When I go to bed my affected side of a total hip replacement causes me severe knee pain
Knee pain after total hip replacement?
Question posted by scott1213 on 7 Sep 2014
Last updated on 23 September 2018
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Please; How long since the replacement? How long experiencing this? Have you mentioned it to your Dr?
Had surgery on August 28 of this year. First appointment is this Friday. Any help from you would be a help thanks
I wish I could offer more solution, last few times this has come up it turned out to be nerve root entrapment, one time they had to go in a fix it, it was a procedure of minimal invasion. Short of experimenting with different sleeping positions we have to wait to hear what the Doc has to say. One person fell asleep while reading in bed, and that was the temporary fix, sleeping half propped up! I would have thought such a position would have exacerbated the problem, but it did not and eventually that patient's issues went away. I hope yours does the same.
Good news is the replacement being relatively recent increases the odds this will subside on its own. Please get back with what the Dr recommends, so I can help others.
I replied with those answers, but maybe not in the right places. Sorry about that. My first time on a site like this. Had surgery on August 28. First time back to Dr. Was past Friday. He has a very poor bedside manner. I feel very confident in his knee replacement. There group is the number 1 in No. For hip replacement according to Consumer Report. My wife is an R.N. and doesn't like him because of his lack of answering questions. However, I feel confident with him. Needless to say no answers to my questions. Reason I'm on here. However last night for the first time, no knee pain while sleeping. My wife just brought this to my attention. Thank God. Hope this continues tonight. We'll see, and I will let u know. New question, does this knot on my hip ever go down? Thank yoy
After 4 yrs from the Anterior, I have learned SO MUCH, I ended up with Femoral Nerve Damage, IT band damage and shorter leg on surgery side... so my knee and foot and ankle have been greatly affected... I wear a 3/4" lift in surgery side shoe but sadly didn't get to this soon enough, I believe...
NOW, I'm doing ALL to NOT do a knee surgery... this hip has been short of a nightmare...
Have you tried putting a pillow under your knee? Are you crossing your legs?
Yes, no I don't cross my legs. I thought crossing my legs would be a problem, I've always done that. But that hasn't been a problem for me. Had surgery on Aug. 28 of this year. First appointment since surgery is this Friday. Any further help from you would be well appreciate.
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Hello I also had surgery, fracture hip surgery on supreme 10th and the knee of where my procedure took place provides me with alot of pain and stiffness. I place a pillow between my legs everythime I will lean on my side but it still hurts. Any suggestions? And will this pain eventually go away?
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