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Chest pain with one crutch
Dear Community, I recently had a hip replacement, now 6 weeks in and using one crutch on my left side. For the past week I have been waking up in the morning with discomfort and a deep dull ache in my left chest area, actually feeling like it is under my left breast, in my heart region which I have found worrying. It only…
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THR for right hip now really close (Feb. 11th)
Hi everyone, It’s been 9 years next month since my TKR which you lovely people helped me through. Sometimes throughout the day and night as I panicked about pain relief, exercises, etc. Well it’s now 5 days until my first THR. I’m sure I’m going to panic again. I’ve tried hard this time to control as much as I can about…
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Upper body strength and using crutches
Along with the exercises recommended for before hip and knee replacement surgery. It would be really good to have exercises recommended to strengthen your upper body and the muscles you will use to move yourself around getting in and out of bed, the car, chairs etc. and using crutches. Thank you
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Techniques for getting in and out of bed etc.
Could there be some information made available giving techniques for getting in and out of bed after hip replacement surgery. And also the car. Knowing things like this can greatly help with recovery. And for after the six week milestone when the person feels ready getting in and out of the bath.
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Post six weeks exercise
I am now 6 weeks post THR and have been told by the surgeon and physio I can use my hip normally. Noting I need to extend the range incrementally. Do you have exercises that you can recommend to do this please? I am finding plenty of exercises for before and immediately after the operation but not for after the six week…
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Top Accessories After Hip Replacement - things I wish I’d known
Below is a bunch of things I’m finding incredibly useful following this month’s hip resurfacing op. Hopefully, this will help save someone a little time and give some piece of mind, knowing you’re home is ready for the big day. If you’d like to read more about my practical and emotional journey from diagnosis to actual op,…
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Hip Replacement Surgery - The Rottinger Approach or Rapid Recovery
I have just read an article on my news feed from the Daily Mail on this new approach to hip replacement that enables patients to be up and walking out of hospital the next day with no crutches/sticks! I read on and it is already available in some private hospitals and surgeons from these hospitals are now passing their…
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Following your THR how long did you use a walking aid??
Hi All, I'm 3 weeks post L) hip replacement (had the other one done a year ago) and wondering about other people's experience of the duration for use of walking aids?? With my first hip I came home after 5 days using just a walking stick and I know I was walking unaided at 6/52 when I saw the surgeon for follow-up but…
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Amis hip replacement
Hi everyone! I got my right hip replaced exactly 2 months ago, I´m 23 years and im currently in remission (JIA). My hip necrosed due to corticoids. I would like to know if anyone has gotten the amis method which is supposed to be less invasive and could tell me about their experience. So far for me it has been incredible,…
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Scared of Operation THR
Hi, I'm new to the forum and I'm posting because I'm feeling scared about upcoming hip surgery. Although I've had a right THR I'm facing my second Left one and I've been feeling scared and also silly for feeling like that. I know that going into surgery like this isn't helpful and wondered if anyone had tips or ideas to…
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Coming up short post hip replacement
Morning lovely people. I am now 3.5 weeks post op and I have been blessed with a fast recovery. I am walking without any aids and have been pain free for half of that time. I am very grateful for this but……. there is always a but! I have gained 4cms/1.5” in height and I am looking for advice on what to do for the best for…
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Full Rehab Journey After Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
This is a raw, personal account of the my rehab journey following a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing operation on May 23rd, 2024. Initially, I was going to do a weekly update but what scuppered that idea was when my consultant, brilliant that he is, told me two things while my legs were still numb from the anaesthetic. The first…
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The Journey to a New Hip | a diary, part 1
Hi Everyone, hope you're doing well in your respective worlds. I saw the recent VA post about creativity helping folk with OA and, well, am trying to do something useful for myself and anyone who may be going through a similar situation. Last Friday 23rd May, 2024 I underwent a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing op and am in the…
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Shiny New Hip Day 20 May 2024
Day Zero So here i am. It's almost midnight and so far i feel brilliant. Went down to theatre at 16.15 and back in my room at 18.50. Had my first spinal which was exciting. It took them several attempts to get it right but were very kind and patient. Said my arthritis didnt help get it in first time. Apparently this is…
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Your experience of hip replacement - posterior, anterior, lateral anterior
Hi everyone I hope you are keeping as well as possible. We have a little sunshine and warmth to look forward to for a couple of days and I hope that means many of you will have less severe symptoms. I have been very fortunate to be offered a hip replacement. I would really appreciate your insight on which procedure you’ve…
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Rehab Journey Following Hip Resurfacing | The First 24 Hours & Going Home
This is the start of my rehab journey. To read about the difficult journey to accept the diagnosis and ask for a replacement hip, follow the link here: Charmaine leaves around 20:00 and the first thing I do once sensation returns to my legs is ask the nurse to help me move to the side of the bed so I can sit and pass water…
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Pre and Post Operative Care
I don't know if this could help anyone, but I thought I would add this post as a new discussion, in case someone else could benefit from it. Any operation is scary, especially if you fear that you will be unable to cope afterwards; hopefully, by knowing that there is help available, will alleviate that concern at least.…
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Hip operation is BMI dependent!
After many years of pain, failing mobility and Dr's telling me my hip x-rays were fine, I now have severe hip arthritis and have been told that it's so severe that they're on the verge of collapse!!! I was told that I would probably get my first op in 6 months [whereas I thought it could take years] but my BMI had to be…
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Struggling with a new diagnosis, pain, work, staying positive
Hi All, Hope today finds you well. I'm 54 and, until last July, was very active - running and yoga were my go-tos. Then, in a beat, it all stopped with a diagnosis of severe arthritis in the right hip. In March last year I became aware of a niggle, a pain I'd never had before when stretching after a run - deep in the groin…
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Hip replacement tips
I had my left hip replaced 11 days ago and got out of hospital after two nights. Thus far my recovery seems to be going well so I thought I’d share some tips which might help anyone waiting for a THR. I’m 69, reasonably healthy and not overweight. Until this year I used to enjoy regular eight mile walks but then…
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Applied for PIP for the first time awaiting an invite for an assessment and had to go in to hospital
Hi, i was wondering if anyone could advise me, my aunt who has rheumatoid arthritis, diagnosed in 2005 has been waiting 10 months for a operation on her hip replacement which is 7 years old, the replacement was coming apart so we decided towards the end of September to make an application for PIP, something we had no idea…
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Advice a year after hip replacement
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice. I had a THR op last June and have had intermittent nerve pain with some numbness in my thigh until the last few months when it became fairly constant with fewer periods of little or no pain. I had a check-up with the consultant who did the op in May and an x-ray which showed the joint…
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I cancelled my hip replacement
I want to shout it from the rooftops. After only one week of calm, gentle, yet very powerful, somatic exercises I'm walking pain free and have increased my hip flexibility by 45 degrees! I've climbed into my 4x4 by stepping into it, rather than pulling myself in backwards for the first time in over a year. I'm sitting…
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Am I wrong to want a hip replacement as soon as?
I’m 46 and I’m away on holiday. I suffer really badly with arthritis in my right hip, I feel such a hinderance to my young family and I just want to have this hip replacement privately (my auntie has offered to pay) I don’t want injections, I’m fed up of trying to exercise, I just want a permanent fix!
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Hip replacement
Morning, I’ve had both hips replaced last March/May and things are better - happy days :smile: but I’m an active 33 year old - swapped more impact exercise for less but my work is on my feet 8-9 hours a day and according to my watch I do on average 10,000 steps per day. I know a hip replacement can last between 10 to 20…
