Sounds a little like my experience.Sitting down for so long is not natural and you lose muscular strength and tone which translates into weakness as you try to get moving.
It all resolves with time and effort,since getting on my trike last August and buying my MTB in January my bike computer is telling me that I am coming up to 3000 miles split between the two.Currently bouncing like an Easter Bunny and feeling good.
I am also going to be requesting screw removal as I do still feel an ache over the operation site after a period of inactivity which goes away when I start cycling,suggesting inflammation caused by the muscle rubbing on the hardware.
Good luck
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- 4 Aug 2019, 9:11am
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Cannulated Screw hip repair
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- 15 Apr 2019, 10:13am
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Cannulated Screw hip repair
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Re: Cannulated Screw hip repair
Last June I was knocked off my bike by a jogger and fractured the neck of my femur about 3/4 through.Initially they wanted to give me a replacement hip (at 69 I am apparently geriatric and that is the policy) but after a robust exchange this was changed to a three screw repair.
I discharged myself after one day and was left home alone for the next 6 weeks.I got no help from my surgery ("we have neither the budget or the resources to offer physiotherapy")This left me with the internet to provide exercises to work through but also led me to a site with a new twist on post operative care.Essentially the theory was that that 78% of patients feel little or no pain after the operation so these were cored out and and asked to progressively load more weight onto the injured leg.The subplot was that this also aided in the formation of new bone cells.On average their patients were walking without support in 4-6 weeks.In my case I was walking after 5 weeks and ended up trotting into my 6 week review holding my zimmer in my hand,which was promptly confiscated by the aggrieved surgeon who had performed the operation.
I lost remarkably little fitness or muscle mass due to the constant exercise but suffered a massive loss of confidence,so in August I bought a recumbent trike from KMX figuring that I could neither fall nor be knocked off while on three wheels,which has proved correct.This got me out and about and eventually in January I bought a mountain bike and I use this on long slow runs away from the main cycle tracks and roads.This a far cry from my CF Roubaix which I sold but better than nothing.
Physically the bone has healed well with no signs of necrosis or arthritis(two xrays so far).I had problems bending the affected leg at the hip and could not put my sock on or cut my nails until this month when things have finally started getting better in this respect.I get the occasional ache over the operation site which goes away with exercise,which my chiropractor suggests is muscle inflamation as it rubs over the screws and plate.Bottom line is that this is a major injury which will take a long time to heal.I also think that I was lucky in that my bone did not fracture right through which means that my leg is the correct length and there was still a blood supply to the femur after the accident.
Good luck with your recovery.
I discharged myself after one day and was left home alone for the next 6 weeks.I got no help from my surgery ("we have neither the budget or the resources to offer physiotherapy")This left me with the internet to provide exercises to work through but also led me to a site with a new twist on post operative care.Essentially the theory was that that 78% of patients feel little or no pain after the operation so these were cored out and and asked to progressively load more weight onto the injured leg.The subplot was that this also aided in the formation of new bone cells.On average their patients were walking without support in 4-6 weeks.In my case I was walking after 5 weeks and ended up trotting into my 6 week review holding my zimmer in my hand,which was promptly confiscated by the aggrieved surgeon who had performed the operation.
I lost remarkably little fitness or muscle mass due to the constant exercise but suffered a massive loss of confidence,so in August I bought a recumbent trike from KMX figuring that I could neither fall nor be knocked off while on three wheels,which has proved correct.This got me out and about and eventually in January I bought a mountain bike and I use this on long slow runs away from the main cycle tracks and roads.This a far cry from my CF Roubaix which I sold but better than nothing.
Physically the bone has healed well with no signs of necrosis or arthritis(two xrays so far).I had problems bending the affected leg at the hip and could not put my sock on or cut my nails until this month when things have finally started getting better in this respect.I get the occasional ache over the operation site which goes away with exercise,which my chiropractor suggests is muscle inflamation as it rubs over the screws and plate.Bottom line is that this is a major injury which will take a long time to heal.I also think that I was lucky in that my bone did not fracture right through which means that my leg is the correct length and there was still a blood supply to the femur after the accident.
Good luck with your recovery.