didn't do more damage, and no surgery was required. Hips are deceptive wrt recovery. The incision looks good as soon as the bandage comes off at two weeks, and all the pre-op pain is gone.

As my Dr later explained, it takes time, like months, for the hip capsule to scar over.

What were you doing when the hip dislocated? Did the surgeon use an anterior or posterior incision? Dislocation happens mostly after a posterior incision. Mine was anterior..... But crossing your operated leg over the other, and bending the hips greater than 90 degrees can lead to dislocation.

Lesson learned, the hard way. I hope you can avoid revision surgery.

(Thanks Sue!)

Joe