I always cringe when I read "No remedy at all." Have you gone back to PT for intensive "gait training"? After we limp or compensate for bad knees, hips, or back, our body adapts and we develop a manner of walking to compensate.

Then they replace the offending parts with new ones, which often change the shape, direction, and even length of our legs. Oops, the body needs to adapt all over again. While we are concentrating on range of motion, etc, the need to create a new and proper gait for the new situation is very often overlooked in conventional PT.

The solution is to find a PT who will examine you, then coach you into walking properly for your new body, similar to the way it is done after a stroke or loss of limb. It will take persistence on your part, first to find the right therapist, then to do the exercises until your brain takes over. It is completely worthwhile if you really want to reduce your pain.

Are you willing to give it a try?
Sue

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