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Left hip pain and groin 3 years after posterior total hip replacement

Posted by scottjeffe @scottjeffe, Feb 20, 2020

2016 I had total hip replacement via posterior approach. 2017 I had total hip replacement anterior approach. The posterior approach side constantly hurts, but I get intense pain under load (walking, stair climbing, uneven ground), and the intense pain also makes it impossible to sleep at night. Is anyone else having my symptoms after total hip replacement? I now use a cane for stability, and an electric scooter for long distance travel after my fifth fall. I feel alone with issue, but I can’t imagine others don’t experience my symptoms? Am I all alone? I’m at my wits end, depressed, and now suffer with anxiety as a result of last hip pain. Help.

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bellatheball | @bellatheball | Oct 12 11:07am
In reply to @contentandwell "@sueinmn I have been living with bursitis for 8 - 10 years now, sometimes getting cortisone..." + (show)
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@sueinmn I have been living with bursitis for 8 - 10 years now, sometimes getting cortisone shots. The shots do not always help. When they don’t it is most often due to it not hitting the spot exactly, it’s sort of a “hit or miss” type of thing. There are doctors who do guided shots and those are generally successful. From what I have found, physiatrists do guided shots, maybe some orthopedists do also. I have not have a guided injection myself, but if I do choose to have one again I will.
https://academic.oup.com/bja/article/94/1/100/379382
The only times I have recovered completely have been when I was inactive due to being ill, or on vacation without access to exercise equipment. I have recently realized that my recumbent bike definitely seems to be a trigger.
JK

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I am passing on info that there is a physiatrist , Emily Margaret Levy, who has a minimally invasive procedure for hip bursitis. she is at Main line health in PA, outside Phila.

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