skitchymo, thanks so much for replying! I've never heard of ART but have been researching it this morning. I have an appt with PT today and am going to ask about ART. I also discovered something new while researching this weekend, and I haven't read it discussed here yet. Its called the Trendelburg test, for abductor muscle damage. I did the test and failed it, which made me very happy in a weird way because now I have atleast some kind of confirmation and direction. I don't think this is my only issue but it definitely is one of them. I also learned of a problem called "stress sheilding" which is failure to distribute load. It is found in %18 of patient with porous coated stems, which I have. It basically is thigh soreness caused by the absence of our old natural joint (which was forgiving) and replacing it with a new metal joint which has no give, or forgiveness. It can take the leg and hip area a long time to get use to this new setup. Did you ever feel like your new hip was not functioning as it should, I mean mechanically? Like something is just off? or has yours been isolated to muscle and tendon stuff? Do you have "start up" issues, like stiffness and heavy limp after sitting for a while?