Hip Replacement Warriors
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This is what I had surgery for last spring. I really thought I wrecked my hip. Excruciating pain that I couldn’t get relief from. Ended up being 2 disk pushing on a nerve and not my hip. They eventually ended up cutting 2 half moons into disk but only after I started having numbness and tingling below my knee. Hopefully you don’t need anything that extreme and the dry needling and carb reduction helps it
Coach @Kad1 … update drilling down… i grind up some rice crispys 1/2 a cup or so… every once in a while for my protein shake.
I get on a grape-nuts kick every once in a while. Got up and made a shake with grape nuts this morning. Drank it and it dawned on me, I don’t know what’s in there. WHEAT!!!
I don’t remember if my ailments started when I was in the middle of one of my grape nuts kick but it was close.
Grape nuts are now off limits.
As always… thanks coach.
I get on a grape-nuts kick every once in a while. Got up and made a shake with grape nuts this morning. Drank it and it dawned on me, I don’t know what’s in there. WHEAT!!!
I don’t remember if my ailments started when I was in the middle of one of my grape nuts kick but it was close.
Grape nuts are now off limits.
As always… thanks coach.
Late to the party, here, my friend, but my symptoms were virtually identical, causing me to chase every non-surgical treatment I could identify. I finally gave up the ghost and had an MRI, and that doctor looked at me with amazement and said “I don’t know how you are walking without screaming, as your hip is bone-on-bone.” Upshot is that you don’t know for sure what’s going on without the MRI.
For me, I had the option of a conventional hip replacement or a “resurfacing” where they just resurface the socket and the ball with cobalt and chromium, respectively. Resurfacing is a tougher procedure, requires a real expert for it to be right, and typically requires a longer and more painful recovery. Moreover, it’s not permanent.
You likely will have to have a complete replacement in another 10-20 years. The upside is that if it works exactly as it should, you can return to all of your former activities without restriction in 3-4 months. I was a runner, and I wanted to keep running. My resurfacing didn’t achieve that for me entirely. I make it a mile and it starts to hurt again, every step. That said, everything else goes as it did previously, and in fact, my squat actually improved quite a bit after the resurfacing.
A complete replacement–where they chop off the head and replace it with a new metal piece and are much more invasive with the socket replacement as well–historically was not as successful in allowing one to return to full use of the hip after the surgery. However, in the past few years, complete replacements have improved dramatically, such that many surgeons now advocate them over resurfacing not only because they are permanent, but also because they come close to equaling the functionality of a resurfacing. And the recovery typically is faster as well. I think if I had to do a hip today, I probably would opt for the complete replacement.
Hopefully, you are not facing hip surgery because however you chalk it up, it sucks. But you won’t know one way or the other without the MRI.
For me, I had the option of a conventional hip replacement or a “resurfacing” where they just resurface the socket and the ball with cobalt and chromium, respectively. Resurfacing is a tougher procedure, requires a real expert for it to be right, and typically requires a longer and more painful recovery. Moreover, it’s not permanent.
You likely will have to have a complete replacement in another 10-20 years. The upside is that if it works exactly as it should, you can return to all of your former activities without restriction in 3-4 months. I was a runner, and I wanted to keep running. My resurfacing didn’t achieve that for me entirely. I make it a mile and it starts to hurt again, every step. That said, everything else goes as it did previously, and in fact, my squat actually improved quite a bit after the resurfacing.
A complete replacement–where they chop off the head and replace it with a new metal piece and are much more invasive with the socket replacement as well–historically was not as successful in allowing one to return to full use of the hip after the surgery. However, in the past few years, complete replacements have improved dramatically, such that many surgeons now advocate them over resurfacing not only because they are permanent, but also because they come close to equaling the functionality of a resurfacing. And the recovery typically is faster as well. I think if I had to do a hip today, I probably would opt for the complete replacement.
Hopefully, you are not facing hip surgery because however you chalk it up, it sucks. But you won’t know one way or the other without the MRI.
