{"id":6403,"date":"2020-04-29T16:46:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/federicogiardina.com\/2020\/04\/29\/painful-hip-replacement-causes-and-remedies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:03:04","slug":"painful-hip-replacement-causes-and-remedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/federicogiardina.com\/en\/2020\/04\/29\/painful-hip-replacement-causes-and-remedies\/","title":{"rendered":"Painful hip replacement: causes and remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Painful hip replacement<\/a>: a disabling condition that can discourage those who have already undergone surgery in hopes of regaining their joint function. What are the causes of this symptomatology and what can be done about it? <\/p>\n\n

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When the joint suffers severe damage or progressive wear and tear (coxarthrosis<\/a>), hip replacement is necessary to restore normal joint mobility<\/strong> and eliminate painful symptoms.<\/p>\n\n

Although it is a fairly invasive procedure, the results are, in most cases, more than satisfactory. This is mainly due to improved prosthetic designs, increasingly biocompatible materials and new minimally invasive surgical techniques. <\/p>\n\n

It may happen, however, that even once the postoperative phase has passed, joint pain persists: the patient is thus faced with a painful hip replacement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Painful hip replacement: when not to be alarmed <\/h2>\n\n

The hip is a joint that allows many movements in planes and is less innervated than the knee.<\/strong> This means that, the postoperative phase, is characterized by less pain and the absence of stiffness problems, which are frequent with knee replacements. <\/p>\n\n

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In fact, a hip replacement surgery patient can return to walking, with only the help of crutches, as early as a few days after surgery.<\/p>\n\n

On the other hand, there are postoperative cases characterized by more pain, often due to the presence of hematomas<\/strong> (collections of blood) around the joint; in fact, it is normal for there to be some bleeding from the bone “prepared” to receive the prosthetic components.<\/p>\n\n

This type of pain should not be frightening: in the totality of successful surgeries, it gradually disappears<\/strong>, giving way to proper functional recovery.<\/p>\n\n

If, on the other hand, normal postoperative pain is succeeded by pain symptoms with different characteristics, then it is fair to think that the prosthesis may have some problem. <\/p>\n\n

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How to tell if it is painful hip replacement <\/h3>\n\n

To understand whether we are dealing with a painful hip replacement that needs proper investigation, we need to pay attention to some signs: <\/p>\n\n