to Eleanor Re: Rotated femur anyone?

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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

> >

> >

> >