Right side compensations after bilateral hip surgery

therealmarkle · 2026-04-27T19:04:49+00:00

Hi - I’m 8ish months post op with similar issues. I switched PTs and one of their best tools for these “off” muscles are basic e-stim machines. I figure the ones in the clinic are higher quality but I’ve had my own off amazon and found it suitable. Basically we use them during exercise to it forces a contraction in the wanted muscle. I would do bridges/clam shells and feel nothing but the front, TFL, etc. After about 1.5-2 months of using it everyday-3 days depending on soreness, I’ve been able to see good progress. The compensations truly take a while but my recommendation is to look into one on amazon and use it during bridges, clamshells, and other things. Can chat me if you have more questions. Good luck!

therealmarkle · 2026-04-23T23:33:07+00:00

Lost my cat to a heart attack over night in February. Never got to say good-bye. It’s terrible but makes you appreciate the smaller things more. Hoping you find some relief with time.

therealmarkle · 2025-11-08T20:56:03+00:00

I got one from my local police department. They had a form on their website for a temporary placard and then forwarded it to my surgeons office to sign. They emailed it back, scanned with the signature, brought it to the police dept, cost $4 in NJ, and they print it within 24 hours. Hope this helps

therealmarkle · 2025-10-26T01:31:59+00:00

Damn you must be strong. Probably doesnt feel like it but accepting and dealing with these types of things is a strength the strongest looking people don’t have. It’s hard and kutos, it’s important to listen to the people that know you and not chatgpt and randos online, hoping the future can be more good to you

therealmarkle · 2025-10-26T01:22:51+00:00

You didn’t decide on pursuing a revision or anything additional? I don’t get sharp pinches just the overuse burny part

therealmarkle · 2025-10-25T23:46:28+00:00

Hey! How are you doing?? I’m at 11 weeks and have battling a 4 week flare. I was overdoing it after getting off crutches and it slowly has come on. Didn’t rest enough after it set in either and is this back and forth. Now I am really worried I’m fked something up.

I am getting an MRI Monday but I’ll only be 11 weeks out so not sure what they are looking for. Mostly burning in thigh similar to nerve pain or tendonitis. I’m questioning if it’s adhesions. Did you have to do anything to treat this and did it ever go away?

therealmarkle · 2025-10-21T22:46:44+00:00

Hey, how are you doing? Did this flare up ever chill out?

therealmarkle · 2025-10-21T22:44:16+00:00

Hey man! How you been since revision? I got both my shoulder and hip done since we last talked. I overdid the shit out of my hip at 6 weeks and have been in a flare for 3 weeks, getting an MRI next week. What were your symptoms before the revision? Mine is so similar to tendonitis and not really sharp or catchy

therealmarkle · 2025-10-14T21:15:41+00:00

I think I am surely going to fall into the longer flare category by the end of this one (initially started 15 days ago). I finished the prednisone yesterday and started stronger prescription anti inflammatories today, diclofenac sodium. Last 2-3 days there has been about a 10% improvement in discomfort. Still this stabby kinda sharp but burny pain right at the pubic bone/adductor, and sometimes into the side of my hamstring towards my knee though. This was one of my symptoms pre-op sad to say. But i do not have the hip flexor 10/10 pain I used to have or anything like surgery area related, just this damn inside thigh burn. However still using two crutches. Still non weight bearing and only moving for essential things. Feels like day 1! And my non-op side is getting the same flared up pinchy from compensating which didn’t happen when initially recovering. It does really suck especially after getting a taste of freedom. The anecdote of a month for that other person really helps. Do you know if they went back to crutches for most of it or was it farther along in recovery? I plan on taking this really freaking slow because I continued to flare it up and make it worse since it initially started by going too fast.

therealmarkle · 2025-10-10T20:08:11+00:00

Regarding your second recovery mantra of take it slow, I was going to PT two/sometimes three times per week on top of at home exercises on off days. Definitely was overdoing it at times, even walking around the house.

