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Walking without a hip joint

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Apr 23 1:16pm | Replies (485)
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@jbro

I forgot to ask ... do you have any back or sciatic nerve pain that has developed from load bearing on the shorter leg following your Girdlestone procedure? Prior to my THR, I had severe sciatic nerve pain because one leg was slightly shorter. Since my THR, the sciatic nerve pain is gone, but now I’m at risk of a worse outcome as I wait to find out if the hip joint is infected.

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peaky1966 | @peaky1966 | Nov 24, 2018

I'm starting to get slight pain in the knee of my shorter leg plus the small of my back that I hope will ease when I get a shoe raiser/balancer. That should even out my leg lengths and make walking easier. I will keep you posted on my progress once this happens. I am currently getting over the side effects of the radiotherapy so not really walking much and certainly not going out yet. No sciatic nerve pain though

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