Originally Posted by ribka
Her's a pic of my leg after my 4th hip replacement 4 years ago.. My incompetent PT dislocated it during therapy. The PT said she dint dislocate it and I was fine. You can't imagine the pain. My friend drove me t to emergency room and was told my hip was not dislocated and sent me home. A day later the hospital called and said they plugged up and my hip was dislocated and they put back in. Once it dislocates once youre screwed and it come out easily. Two weeks after this happened I was at archery elk camp on crutches. . I hit PT hard but had so much tendon and muscle damage it dislocated 4 more times. Then a 5th hip replacement with special cup. Lost partial use of right leg. Still trying to get back strength by hiking and riding bike as much as I can.

I still won't poach though.

Take a look greg


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Looks about like mine before I had my knee surgery. It was so swollen I had to wear sweats because my knee wouldn't fit in my jeans. They drained over a quart of fluid out of it before the surgery.