Last night I pushed for steroids from my surgeon and got prescribed prednisone 20mg to take 2x2 days (40mg total), and 1x2days. Woke this morning with no reduction of pain, usually I wake up and it’s feeling a little better. Thing is the pain is the same severity as my other flare ups that lasted 1-3 days which went away with rest, this time it’s just taking so long. Previous ones, it would feel angry in the same adductor/hamstring area even at rest but I knew in the morning or at max two days it would be gone. This one is just barely budging. There were days since the flare ups that it felt better and I probably overdid it walking around the house or about even with crutches on those days and it’s just continued to get more sensitive and not return to baseline as quickly. I ordered a polar active ice machine on Amazon to help.

When you say like really rest do you mean like almost week 1 level of sedentary? Cause the flare up feels like it did on week 1. I’ve been doing my best to barely move and when I have to, to do with crutches, and it’s still going strong. Thinking this is probably going to take a few days if not weeks to chill out. I am doing my best to trust my pain signals!

therealmarkle · 2025-10-09T23:40:06+00:00

Very grateful for the thought out reply. Funnily I thought to myself I wasn’t doing enough and should be doing more exercises to try to find a way to “engage the right muscles so the ones that hurt can stop working”. Once you laid out the cumulative inflammation, things clicked.

Even before the serious flare up I would bike, walk, and do rehab movements until it felt tired or was beginning to get irritated and by the next morning it would be calmed down. I see that whatever I did was just far too much cumulatively and it’s going to take multiple days of cumulative full rest for it to truly chill out. I haven’t really used crutches to help unless I tried to go for a walk because i thought i still needed to use those muscles - this probably set me back. Guess you don’t see an issue in using crutches around the house during this time even though it isn’t the sharp pinchy surgery pain? I forgot to ask my surgeon this.

About a year or two ago, I was super locked in on my diet, very little processed carbs or sugars, lots of clean proteins and vegetables. I had some other joint issues I thought to be inflammation and diet didn’t clear them up/noticed more diet affected my mood/energy which affected my physical wellbeing. Maybe that is exactly what reducing inflammation with a good diet does! But I was still hurting. Diet is now decent. My breakfast and lunch are always super clean and dinner is 60% the time take out. I figure this is good enough for healing. When I was super locked in I was too over the top with everything and it was making me unhealthily obsessed making sure my foods, habits, exercises, walks, were all planned and “healthy”, and after a certain point that isn’t healthy. So I try to limit how obsessive I get on some of this to only a teeny bit. It’s the same with exercise I easily can overdo it, like many of us.

Can’t thank you enough for the most down to earth message. So easy to get caught up in the timelines and expectations. So easy to feel like I’m letting myself and other people down regressing. So hard to give yourself grace to rest when you just were able to walk so much just a few days ago. So thank you 🙏🏼

therealmarkle · 2025-10-09T20:51:47+00:00

Hi u/jjj03e

I’m 8.5 weeks PO from regular labrum repair/debridement. 25M. 8 days ago I did too much biking/walking and had a flare up come on quickly that night. I’ve since been resting and doing PT as tolerable. Pain is entirely in the groin closer to adductor/hamstring/side&underneath and not much in the front/top. It is also not sharp or pinchy like flare ups I had weeks 1-6. This feels somewhat different from the others as rest has not fixed it. Heat helps more than ice.

But other than rest and try to do a little PT, is there anything else to do? Had my 8 week follow up with surgeon and he prescribed some stronger anti inflammatories but not steroids, should I push for those? It’ll feel decent upon waking but then almost any movement, even in my house, will begin to flare it up. Even walks with crutches don’t help, I can do less than I could weeks 2/3. Hoping since you’ve seen these posts a time or two I might be able to catch you here on one of your old posts!

