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Pain in thigh 5 months after THR
Hello everyone,
I have been experiencing pain in my thigh for the past three days. I had a complex THR at the end of January. I thought by now the thigh pain would be long gone. Does the pain come and go for awhile. It has been raining here for several days now and I was wondering if that was a factor as in the past I have had pain when it rained. Can arthritis still be present in the thigh after a THR? Was also wondering if I should cut back on walking on the treadmill although I am not going very fast or for long periods of time.
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I think I know what it IS! I think its referred pain from your spine or facet joints (from stenosis in the facet joints)! Try RFA/RFI at a doctor who knows what they are doing. It's covered under insurance. Ask for heat, not pulse method, it could take two sessions at the same points. I had THR (two) but had little to do with the thigh pain! the RFA lasted for 15 years. It returned a couple times but went away entirely when I had my lumbar spine surgery (fusions, laminectomies L3,4,5) and it hasn't returned and its been 5 years. It will return a little if I lift stuff which is too heavy and I shouldn't be! referred pain around the front of your thighs comes from particular places being impinged out of your spine/facet joints. Good luck and let me know if I was right! The RFA is noninvasive and if it doesn't work, no big deal but if it does YOU CAN SLEEP AGAIN! OMG I remember that so well!