Hi, so I had a fairly easy initial recovery from my surgery on Halloween 2022. About 6 months later I began experiencing sudden weakness sometimes several times a day where the leg would just buckle with pain above my knee. Fortunately I never fell but came close on multiple occasions. The surgeon was no help. He xrayed my hip and said it looked perfect and showed no interest in figuring out what was going on.
I went four months dealing with this sudden buckling of my leg and finally contacted the physical therapist I had used post surgery. I went in to see her and after doing a few physical tests said she thought my back might be the problem. I have seen a chiropractor for 40 years and he adjusts me at L4/L5. She suggested an adjustment at L3/L4. I had one adjustment there and now nearly two years later have not had another episode of my leg buckling.
I do have pain in my mid thigh if I move fast laterally or walk briskly. Jogging is impossible which is frustrating because it was the main reason I had the hip done. The surgeon had assured me that I would be able to run.
A second orthopedic guy that I see now refers to my problem as stem tip pain. I'm able to do everything I need to do, just can't do what I want to do.
I'm self employed working 7 days most weeks so another hip replacement and the much longer recovery time as well as the fear I could end up worse makes it a very undesirable and unlikely
choice.