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Monday I started Physical Therapy at new place. They first had a PT Doctor exam me asking a lot of questions of my history with back issues and I told them about tests results. I explained to him that the sciatica pain was all gone, no real back pain issues except hip pain which was making it difficult for me to walk and that the X-ray reveal arthritis. He did a test moving my left and right leg in different angles to expand the hips. He noted that on the left side he could only move it up to an 85 degree angle and the max is 145 degrees like my right side. He felt that if I have bone on bone rubbing on my hips it could be a continuous problem for me but hopefully with therapy, stretching they can make those surrounding muscles much stronger where I can gain back some of the range of motion on the left side and hopefully deal with less pain and be able to walk more but it will take time. I will be going 3 times a week and in between PT they will be giving me exercises/stretches to do at home every day.
I intend to do 15 sessions of PT until the end of the year so we will see how it goes.
I’m sure the PT will be worth the effort. Feel better soon!!!
Good luck.
Sean and Susan
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Good luck Ace! I really hope PT brings the relief you need.
Thank all I am feeling really positive. Robin I did therapy for my left shoulder in 2017. I have 3 small tears on my rotor cuff and it was very painful and could not sleep at night. After 30 PT sessions, I have not felt pain since and avoided surgery so I am a big believer in PT. If I do try to lift something heavy I do feel the pain so I avoid that.