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What Causes Hip Pain Post A Back Surgery?

Hello, I ve recently been recovering from back surgery and it seems to be slowly improving until a few days a go when my hip started to bother me, today, as I have been told repeatedly that I should walk so I took a walk down the driveway to the mailbox and back and later took out the garbage(all with the aid of a cane) later, after lunch, I was tired and took some ice and laydown for an hour and now when I got up, the pain in the hip is much worse. Is this a severe injury or am I falling apart a little at a time. I am 86 years old?
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement,  's  Response
Hello,
I have studied your case and I think pain in back of hip joint is most probably due to compression in nerves. Since you have gone through a spine surgery some time there can be nerve irritation during surgery or after surgery due to scarring. I would suggest you to wait for three to four days.Taking NSAID like Brufen and if that pain continues after that then you need to visit your doctor and may need a repeat MRI to confirm the diagnosis.If there is any nerve compression then you might need re exploration.
I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
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What Causes Hip Pain Post A Back Surgery?

Hello, I have studied your case and I think pain in back of hip joint is most probably due to compression in nerves. Since you have gone through a spine surgery some time there can be nerve irritation during surgery or after surgery due to scarring. I would suggest you to wait for three to four days.Taking NSAID like Brufen and if that pain continues after that then you need to visit your doctor and may need a repeat MRI to confirm the diagnosis.If there is any nerve compression then you might need re exploration. I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions. thanks