Re: THR -- how long does the swelling around incision last?

[Guest guest]

Which approach did you have? I had direct anterior approach and was back to

work in 5 weeks. I did get an infection at about the 3 week mark because I

am allergic to the internal stitches they used. I had some swelling for the

first couple weeks, but as soon as the incision was healed it wasn't so

obvious any more. I would think that if you have an approach where muscle or

tendons were cut the recovery time is alot longer from what I hear on this

board.

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:41 AM, gaijin131 <gaijin.in.japan@...>wrote:

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> Hi,

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> This is my first post here. I just had a total hip replacement just about a

> month ago. I still have areas of swelling around the incision. It's about an

> inch thick at worst and covers under 10 sq inches. The swelling has improved

> since the surgery, but lately, I am not seeing much change. I know this

> takes time to improve. I am just curious on how much time and what others'

> experiences have been?

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> Thanks!!

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[Guest guest]

I had swelling also , when I went to therapy the man said to

start massaging the area around the incision then later on start massaging

the incision it self once it is healed this really helped the swelling went

down .

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM, gaijin131 <gaijin.in.japan@...>wrote:

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>

>

>

> Hi,

>

> This is my first post here. I just had a total hip replacement just about a

> month ago. I still have areas of swelling around the incision. It's about an

> inch thick at worst and covers under 10 sq inches. The swelling has improved

> since the surgery, but lately, I am not seeing much change. I know this

> takes time to improve. I am just curious on how much time and what others'

> experiences have been?

>

> Thanks!!

>

>

>

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*Jesus Is Allway's There For You.*

[Guest guest]

I would vote for caution on putting pressure or massaging the incision until it

has healed. I put pressure with my fingers along my incision each day per my

PT's instructions (after a few weeks) and I don't know whether that is the

reason, but my incision started to come open in two places.

Thada

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> > Hi,

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> > This is my first post here. I just had a total hip replacement just about a

> > month ago. I still have areas of swelling around the incision. It's about an

> > inch thick at worst and covers under 10 sq inches. The swelling has improved

> > since the surgery, but lately, I am not seeing much change. I know this

> > takes time to improve. I am just curious on how much time and what others'

> > experiences have been?

> >

> > Thanks!!

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> *Jesus Is Allway's There For You.*

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