My hip DEFINITELY feels better with weight on it. The first time I squatted after my surgery, I couldn’t believe how perfect it felt. I was so nervous, and instead, I gained tremendous confidence in the hip. And the more I squat, the stronger it feels. I’m sure alot of that has to do with less pressure on the hip joint itself now that previously atrophied muscles are redeveloped and bearing more and more of the pressure. Or so it would seem to a non-physician.
I felt great after 3 days. Back in the gym after 2 weeks. My doctor didn’t give any restrictions other than to use common sense. I don’t squat and haven’t for years so I can’t say if that would be an issue. But so far so good. It’s a quick procedure. I was in at 6am home by 10:30. I don’t use a chiropractor. No reason really. Just never have
@Poppy , sorry man, I’m WAY late to the party… been dealing with blizzards and my dad being in the hospital the last couple weeks, coupled with the Holidays and shit has been CRAZY!
Like @herrubermensch said, my symptoms were also nearly IDENTICAL… I would force myself to walk, all day, as my job requires it, and I would go home and nothing I did would take the radiant pain away or the discomfort. The pain was more of a dull dry pain that was always just there, with a lot of discomfort… only time there was shooting pain was if I did something with my leg that caused sudden movement or even any kind of impact/vibration in my hip.
I chased hypochondria for 4 years, fully believing that I had the worst case of piriformis syndrome ever and stretching and mobility work would cure my woes… unfortunately it honestly made it worse. I had lesions on both sides of the joint (not sure if you remember my very first journal with pictures of my x rays) and the stretching and mobility would put my hip in a position to cause those two spurs to “interact” with each other. Additionally there was zero cartilage on either side of my hip, it was all worn down to bone and causing degradation of the bone.
If its sciatica or even piriformis syndrome, stretching, dry needling, acupuncture and mobility will help… if the arthritis has progressed too far from your last diagnosis, then it’s probably time to look into the replacement option… for me, it was a matter of quality of life… I couldnt sleep for longer than 60 min without waking up with shooting pain in my hip because even rolling over in bed would feel like a 60 mph collision with a brick wall, and the radiating pain and discomfort were ALWAYS there.
Like @herrubermensch said, my symptoms were also nearly IDENTICAL… I would force myself to walk, all day, as my job requires it, and I would go home and nothing I did would take the radiant pain away or the discomfort. The pain was more of a dull dry pain that was always just there, with a lot of discomfort… only time there was shooting pain was if I did something with my leg that caused sudden movement or even any kind of impact/vibration in my hip.
I chased hypochondria for 4 years, fully believing that I had the worst case of piriformis syndrome ever and stretching and mobility work would cure my woes… unfortunately it honestly made it worse. I had lesions on both sides of the joint (not sure if you remember my very first journal with pictures of my x rays) and the stretching and mobility would put my hip in a position to cause those two spurs to “interact” with each other. Additionally there was zero cartilage on either side of my hip, it was all worn down to bone and causing degradation of the bone.
If its sciatica or even piriformis syndrome, stretching, dry needling, acupuncture and mobility will help… if the arthritis has progressed too far from your last diagnosis, then it’s probably time to look into the replacement option… for me, it was a matter of quality of life… I couldnt sleep for longer than 60 min without waking up with shooting pain in my hip because even rolling over in bed would feel like a 60 mph collision with a brick wall, and the radiating pain and discomfort were ALWAYS there.
No apologies brother. Family comes first. Hope your dad’s ok.
I’m working it out now. Getting a bit better. Apparently my L5-S1 disc has slipped. Trying to get that manipulated into place first. Still shooting for 7 more years on hip… fingers crossed. Heck right now I would be ecstatic for 3 more years.
I’m working it out now. Getting a bit better. Apparently my L5-S1 disc has slipped. Trying to get that manipulated into place first. Still shooting for 7 more years on hip… fingers crossed. Heck right now I would be ecstatic for 3 more years.
L5/S1 is a problem for me as well. I have a grade two spondylolisthesis there. Sorry big guy. Hope you can work through it.
