5 Month Post-Op Problem

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Last week while I straightened up from doing some work and felt a

pulling across my resurfaced joint. I thought I had pulled a muscle

intially or had just stiffened up from being in a certain position

for a long period; however, several hours later, I was very stiff and

had lost my range of motion totally in external rotation. At this

point, while I can walk just fine, I cannot lay my leg across my knee

to tie my shoes or put on a sock. Prior to this problem, I could lay

my leg flat across the opposite knee. There is also a little

swelling or bulging (near the upper, rear part of the incision) which

was not there before.

My joint was resurfaced with the Cormet 2K in February 04 and the

surgeon used a posterior approach. The resurfaced joint had

performed perfectly until this happened. My therapist told me, via

the phone, she thought it could be a strain or tear in the

glutes...and that rest would help heal it.

Has anyone else had an experience like this and if so, what did you

do? Also, if its not a muscle/soft tissue problem, does anyone have

any idea what it might be? (I have a call and an email into my

doctor, but have not heard from him yet...) Is it time to start

really worrying about the " really bad " stuff yet?