Constant Hip Pain
Posted on February 18th, 2013 by lynneachilles
Hi there, i might start sounding like a broken record with this post but i dont know what else to do. I am at 14 weeks post op, in two shoes and experiencing a very uncomfortable hip pain. Im not sure if it is hip/pelvis/buttocks but it feels pretty much like the hip to me. I feel it more when push to the back with the affected hip/pelvis. I push out to the back and it hurts incredibly. It also affects me more when i am sitting, especially when sitting flat. I was given several stretches to do by the physio but she doesnt seem too sure either. I am hoping someone out there has a similiar problem and can assist.
Kind regards, Lynne
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Hi Lynne,
When I went FWB both of my hips were screaming 2 different tunes.
My good side was complaining of overuse especially my glutes.
My bad side hip was initially complaining of a rock hard IT-band and I believe now is complaining about an inflamed bursa.
My good side stopped complaining almost immediately after I started using an EvenUp (for those who are new to FWB…figure out your even up strategy right now!)
As for my current (bursa-I believe) hip pain…I have doing massage once per week, but it seems like temporary relief, my PT has me doing “side lying clam” exercises http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh41nNC8bck but I believe that might be inflaming me more.
And finally my yoga instructor is pointing me to rest it…. try not using it at all and certainly no stretching into the pain. My body is telling me that my yogi is right.
Good luck.
Lynne-
Just an uneducated guess here:
Take another quick look at my boot walking video:
youtu.be/XZ4apPM2Wl4
When I got tired - say on a long hike - I sometimes found myself doing that in two shoes too. It’s a way to subconsciously “protect” the Achilles- using other muscles to walk; reducing the load on the injury. And, it’s hell on your hips and knee.
So, pay attention when your walking. Make sure that as you’re pushing with the injured leg, that your knee is going forwards, not backwards. Just watch what you do with the “good” leg, and make sure you replicate that with the injured leg.
Heel up, knee forward, roll onto and then push off with the toes. It’s unfortunate, but we all have to “relearn” how to walk properly after this injury. For many of us, it doesn’t just come naturally.
Like I said, that’s just an uneducated guess. But, it was the root cause for some knee and hip pain for me until I figured it out.
Similar situation to me Lynne, I am no physio and your condition may be unrelated to mine - but I found learning to walk and more recently run again a real challenge and not doing it right cause me hip pain on my ATR leg too.
One thing I did find though, because I waited until it really hurt to start off with before I realised what I was doing wrong, it took a few weeks to fully recover (because I continued to exercise through it to stay on track with my atr recovery, when really rest is recommended)