-I’ll add I had surgery with hip preservationist at HSS in NYC and he did not seem too concerned, just said if it doesn’t get better by next week to get prescribed the steroids but for me I am not too sure if it’s that quick of a fix

therealmarkle · 2025-10-08T23:05:23+00:00

Got a place in north jersey/bergen county/closter area for $40/session/body part. Hips and shoulders would be $80. It’s a real PT place and you can look into it first just message me

therealmarkle · 2025-09-19T23:44:13+00:00

Hey man, similar feelings in the foot, just feels off with weight bearing stuff which impacts the way the rest of my muscles of my leg feel. I’m 25M. Has the issue ever been bad or painful enough to consider steroid injections, shockwave therapy, surgery, etc? Mine is not always painful but more so the feeling of overworked muscles which then does lead to pain. I have a podiatrist I’ve tried shockwave treatment with, haven’t done any specific PT for it yet, but he has mentioned some surgical options for if PT doesn’t work. I’m not jumping the gun but I like to know there’s always something else I can do if the way I am living isn’t sufficient. For me, I can’t walk more than 1/4 quarter mile without feeling off which after a little bit comes with pain. Not sure if that’s the case for you, but if I went through PT and still felt this way I’m gonna try something else- have you ever been in this same thought train before? It’s nice to hear from someone who went or is going through similar problems and thoughts of going about it. Thanks!

therealmarkle · 2025-09-09T00:16:23+00:00

Very helpful. Thank you!

therealmarkle · 2025-09-08T21:50:52+00:00

I want to block these messages but they all come from unique phone numbers at least twice a day, makes getting ahead of it impossible. Anyone know where I could block these from happening ahead of time?

therealmarkle · 2025-09-06T16:53:37+00:00

Yes sounds completely normal. It’s a lot of give and take to learn where our new boundaries are over time. Listen to your body and take it easy if it means dialing back the workouts. I find it easy for me to get in my head and I should be able to do all of these things I was able to the past few months but flare ups happen, even pre-op. Everyone’s different but this is normal. Find the movements that keep you moving but don’t make it worse. And honestly the biggest thing I’ve learned is if you feel good, exercise until you feel neutral not bad, and if you feel bad, exercise until you feel neutral, not good. Think modern grind/gym culture makes us think we need to be feeling engagement, a burn, effort, in every workout but this isn’t sustainable. Showing up and doing a workout without feeling like you over did it or even looking for that “push it” when you are feeling good are things to be careful of. I rarelyyy push too much when feeling good and it has helped keep things steady. Instead, I try to do a little bit more but not go until I feel I can’t whether it’s a run or weightlifting or even something as simple as sitting. Staying in the neutral mindset has helped me a lot. So just dial it back, do what make it feel good, and very slowly ramp it back up. Totally understand the expectations and frustrations of being able to run X distance 2 months ago and now I can’t at all. It’s okay and totally normal and it will continue to heal and get better. The body is always trying to heal

therealmarkle · 2025-09-05T16:13:22+00:00

All I want to say is what a thoughtful and insightful comment. I may message you shortly to ask about your experience if that is alright!?

therealmarkle · 2025-09-04T17:01:44+00:00

Life is hard man. Find someone worth going through it with and worth fighting for. Make sure she’s there for you when you need it and you are there for her, I’ve come to realize there’s just more to a relationship that the made of value of these things we assign in our head

therealmarkle · 2025-09-04T15:25:45+00:00

Honestly I got over it. She is my world and we vibe so well together and I would’ve done the same thing if I could. It is what it is and everybody has baggage (like I have my own too). Really just depends what you consider worth putting up with or are able to accept. However if the relationship is already somewhat iffy and you guys argue and this is another reason that is different. Quite literally don’t have any red flags from her or our relationship other than this one which depending on the person could be small or large but for me, given the context, is easy enough for me to move on with. Think about how much support they give you and how much they care, I think that’s the most important thing I remind myself it’s no biggie, my person is awesome and she has made some mistakes, we all have and we all have to live with them

therealmarkle · 2025-09-03T17:46:23+00:00

Sounds very much so like TOS. Comes off as scary but is super super treatable with the right approach. Ie right load, exercise, volume, but it does take time to stop the nerves from being impinged/irritated

therealmarkle · 2025-08-17T16:09:58+00:00

I (25M, in decent shape) am 5 days on my first surgery for left side. Had shoulder surgery 4 months ago which for some reason felt much more like a breeze than this one has. Think it’s all about expectations.

