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Had right THR 1/4/17. It’s going great. Received all clear from Dr. (not cleared to run but not to see him for 2 years). Attempted to run a couple o
[See the full post at: New Hip Vs. Old Knee]I’m no PT but it sounds like there is some hip imbalance that’s affecting the knee. I had various imbalances in the months after the L hip got replaced. There was a difference in strength that had to be evened out, plus there were numerous old habits I’d learned while in pain in the years before finally having surgery. Many of those are almost unconscious as your body tries to avoid pain. So all of that can take a while to fix. I had knee pain about 12-13 months after THR too – it was from various imbalances, maybe overstriding, maybe rehabbed-hip side ending up stronger than the sore-knee side … it seems to have gone away with a focus on trying to be even when walking and running.
If you had an anterior THR, then those thigh muscles were pried apart to get at the joint, and maybe they are still healing, or there is maybe some scarring from the procedure also. Can you roll or stretch the quads? A good PT should be able isolate the source and make some corrections and maybe even give you things to do to help stay even.
Thanks Carolyn. My surgery was posterior and that probably has much to do with everything. Good idea on rolling the quads. PT has given me good home exercises. At age 58 stretching sure seems to be the name of the game so that’s what will have to happen. Good to know I’m not the only one on this island of >12 mos. recovery.
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