I am 8 weeks out and have been walking without a cane for 3 weeks, going to the gym to use the recumbent bike. I have terrible IT band pain and it makes me not want to walk at all. My PT says it's from weakness in the outer glutes, which should be what powers the leg to go forward in walking. Since I've been walking abnormally for the last 2 years, I am having to learn all over again -- heel, toe, heel, toe ---
my other (now the bad knee) is really hurting too, but I don't think I'll have the courage to do this again before a year. Maybe in a few months I'll feel differently, but ...