Pain in glutes, calf and foot

@Wobblylegs

I had persistent pain in both my calves mainly before surgery and put it down to overdoing the exercises. It doesn't seem to affect me now thank goodness as I know it can be quite painful. I had the Trendelenburg gait in my right hip before my surgery but it disappeared after. I was lucky and had quite a few physio sessions at my local hospital which helped a great deal with getting my walking gait back to what I call normal. The only problem I get now is that my left hip needs replacing and I get groin pain all the time, especially when walking downhill more than uphill and I get pain going from my knee up the side of my leg and affects me when I am sitting. I seem to have had different symptoms with each hip! It may all be just a question of time and gradual strengthening of various muscles for you. Hope that it will all resolve itself soon for you. Take care.🙂

Hi @Wobblylegs I had Trendelenburg gait too and I saw a chiropractor who I had been seeing before my surgery. I trusted him and he guided me through exercises and managing the right amount of walking. I was also in danger of walking lopsided when I got tired, so I learned to stop and rest before I started limping. It took time but eventually my persistence paid off. I had pain in my groin but also down my calf.

I hope it improves for you too as I remember being frightened and not knowing what was helping and what was causing more harm. I wonder if your osteopath can help? Or is it better to see a physiotherapist, either privately or by asking your GP to refer you? I do hope you get it sorted as it does hold your life and recovery back.

@Wobblylegs I still get a warning pain in my glutes if I overdo things. I also have knee, calf and foot pain due to arthritis . I don't have any other problems making it worse, unlike you 😕. Others have given you good advice. Don't forget you are still early in your healing journey. Small gentle movements done regularly can make a difference over time. Ask your GP to refer you for physio, the waiting list can be long though.

@Wobblylegs I understand you getting frustrated and your osteopath being cautious, I think. Fortunately I only had my hip and recovery to worry about, but I found it so easy to overdo the exercise, then I suffered. But if I didn't do too much I got frustrated with myself and really wasn't sure whether I could safely do more. Looking back I do wish I hadn't worried about it as much and felt I wasn't doing well. People kept telling me how quickly they recovered - I wonder if they did or just thought they did?

I think your plan is a good one and please try not to worry, you really are doing well.

Regarding my recovery, at three months I was walking to the shops, driving short distances and I actually took myself off on a train trip. I planned the train trip really well and didn't have much walking or luggage, and in all honesty I remember it being a struggle although at the time I was pleased with myself. At five months I seemed to make more progress and could confidently walk to the shops, do my shopping and walk back without even wondering whether I should sit down. My train trips got easier although I still felt I was walking slowly. At seven months I seemed to make better progress and found I was walking further and more confidently and I went away to Greece on holiday with no problems. At nine months I suddenly felt very strong and more confident on my feet and with luggage, shopping. Since then I do think I have gradually gained more strength and flexibility. I was shocked around twelve months when I realised from a photo and my Ring doorbell I was walking and standing with a stoop so I made a determined effort to straighten up. This wasn't as easy as I thought and it took time but now at almost seventeen months I am almost standing straight, my chiropractor says I have made a remarkable recovery, I am walking further without a problem the following day. If I am away from home I often walk 20,000 steps now and at home I'm managing around 11,000-12,000 steps most days.

Wishing you luck that your osteopath can help or you get a physiotherapist to help you. Take care.

@Wobblylegs I really feel for you - your MS and spine issues must make it even more difficult for you to know how much exercise/walking is enough/too little/too much, and even more important to make sure you insist on specialist/physio/osteo help and try not to do it all on your own. Please do let us know how you go on, and I hope your leg strengthens with the exercises and the pain reduces. Take care.

Hi @Wobblylegs

Sorry I've not been here for you - just out of remission here after 40 years for something else so struggling here - I hope you're doing better but I would go with the others and say listen to your body and if you get any pain/discomfort, try easing up for a couple of days then slowly build up again.

Trish

Hi @Wobblylegs

Another thing I ithought of……with all this hot weather, what about a paddling pool that you can sit down in and shake your legs about? I would imagine if you can get one that's deep enough to cover your legs and splash about it would be like hydrotherapy in a swimming pool? We were in a hotel a couple of months ago and spent an hour walking up and down their pool which was the same depth all the way along the length. Felt marvellous afterwards!

I'll be fine….I think! I am Epileptic, have been since I was 3 months old and went through an awful time in my youth only to go into remission and in the last 40 years I've had no meds, seen no consultants and can count on one hand the amount of seizures I've had - this last one was probably the worst I've ever had and had a helicopter en route to me as my airway was blocked, my seizure lasted 40 minutes and I didn't regain consciousness until just before it was due to land. I'm a very very lucky 69 year old and this has hit me very hard. I've recovered mentally from relapses before and will again, just take a bit longer this time round.

Keep up the good work

Trish xx