Guest guest Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Hi I am 28 and had a THR to my left hip 5 weeks ago., this was caused by a congenital dislocation at birth that was missed. I have a number of questions.... I have a burning type pain when lying flat just above the knee. This only happens in bed at night and is so intense that the only way I can stop it happening is to sleep sitting upright and to have a pillow underneath my operated knee. This is quite annoying more than anything and the burning feeling is quite painful. Has anyone else experienced this? It is also still numb there, I cannot feel this area when I place my hand on the leg. Leg length... has anyone had an obvious leg length discrpeancy of 1- 1/5 inches that over time did resolve. It is actual not apparent and it is concerning me that it may affect my good hip as I cannot straigthen my operated leg unless I have my good leg raised in a shoe and my bad leg shoeless, I would like to know other peoples expereince. How long did it take for the swelling to go down and were people left with muscle wasteage on their bottom? Did it come back with physio and the building of those muscles? Thank you all Hannah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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