hip update

[quietann]

really should be "butt update."

I finally went to see my doctor about my injury, because it's just not getting any better. He poked and prodded me, found the ouchy spots, watched me walk and didn't like the amount of wobble. So off to Xrays and he will call me when he has them. I *may* have cracked my pelvis or left "sit bone." It's more likely a deep bone bruise, and he will set me up for PT.

Ouch.

Notes on this:

Riding should probably be walk only and maybe a little cantering. Sitting trot w/o stirrups is fine on a smooth horse like Bearito. Posting trot only if it's not painful. No jumping! The gentle motion of a horse's walk is helpful. (This means walking Minnie on Monday, because she is rather bouncy. Given how long she's been off work, pushing her wouldn't be good, anyway.)

Watch sitting and driving positions. I tend to fold my left leg under, and it's painful to get out of that position. Especially when driving my car, which is a stick shift, I need to keep the left foot just by the clutch at all times.

Mornings are the worst; I may try sleeping in the other bed tonight, because it has a squishier mattress.

Keep taking ibuprofen but try to cut back a bit.

Comments

[gingicat]

I hope the X-rays show the problem and that it's fixable without major invasiveness and can be resolved soon!

As someone who has temporary pain issues with climbing out of bed, the squishier mattress may be more difficult to climb out of, especially if it's lower.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

There isn't a lot that can be done for a cracked pelvis besides rest and perhaps certain drug therapies... I'll probably get PT no matter what the diagnosis, because I'm limping even when I am not in pain.

Both beds are quite high up because they both have storage underneath. In fact, for our regular bed I use a footstool to get in and out of it! The top of the mattress is nearly 3 feet off the floor. The guest bed is slightly lower... it is in antique bed frame (a wedding present to my father's mother's parents) that was built when people always used the under-the-bed area for storage.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

I wonder if putting a pillow between your knees would help you sleep. Because women have wide hips, their legs rest at a sharp angle when they lie on their sides. Putting a pillow between the knees causes the legs to rest straight (rather than tilted) and thus reduces the stress on the hips and other body parts in that vicinity.

[unclebooboo.livejournal.com]

I second the suggestion to try a pillow between your knees- I learned this one when my father was in the hospital, and I've found it to be useful for me too. And no, my hips aren't very wide, but they don't like closing as much as they should.

My only advice on the PT is to be consistent in doing any exercises that are recommended and to take it very slowly- you don't want to reinjure yourself and take even longer to recover.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

I may try the pillow trick. I am very wide hipped so that might be part of my problem.

As for PT, oh, I know about PT. I had frozen shoulders (on both sides) a few years back and had several months of PT, starting 6 hours after I got out of surgery (because the adhesions that froze my shoulders can re-form really quickly.) At least at first, I had to wake up every few hours to do my exercises, no matter what. It was a long slog that was really, really painful. But I went from 40% and 25% range of motion to 95% and 90% now...