Has anyone had sharp thigh pain after hip replacement

I get them cramps once in a while but not lately. I think it's cuz you are using the joint. But if it continues I'd let your Dr know. Good luck Diana.

Hi Debbra. Thanks so much for a reply. While I'm no longer in PT I continue the exercises at home. Went to my surgeon yesterday and he took xrays of my back...operated hip...and knees. My replacement is perfect...looks incredible. Very small amount of arthritis in my knees so he gave me a shot in each knee. Back has normal arthritis for my age and believe it or not after some probing we found the source of the pain. Large bursa. I have bursitis!! Geez...I'm only 68! Oh well. So while he wanted to give a shot of steroids for the pain I turned it down. I hate steroids...so bad for ya. I can live with that pain. I just wanted to be sure I didn't do too much and dislocate or loosen my replacement. I do everything. I shop for a living so I drive everywhere and walk a lot. I'm a clothing designer and seamstress so I'm constantly bending over. I have a habit of running up and down stairs....I've been trying to curb that but stairs are no problem at all. So I have to say that if it wasn't for my bursa I feel very normal...like back to my old life. Better since I no longer have that debilitating hip pain! Again...thanks so much for a reply!

@karon - I am so glad to hear your good news. Finding the problem is MORE than half the solution. I am 68 also and I'll share a sad? funny? odd? story: In 2016 I hurt my knee, but by the time they were able to work me in to see the doctor, my hip hurt so bad that the resident who did my initial intake couldn't tell if it was a knee problem or a hip problem. The attending physician came in and recognized it was my knee and that because it threw me off balance, I had developed bursitis in my hip. I had a TKR in April 2017 but it actually took a couple of months for the bursitis to subside. Good luck with yours. Since you aren't doing the steroid shot, is there anything they suggested that might give you some relief?

Hi Debbra. No...no other suggestions. I mean...do we even need that bursa? Didn't even know it was there five years ago! Couldn't we live without it? lol. Thanks so much for sharing...I might go back and get the shot...right now I'm just tired of being sliced and diced. But bursa pain is kind of prohibitive so maybe next week I'll get a shot. I just need a break from all the medical stuff. KWIM?

@karon - I DO know what you mean about not wanting any more invasive medical stuff. I had a steroid shot when I hurt my knee in 2016. It didn't help my knee but I've often wondered that if they had given me the shot in my hip it might have helped the bursitis. One other question: have you tried the CBD oil? I've read some good comments in this group about people who got all kinds of relief from that.

Debbra...no haven’t tried the oil yet but I want to. I had a shot in my right bursa two years ago when all this started and it didn’t help. They like to use kenolog and I’ve heard that’s the worst of all the steroids. Hmmmmm....maybe I’ll take a run to our health food store and get some Cbd oil. I take turmeric too. Waiting...waiting...waiting.....lol

@karon - if you do try the CBD oil, please let me know how it works out for you. They say it takes a while - it's not immediate. But I started using it last Monday for arthritis in my thumb. It was to the point that I was having trouble holding a glass. By Friday, I didn't even have much soreness in the thumb. I was amazed.

I tried the CBD oil for my very painful Rsd. There is no THC in the CBD oil anyone can purchase. I paid $75.00 for it and got no relief however the medical Marijuana has THC in it. It's the main component in Marijuana and is what gives some people relief from their pain. The bad part at least here in Florida is that it's government controlled and therefore very expensive. I have a friend who got it and it cost her a total of $700.00 just to get started. She gets a little relief but I'm not going to put out my whole monthly income for a maybe. Insurance doesn't cover the costs of any of this. Not even the Dr. Which she paid $275.00.im not saying it won't help you just telling you what it's like here. I wish you so much luck in finding a way to deal with your pain.

Be careful of steroids in the hip. I did and I went downhill so fast and so badly that I was virtually crippled until I had my anterior hip replacement - which was over a year. Horrible life for that time; simply horrible.

I had two steroid shots prior to total hip Replacment. You have to wait three months after your last injection before you can have replacment surgery. My understanding is the insurance company requires doctors and patients to try non surgical methods before they will authorize surgery. I went through about a years of pre-surgery treatments, and it was not pleasant. Hope your doing better now. I’ve had both hips replaced, and I can tell you the anterior approach is much easier to recover from than posterior approach.