Guest guest Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 on 4/22/04 9:54 PM, surfacehippy at surfacehippy wrote: Susie, My surgery was non-eventful, and I was riding buses to work two weeks later. I wouldn't recomend that to anyone, however, because I was pretty exhausted. I had a few very expensive PT sessions here in the states but that was about it as far as rehab goes. Eight months later I am running down steps and digging in my garden. My other hip is complaining a bit. I'm one of those that doesn't have a lot of pain pre-surgery, just no ROM. It mostly only hurts when I stretch. The resurfaced one hurts less when I stretch than the other one so that is good. There is some improvement in my ROM on that side but nothing spectacular. Does protrusio acetabulum make one susceptable to OA? > June, I guess you very well could have protrusio...I sure didn't know > until this January but I sure have had a life-long limitation in my > hip range of motion. The OS that diagnosed me is an older, well > respected very conservative guy who would never dream of doing a re- > surfacing. He knows his orthopedic problems though and could > probably do a hip replacement in his sleep. I'm disheartened to hear > that you do not have a greater ROM in your resurfaced hip...are you > going to have your other hip done? Did you have a problems with the > surgery? How was the rehab? Thanks for responding. Susie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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