Preparing for DFO

I finally had my appointment with Dr. Buly to discuss my hip pain now that I had lost weight. I trimmed almost 30 pounds since spring and my hip joint still bothers me. It is more so in the front and sometimes radiates through my hip joint to my outer hip. He did a lot of ROM with my hip and it was so uncomfortable when he extremely externally rotated it out. He also didn't like my walk and limp. He was impressed with the weight loss and when I asked if it will,help,with recovery, he said that weight loss helps with everything. I am so relieved to finally have definitive answers as to my problem and that I can finally have it fixed.

I am having a DFO - derotational femoral osteotomy, on December 17. I have to do pre op testing and xrays, I am in the process of finding GOOD crutches, I've read some great things about the Mobilegs, and also in process of finding a good physical therapist. Not a lot of therapists are familiar with this surgery so I am looking into a place that the hospital recommends. I have had secondary problems with each of my therapy places from my previous surgeries that I am hoping to find one where everything goes smooth. I know no one is perfect, but some of the things that happened to me were just stupid things, lunges after tearing the labrum in the hip? One therapist told me I had a back problem, not a hip problem. And another threw a 2 lb weight on my ankle to "strengthen my hip" that had been sprained from the traction boot during the 2nd arthroscopy. This is why I don't stay with the same therapist.

I am confident this will help get rid of my pain. Dr. Buly can't guarantee that I won't need a hip replacement in the future, but at least if I do, the femur will be aligned correctly to make it easier to replace.