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Has anyone had sharp thigh pain after hip replacement
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Yes I have the sharp pain in my left thigh that you are talking about. I too wished I knew what it was. It is unclear. I am coming up to 1 year on my left hip replacement in July. I just had my right hip replaced in May 2018. My left hip pain started right away. I just thought it was normal but I know it is not because my right hip has no pain what's so ever. The pain I feel is a jolt or a shock in my left thigh daily. If anyone knows what it is please tell me, because I want to know what I can do on my end to fix it. It is so annoying. I had both of my hips replaced at Mayo in Rochester,MN. I have Dr Robert Trousdale as my surgeon.He had done previous surgeries on my hips called PAO'S- Peri aceatabular Osteotomy. Not sure if that is the right spelling. In my eyes he is the best. I hope someone can give me some answers. Thanks
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I am actually surprised that this is so prevalent. And saddened as well. I had a left partial hip replacement 2 years ago and have had this thigh and groin pain since the surgery. I am in the process of finding out the cause. Pretty sure it's not an infection now. Next step MRI in the hopes it shows something. I will post if anything sounds possible. I would like to share my steps so far. Xray of placement no change Bloodwork to ID poss. infection slightly elevated , nuclear med scan of hip and part of thigh, 2nd nuclear scan of thigh and pelvis. Bone scan. Arthrocentesis which where they aspirate from the joint to determine infection. Now an MRIwhich could take forever to get scheduled. Please share if anything has helped other than resting it. I am on a muscle relaxant and medical mj as I can't take pain meds. Until my next appointment and a diagnosis...
Pam
Same with me. Surgeon says take it easy and it will go away but I think it's more than that.
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I have the same issue! I had a THR left leg on 3/9/15
The night after the surgery, I woke in the hospital with severe pain in my leg. Because I was already on pain meds there was nothing they could give me but what they were giving me was not helping the pain. I knew it was a cramp and asked for muscle relaxant. Finally my doc ordered it. The pain subsided after a short time.
My recovery went well and I was back to my activities in no time.
I was event free until I developed High Hamstring Tendonopthy in surgical leg. Sent to PT for this.
Shortly after completing PT I started getting severe cramps/charlie horse in my left thigh. My whole thigh was involved just like in the hospital. Pain so intense I could hardly move. This went on almost daily for 6 weeks. Went to emergency and they gave me muscle relaxer. Which helps.
Periodically and out of the blue, I will get sharp stabbing/cramping in my mid thigh which seems to radiated from the outside of my leg. It comes and goes quickly but the pain is so severe it can bring me to my knees.
I haven't gotten any answers. I just live with it; not happily though
I am probably looking at a right THR in the near future. I'm going to discuss this mystery cramp/ pain with my surgeon prior to replacement.
My thoughts about the pain are.....could it possibly be related to IT band irritation????
Just knowing there are others out there with similar problems confirms that it's not in my head.