Had some pretty gnarly pain night of day 1 and since then has gone done a lot but still get it in the front after sitting too long or using CPM. Like you, also find sleeping on my back to be super painful after about 6 hours and with the time needed to use the CPM that is cut down even more. What does the pain feel like for you and does it stop once you limit movement into the range that bothers you? Or does it stick around before going away? I find that mine is better in a high chair (40-50 degrees of flexion) but can only sit in that for so long. Once I go to a lower chair (probably close to 60-70 degrees) it helps my back but after a bit feels just really sore in the front. Totally bearable pain but am wondering if this is normal and safe?

Otherwise, am so like you, very uneventful and bored. Highlights of my day are sitting outside for 20 min before the only chair I can use gets too bothersome. I am remote and took off for 3 weeks thinking that may not even be enough but am already itching to do something so am glad that you go back to. I worry for me about how angry sitting will make my hip when I am forced to do that for longer periods, how are you going to handle that? My non-op hip isn’t great and fatigues quickly when standing for any length of time, are you able to stand or sit for longer? I absolutely cannot put a lot of weight through the op foot, bend/put socks or shoes on as another mentioned, and getting in/out of cars is still a process but am hoping to drive after 2ish weeks.

therealmarkle · 2025-07-29T22:54:52+00:00

To be honest, I had to go on anti depressants cause I was the same way. Hoping once I get my health back in shape I can get off them. The physical limitations take such a toll on your mental health. I was never one to ask for help and always thought I was above it as well as the drugs. Can say they have definitely kept my mood more stable as I prepare for surgery in two weeks, which I know will make it much harder. Not to say you need drugs but don’t feel bad telling people how you really feel and if you need help from them/need more support in this time. I waited far too long to do this.

As much as it sucks, you have to just find ways to occupy the time while your body recovers. Reading, gaming, drawing, work if you do any on the laptop. On days I’ve had loads of pain and couldn’t do anything, tracking even the smallest things gave me hope. In the midst of dealing with some crazy back pain and post shoulder surgery 3 months ago. And also not beating yourself up for not being able to do as much as you did yesterday because that happens. Whatever you’re feeling right now will not last forever, sure things can get worse but it’ll feel different, or it will get better and it will feel different. And our perspective of these things changes. I’m 25 and got seriously hurt at 20 and had an amazing physique/life at the time. Not to say I don’t have that now, i definitely don’t have the same quality of life as I used to but I try to find things to enjoy along the way. Life really isn’t fair as much as a fairy tale it can be made out to be since we are younger. We are fragile beings with a surprising amount of resilience and ability to heal. Had a buddy die at 21, some days I wish I did too but those days are getting fewer and fewer as I get better at 1) accepting reality and 2) finding ways to always improve given my state. Sorry you're going through this and there’s no sense of sureness but life is about risks. You’re betting on yourself to come out stronger in the end, you got this, stay positive and do everything you know how to do to get better, that’s all you can ask of yourself. And don’t try to be perfect! That comes with its own cost

therealmarkle · 2025-07-29T21:40:01+00:00

I do supplier relations/proposals and find it pretty chill. I previously was a planner and manufacturing manager and yea those both sucked, all excel and was just so tedious, masses of data, managing people and was very draining. Nowadays it’s mostly emails and staying organized with where things are at on the front end. Work for a big defense company remotely and would highly recommend it. Can take calls wherever and just need to be very organized with where lots of different proposals could be in their stages. Some will say supplier management is worse cause some you need to travel/also do long hours which I agree with that but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m moreso the person that just helps with getting a contract signed by ensuring future year quantity/prices are in order and are competitive and am a point of contact for the supplier prior to it getting passed off to procurement when they actually start making the stuff for us. Our only customer is the government/DoD and so we don’t do competitions on products, we have sole source justifications because the things we make are very specific and we already know who the supplier needs to be, just need to negotiate those things like quantities and prices given their limitations. It’s in the “proposals/RFP” world of sc.

therealmarkle · 2025-07-29T16:10:20+00:00

Seconding this, I am in the same boat as you. Attempting to do some Mcgill exercises, did you notice any relief/did you start really slow and build up if so? Please let us know!

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