Back March 10th 2015 I fell in my home and broke my right hip. The Doctor in the emergency room stated that the femur bone was broken into and in one direction and the ball had come out of the Socket area. They did a Partial Hip Replacement and I have been doing Physical Therapy since I had the surgery and it has been 7 months and I am still having a great deal of discomfort in my right thigh area and my leg will not get strong enough to walk on my leg without a Cain or a walker a Cain causes more discomfort when I try to walk.. Can you tell me what will help the problem with the pain in the thigh area of the right joint and why the leg will not get strong enough to walk on without a walker or a Cain?
This sounds similar to my issues, I was diagnosed with mixed connective tissue (MCT)disease, after I was diagnosed with FAI(google it) Femoral Acentabulr Impingment, shoulder pain, etc. I determined on my own that all my ball and socket joints are malformed. I've had two scopes on my left hip and it is 90% pain free, one scope on my right, then a THR and I still have pain. My MCT is treated with methotrexate once a week and daily prendisone which greatly improved my hand and foot pain. I still get flare ups and sometimes have to contact my rhuemtologist to up my sterioids and for my right hip, I do need percocet to get through the really bad days.
I just started researching this -- piriformis muscle -- if inflamed or weak or having spasms -- can cause many of these symptoms. After hip replacement, maybe rehab stresses the weak muscles, causing inflammation, tightness, spasms, etc. D.O. doctors (they are regular M.D.'s) may be of help because they work especially with the bones and musculature; and they manipulate to stretch and restore balance in the body.
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