Hello, after 5 hip surgeries I can tell you that six weeks is really not a very long time past surgery, and pain as things heal is quite common. If you have already had one or two post-surgical visits and everything "looks good" on the implant and incision, follow up at 3 months is pretty typical. Feeling frustrated and discouraged at this point is pretty normal, patience and persistence are the keys!

When you have surgery, even the anterior approach, all kids of nerves and muscles are disturbed, to say noting of the fact that they sawed and hammered on your bones, and put "foreign material" (the implant) into your body. Tingling can be a sign of nerves healing, and groin pain occurs when you are encouraging your body to work and it has to accommodate the changes.

Even though we know in our brain that this is major surgery, we believe in our heart that we will not be the average patient, and magically we will heal without complications. But there is a big difference between being able to walk almost right away and being completely healed. Every person is different, heals at a different rate, and experiences pain in different places.

I am not too surprised by the doctor's reaction, many of them seem to think PT is not necessary after hip surgery. I don't happen to agree, and neither does my surgeon.

Did you explain what you are feeling to the therapist? Perhaps they can adjust their therapy to help with the troublesome areas.
Sue

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