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Leg length difference results in weakness, tendonitis
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 21, 2025 | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
@gently
Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your willing ness to share similar situations. I do not need surgery on the other side--although it was mentioned that it could be resolved that way. I have also seen and had this explanation about measurement. It becomed an exercise in the surgeon explaining his approach. This is not meant as criticism just wanting to admit differences and how to resolve them 1 size does not ever fit all! It appears the orthopedic PT world does not realize that muscle memory formed over 75 years does not change that easily. Also mentioned to me was that there may be "too much" in the groin area creating part of the problem.
Have you heard of removing or "rearranging" tissue from that area?
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@redbeets, sorry. Nothing worse than getting on a patient site and hearing the same old thing the doctors recite.
I haven't heard of soft tissue revision on the replacement hip. There was a brief discussion here where a commenter finally found a doctor willing to do scar tissue removal on the replaced joint. But when she came out of surgery she found out that it became necessary to do a revision after all. She was very unhappy with the results, as you might imagine.
There is a procedure where they take lessen the tendon tension, but it doesn't seem helpful in your situation.
If you haven't already, you might send your images out to other surgeons for independent evaluation.