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Newly replaced hip dislocated after 4 weeks.

Posted by heyjoe415 @heyjoe415, Apr 18 8:18am

Hi everyone,

I had my right hip replaced 4 weeks ago. Just over 2 weeks after surgery, I was back in the gym and spinning 5x/week. I felt great. And I got the go ahead from my surgeon to do this after my two week post-op visit. I would get cramps in my buttocks that felt like dislocations, but they were only severe cramps.

There are things to avoid post-surgery - crossing your legs, squats, and not bending your hips more than 90 degrees.

For years I have been stretching my ITB by bending at the waist, crossing one foot over the other, and putting my hands on the floor (I am very flexible for a 70 y/o!)

Well as I was doing this yesterday, I felt my hip shift and could not stand on that leg without excruciating pain. Short story - I had dislocated the new hip. It was the most painful injury I've ever had, and worse than a kidney stone I had to have removed.

In the ER, after X-rays and waiting forever (lives come before hips!), the ER doc and two assistants first gave me an IV cocktail of ketamine and propofol. I felt like Alice in Wonderland, but the doc got my hip back in place.

My question - is bending at the hip to this extent equivalent to bending my hip past 90 degrees? I guess I can see that from a standing position, I'm bending 180 degrees by touching the floor. Maybe that's the answer and I'm just a dope.......

Has anyone experienced this? Has anyone had a hip dislocation after a replacement, and what were the affects? I think I extended my recovery by two weeks. I'm mad at myself for doing something I guess I shouldn't have done.

Any information or experiences you can share will be extremely valuable. Thanks in advance!

Joe

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | May 31 6:25am
In reply to @tallbackhip "HeyJoe, Please consider updating on progress, perhaps in a month or two. I'm curious about outcomes,..." + (show)
@tallbackhip

HeyJoe,
Please consider updating on progress, perhaps in a month or two. I'm curious about outcomes, ability to do activities and sports, pain, additional dislocation, and if/when surgeons recommend revision after dislocation.
A Danish study reviewed outcomes after several years, patients tended to have better outcomes if dislocation was avoided, compared to those with dislocation, and lower outcome scores yet with dislocation and revision.

For me, about 1.5 weeks after 2nd dislocation bending down, not doing that again for at least the summer. Pain free, walking a mile or so a day. Proposing to get CT scans and Xrays to evaluate further (need for revision or not).

Best wishes

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Well I'm 10 weeks post-op, 6 weeks post-dislocation and all seems well. I haven't had any more instances of "hip snapping" and I have zero pain.

I mean, who would think that bending over poses a risk. Yes, it violates the 90-degree-max rule for the hips, but I wish we were provided examples, pics of what not to do. I would get a lot of hip snapping just putting on my socks and shoes - which also breaks the 90-degree rule.

I hope you are better. Dislocating your hip in a crawls cape must have been a nightmare.

(I am back to working with my trainer. I can do leg presses, mindful of staying at 90 degrees max, and hamstring curls. Dr has said no squats for now. I also spin 5x week, and I keep my body behind the handlebars, with a slight tilt forward of my torso, and a light touch with my hands on the handlebars.)

One last thing, my Dr prescribed a muscle relaxer for the hip snapping. Hard for me to say if it helped, or if it's just been the passage of time.

All the best to you! Pls stay in touch.

Joe

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