I am 6 weeks post op from total left hip replacement. From day one I've had a dull, annoying, burning pain in my left mid thigh. I have been doing PT religiously since I was in the hospital. First home PT then outpatient. This pain has never gone away. All the other pain has, but this persists. Pain meds don't really touch it. Unfortunately it affects my sleeping. I can only get comfortable sleeping upright on the couch with my left leg resting against the back of the couch with ice on my outer thigh and heat directly on my upper thigh. I call walk short distances on flat surfaces, but uphill and downhill are painful. I have my 8 week post op appointment coming up and I wanted to do some searching on this topic to have information to talk with my doctor. So, last night I went online and did a lot of reading. That's how I found this wonderful thread!! I also found a very interesting PDF research paper regarding mid thigh pain in incemented hip replacements. I'll try to attach it to this post, but if I can't, the name of the article and the authors are as follows:
"THE ANATOMY OF MIDTHIGH PAIN AFTER TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY" JAMES A. ST. VILLE, JOHN A. ECKER, JAMES M. WINGET, AND MERI H. BERGHAUER I think many of you may find this helpful. I'm very much looking forward to discussing this with my surgeon.