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Hello Everyone, I’m pretty new here. I had a THR on 10/08/20–posterior, with a cobalt and chromium ball and the Stryker Modular Dual Mobility socket.
[See the full post at: “5K on New Years Day” walk]Hi! I had both hips done anterior, but i had a dislocation, which had to be repaired by posterior surgery. After the initial 3 months, there was some lack of range of motion and stiffness. Couldn’t go to 90 deg. until at least a month. If you work gradually at increasing your range of motion, it will come back. I’m 8 months post surgery, and my range of motion is pretty close to normal, but it’s still not where it was pre surgery. Like a lot of folks on here, i’m beginning to see that full recovery is a long process. I’m back to working out with weights full bore, and gradually easing back into running a few miles a week. Be patient and good luck!
Thanks, Brent. My 3 months was up today. I tied my shoes, crossed my legs, and drove my car without the booster cushion, but I didn’t push it any further than that. My leg muscles are stiff. I can see that I’ll be working to loosen them up.
You are so right about recovery being a long process. The further I go, the more I see that I have in front of me. I’m glad that your recovery continues to progress.
–Hoppie
Hi Hoppie. I have a similar story . I broke my hip in April of 2018 in a Segway accident. I had three screws put in my hip. All was well for about a year or so. I was running regularly from 6 months to about one year out. Then the pain came back. PT didn’t work and I was diagnosed with necrosis. About a year ago I got a new hip. My surgeon was/is lukewarm about running. I did a lot of walking for several months and PT and began running in June of 2020. I run about 3 times a week, 3-4 miles. Sometimes more. My surgeon hasn’t really forbid any exercise but hasn’t really promoted any either. I still feel occasional pain in my hip. Sometimes on the inside but usually in the butt area. More of a tightness really. It always feels better after I run or workout. I do some general stretching before and after exercise. Hope that helps.
BuzzThanks, Buzz. Yep, your story is very similar to mine, right down the PT that didn’t work when my hip started hurting again. My surgeon has absolutely forbidden running. I don’t know what I’ll do about that. Right now, I don’t think my leg would tolerate it anyways. I’m glad to hear that you can run some–I’ll be happy if I can run about as much as you do in time.
HoppieHi Hoppe – I also had a posterior THR. At 2 months I started extending my walking and was up to 6 -8 miles by 4 months. At 4 months I started jogging slowly…more of a fast walk doing only 3 miles with walking breaks. By 6 months I was at 4 miles per day of slow jogging. At 6 months I got the ok to start running again so went to a local track to run the straight always and walk the curves. This allowed me to focus on using the proper running technique and proper muscles. What I found was tight in the hip and I had many imbalances from years of running on a bad hip. I am now working with a strengthening coach to reactivate the appropriate muscles and build back the mobility and strength in those muscles to get my running back to where I can complete again.
Slow and steady progress…..without getting to far ahead of myself will get me there. Setbacks are not an option when trying to build consistency.
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