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Suggest Remedy For Severe Back Pain Post Hip Replacement Surgery

I had a hip replacement 5months ago and I am still limping and have lower back pain as soon as I start walking outside,so I use my stick most of the time I am doing physio every day and have now been referred to a clinic for back exercises which I have just started today. How long will I be limping and will it leave me?
Tue, 26 Dec 2017
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What was the indication for hip replacement? was it for arthritis or avn? What was the duration of symptoms before doing replacement surgery? I want to know this because if you were suffering from hip arthritis with shortening of lower limb for long time changes in the Lower lumbar spine may have happened to compensate for limb length discrepancy. This changes in Spiney take longer time to revert back. Your hip pain may have gone due to replacement surgery but changes in back demands long time physiotherapy. Keep doing physiotherapy and gait training. Xray of the lumbo sacral spine anteroposterior and lateral views should be done to rule out degenerative change in the Lower spine.
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Suggest Remedy For Severe Back Pain Post Hip Replacement Surgery

Dear patient What was the indication for hip replacement? was it for arthritis or avn? What was the duration of symptoms before doing replacement surgery? I want to know this because if you were suffering from hip arthritis with shortening of lower limb for long time changes in the Lower lumbar spine may have happened to compensate for limb length discrepancy. This changes in Spiney take longer time to revert back. Your hip pain may have gone due to replacement surgery but changes in back demands long time physiotherapy. Keep doing physiotherapy and gait training. Xray of the lumbo sacral spine anteroposterior and lateral views should be done to rule out degenerative change in the Lower spine.