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Found out I have scoliosis prior to hip surgery
I am seeing my surgeon this Friday and will probably have my surgery the beginning of June. I went for a few opinions and the PA of the surgeon I will be using mentioned that my spine looked "curved" when he looked at my xrays. After that appointment I went to one more ortho surgeon and took matters into my own hands and requested an xray of my spine. The 2nd opinion doctor looked and said I had scoliosis. Well this was news to me! At my visit this Friday I need to find out if this will affect my recovery or put me at more risk of complications. I also have 2 bad knees bone on bone and knock knee but have been functioning with them. This hip is taking me down and I'm unable to do simple things like clean the house without being down for the count the next day. To throw another curve ball in here, my daughter is getting married the beginning of December. I'm beyond nervous to get the hip done before the wedding I have posted on here before but that was before I was diagnosed with scoliosis. Any comments or advice is welcome!
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I’ve had a hip replacement two years ago. Had 3 major surgeries on my lumbar back. Had every injection, had ablations.
I have scoliosis. It has no bearing on having hip replacement surgery to my knowledge.
Hip surgery is easy peasy. Literally no post op pain.
Recovery for most is two months. A year or more before it starts to feel like you have all your strength back.
Physical therapy is an absolute must at minimum 3 days a week.
Thank you for letting me know all of this. I saw him yesterday and he was not concerned. He also said little or no PT which I was concerned about. Someone will come to the house when I get home (have to stay in the hospital one night). I'm only 61 and will address the PT with him again. I try to stay as active as I can each day dealing with this pain. I have to keep my legs and knees strong that is a MUST. I appreciate your response.
I've had bilateral shoulder issues and eventually bilateral replacement. I've had multiple spinal injections and finally 4 different spinal surgeries ending with fusions from S2 to T11. I was 71 at the time of my last surgery. It was during one of the PT sessions that the therapist casually mentioned that I had scoliosis. I'd never known that before. At the next surgeon visit I asked about it. He yes, it was actually mentioned in past tray reports. He was surprised that I hadn't been told years ago. He said that it had no relevance to any past surgery.
I have had both hips replaced I am 69 years old. I would agree that recovery from hip replacement surgery (THA) is relatively easy.
The nurse told me to skip PT and just walk. I would caution you however on potential LLD leg length discrepancy following a THA with scoliosis. I have a pretty curved spine and I'm still dealing with the LLD after my THA 18 mos ago! Struggling with back pain.
Thanks for your response Norm. So I do have LLD which is caused by my knock knee. It's my left side and that's the hip I am having replaced. When I lie flat my knee does not straighten out. It's minor but I'm sure it's due to my severely bone on bone arthritic knees. I was also told at this visit on Friday that I have a lot of arthritis in my lower back. When the surgeon came into the room and tried to not alarm me of all my conditions and my future surgeries, he said we will take it one at a time. He said the hip is the easiest to do first and then we will go from there. It's too overwhelming to look at the whole picture and my future surgeries down the road. I'm getting anxios because I will be turning 61 in July and I would hate to see these years be spent on surgeries and pain. Last June I was walking around in Alaska on a 10 day vacation. Currently can't walk right and I'm hoping it's because of the hip. I've been dealing with my knees the way they are for over 40 years. I used to be a gym rat and since COVID I haven't been back to the gym but I do have a spin bike, treadmill and weights down my basetment but it's not the same. I am wondering why PT after hip surgery isn't really a thing? I have to keep my legs strong because of my knee issue. I do a lot of core work to support my lower back and manage the arthritis pain with tylenol. The whole picture is not pretty. From experience I know exercise is so important and hoping after I get the hip done I can go back to walking like I used to.
It was a surprise to me also! Never mentioned to me before.