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Need for hip replacement with no hip pain?
I’ve been told I need a right hip replacement. My pain is in my thigh, not in my hip and has been getting worse for a year. I can no longer walk any more than a few feet before the pain begins. It feels more like a muscle/tendon/ligament injury. Xray showed two spurs in hip. Had an image guided cortisone injection that gave about a week of relief and then nothing. Has anyone had this experience—pain in the leg that signaled the need for a hip replacement?
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I have had the same problem for several years, The real problem is spinal stenosis for which I now have epidurals from a Neurosurgeon and I plan to start a PT program this week. I have hip bone spurs for many years and have had some success via PT.
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2 ReactionsI suffered for 20 years off with pain in the right hip area. Drs would move my leg and said hip joint was fine. Only after an MRI showed it was a femoral hernia did I get the surgery needed to correct it. Everything has been good there since.
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1 ReactionHi @msvjv,
How are you doing? Did you have a chance to see the replies from @fzyniteowl and @marthadean?
@msvjv, you mentioned you had bone spurs in your hip, did your provider or x-ray reveal any structural damage that could be leading to your thigh pain? It is understandable to be apprehensive to major surgery, did your provider walk through how a replacement would help with the pain in your thigh?
The pain in my thigh is from my very messed up spine
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4 ReactionsNo damage. Yes he did.
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I had hip replacement 9 months ago and now have pain from groin to knee. So maybe our pain is from the spine? How do we find out?
@tamsue69 What does your doctor say? Have you had imaging done? My one year date is coming up in early May. My hip does not hurt but I still have pain in my leg with certain movements that is definitely muscle or tendon related….though it’s not as severe as it was. It’s doubtful that any kind of imaging would identify the source. It’ll be interesting to see what he recommends. I’m learning to live with it.
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3 ReactionsYes. X-ray, mri, joint aspiration all is fine. Doing hyperbaric, red light, Accupuncture, Chiro, different types of pt, steroid injections to no avail. Going to try shock wave. PCP recommending hip revision special in another area. Almost to point of doing so. But now with your post wondering if it’s coming from spine?
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2 ReactionsYou probably need to try some other things like radio frequency, ablation, or RFI that should tell you if your pain is coming from your spine and maybe not your hip. Make sure you see a good orthopedic surgeon. My hips needed replacement although the only time I had pain was when I sat with my legs stretched out, but my cushion was gone. For those of you who don’t have your pain ending after hip replacement YES it’s from the Spine. After I got done with both hips, I had my lumbar spine, L3, L4, L5 fused and that gave me my life back. I needed it all done. I have degenerative disc disease. My advice is to see the best orthopedic surgeons you can find I saw four of them. Three of them were crappy.
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3 ReactionsThe usual pain forneeded hip replacement is in the groin area but I am not a doctor so not sure this is only area where pain would indicate hip replacement.