Hello, I ve recently been recovering from back surgery and it seems to be slowly improving until a few days a go when my hip started to bother me, today, as I have been told repeatedly that I should walk so I took a walk down the driveway to the mailbox and back and later took out the garbage(all with the aid of a cane) later, after lunch, I was tired and took some ice and laydown for an hour and now when I got up, the pain in the hip is much worse. Is this a severe injury or am I falling apart a little at a time. I am 86 years old?
Hello, I have studied your case and I think pain in back of hip joint is most probably due to compression in nerves. Since you have gone through a spine surgery some time there can be nerve irritation during surgery or after surgery due to scarring. I would suggest you to wait for three to four days. Taking NSAID like Broken and if that pain continues after that then you need to visit your doctor and may need a repeat MRI to confirm the diagnosis. If there is any nerve compression then you might need re exploration. I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions. Thanks