Minor Swelling

Ken

Hello Everyone,

I’m 67 and had left THR in October 2019.  Surgery went fine and haven’t been experiencing any pain at all. The past 1-1/2 months I’ve had minor swelling at my new hip. No pain. I’ve run less than 50 miles this year because I tweaked my right quad during a run. And I’ve run less than 500 miles since my surgery. I’m wondering if the swelling is caused by my body compensating for my injured right quad, or maybe my body is telling it’s time to stop running. I haven’t been icing and maybe I should. I’m thinking of starting my hip exercises again. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Ken

 

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    • February 15, 2022 at 7:20 am #20099
      Ken
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      Hello Everyone, I’m 67 and had left THR in October 2019.  Surgery went fine and haven’t been experiencing any pain at all. The past 1-1/2 months I’ve
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    • February 19, 2022 at 1:29 pm #20110
      Dave Whiteside
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      Hi Ken, I iced my hip every day for about 2 years during an injury phase I was in but stopped about 4 years ago. I shifted to eating “keto” and that has helped keep the inflammation down a lot and has worked for me. I would recommend hip exercises, anything to strengthen your muscles. Last year I ran over 2,500 miles and the year before over 3,000. I’, 61 so have a few years on you but still very competitive in races. Give it time and it will feel better. Dave.

    • February 26, 2022 at 1:50 pm #20118
      Cityofsmokingjoe
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      Better still, sign up for PT … go to a really smart PT and go serious. The older we get the more we have to have a bunch of muscles strong and active. Just a cruel fact of life.

      Six months after my surgery, I went to a serious PT. My conclusion: I wasn’t simply “recovering” from the surgery. I was catching up and getting in all around-balanced muscular strength.

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