RE: to Eleanor Re: Rotated femur anyone?

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Dear Lari,

Well—that is interesting. Thank you for asking. Just after my op, my

knee was ‘pigeoned toed’ as well, i.e. was markedly rotated to the left.

Exercise (tensing the knee cap and thigh) and time has almost

straightened it out, but it still turns slightly to the left. I do get

ankle pain as well on and off now, but never did in the past. (Oh my,

how I do like wallowing in discussing the minutae of my aches and

pains!)

Eleanor

to Eleanor Re: Rotated femur anyone?

Hi, Eleanor,

I asked Helen, my pt, about the pigeon-toe issue and she said that

this comes more from the ankle, and less from the hip joint.

Something to consider. Chat with you soon.

Lari

> > This is from Eleanor again, still plodding/struggling on at five

> months

> > post-op. The good news is that I am beginning to walk better

and

> can

> > hike fairly long (2miles) without too much difficulty, but

slowly

> using

> > two sticks. Keep forgetting to take my cane with me when out

> shopping,

> > etc. but do like to have it for balance.

> >

> > The bad news is that I still get a lot of aches and pains at

> night, and

> > still some, but much less, and sometimes none, during the day.

> These

> > vary—are not in the hip joint ever, but can be in the thigh,

under

> the

> > wound, in the groin, by the knee or shooting down the leg.

> >

> > Have just had an Irish physio visiting who gave me a wonderful

work

> > over. She immediately commented on how rotated my hip and

walking

> is.

> > I have always been pigeon-toed since a child, and despite a

parent

> who

> > made sure I had `corrective shoes' (in the fifties), and good

> fitting

> > shoes, still continued fairly pigeon-toed and have always

assumed

> that

> > this rotation is what led to my OA. For some reason, I thought

> the BHR

> > would correct the rotation, but have been told it doesn't—

> everything is

> > just put back the same. She also found that my muscle under my

> wound

> > feels hard and congested. My ROM is still very bad—still can't

> tie my

> > laces and have trouble even putting on my pants. My operated leg

> is ½

> > inch longer, and was the same pre-op. When exercising, I am

> finding it

> > hard to differentiate my pelvic muscle, so often end up using my

> back

> > when I think I am moving my hip only—ergo exercise has been

> useless.

> >

> > Has anyone else had this problem and what have you done about it

> if you

> > have? I really wasn't too bad at all pre-op. Feel much worse

now,

> > except for the lack of pain in the hip joint itself. My physio

> friend

> > has given me some new exercises which use my husband to help

make

> sure I

> > use the correct muscles.

> > Eleanor

> > RBHR Nov 23/ 03

> >

> >

> >