Sometimes when I first get out of bed my right hip and leg give way and I start to fall down, but I stand for a few minutes and then I m O.K. I have had one hip replaced on the other side and, of course, I immediately thought that the other hip was going to break, but I ve had X-rays of the whole area and everything is O.K. so I m assuming that I have a muscle or sciatica problem as I do have some pain in the buttocks on the right side. What would be your assessment of my situation? Thank you for your help.
Respected sir thanks for asking questions, as you have not mentioned your age, but I guess it will be around 40 to 60yrs. See your problem is quite natural depending on age and post-operative situation see main thing I need to assess is power or strength of hip muscle. In case of sciatica you may have pain, numbness, tingling sensation in affected whole leg but as you mentioned history of underwent surgery and pain in buttocks only that indicate your problem is related to muscle not sciatica or nerve related. So you relaxed. After operation or surgery if you have not been trained your hip muscle properly which are responsible for your hip and back balance then you may have sensation of fall. 80% cases I suspect weakness of gluteus medium muscles around hip joint. So you need to visit Physiotherapy center and ask your doctor to provide various strengthening exercises related to it. I hope you satisfied with the answer. Feel free to ask again. Provide feedback