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Hip pain

Posted by trulyblessed @trulyblessed, 4 days ago

My husband fell off the bed checking an air vent above the bed. He has had hip pain since. The hip gets stiff and painful
while sitting but feels better when he gets up and walks around. Crazy question. Should he be picking up and moving a heavy soda upstairs?

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gently | @gently | 3 days ago

trueblessed by a wonderful husband. He should have an MRI of the hip and pelvis before hoisting anything.
There can be a large gap between should and would.
My brother fell off of an 18ft ladder. The xray of the hip declared him lucky. A later MRI of the pelvis revealed that he'd broken the sacrum in half, but it snapped back into place and had shattered his pelvic arch.
It is easy to displace a slight fracture by picking up an moving a heavy sofa upstairs. Then you could be planning a hip replacement. On the other hand, he might be fine. I hope the MRI will be a waste of time.

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