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About 2 year's ago I started having Hip pain3 only at night and only after I have been in bed for 4 hours. It wakes me up at 2-3AM. I shift and stretch and sometimes fall back asleep with it hurting a bit later.
I getup in the morning and it goes away. It doesn't bother me all day. I have tried various sizes of knee pillows.
I thought maybe it was the extra weight I was carrying. Having retired I became more active with 4 mile walks every day. 20 minutes doing cardio a day. Working in the yard, etc etc. I eat what I want, just less. Being more active seems to have lowered my appetite. I ended up losing 60 pounds since I retired. The pain I had in my knees is gone. I no longer need my CPAP or my Blood Pressure Medicine. Can run up and down the stairs instead of using the handrail to pull me up or carefully walk down.
I take 3 Advil and put Biofreeze on my hip before bed
My Dr gave me some stretching exercises to try which don't help
Still have the night time hip pain
I swapped our softer Temperpedic for the more FIRM one we had in the guest room. That did help more than anything else, but still occurring.
Before bed I do 5 min on the elliptical and 30 sit ups to loosen it up. That does help a bit, but still enough to wake me and keep me up. I do sleep better with that routine.
I looked through the supplements thread and am now taking Turmeric
It could be I need a Hip replacement, but it does not bother me at all during the day. From what I understand these are essentially paid for under Medicare, so wondering if I should wait another 2.5 years until I am 65.
It could be that even though I went to a firmer bed, Tempurpedics just don't work for me anymore. I would hate to spend thousands on another mattress to find I still have the hip pain. The ones we have were expensive and still very comfortable otherwise.
I know I should probably go see a Dr who specializes in this area.
Wondering if others experienced this and what they did to resolve. Thanks for the opportunity to vent if nothing else.
I getup in the morning and it goes away. It doesn't bother me all day. I have tried various sizes of knee pillows.
I thought maybe it was the extra weight I was carrying. Having retired I became more active with 4 mile walks every day. 20 minutes doing cardio a day. Working in the yard, etc etc. I eat what I want, just less. Being more active seems to have lowered my appetite. I ended up losing 60 pounds since I retired. The pain I had in my knees is gone. I no longer need my CPAP or my Blood Pressure Medicine. Can run up and down the stairs instead of using the handrail to pull me up or carefully walk down.
I take 3 Advil and put Biofreeze on my hip before bed
My Dr gave me some stretching exercises to try which don't help
Still have the night time hip pain
I swapped our softer Temperpedic for the more FIRM one we had in the guest room. That did help more than anything else, but still occurring.
Before bed I do 5 min on the elliptical and 30 sit ups to loosen it up. That does help a bit, but still enough to wake me and keep me up. I do sleep better with that routine.
I looked through the supplements thread and am now taking Turmeric
It could be I need a Hip replacement, but it does not bother me at all during the day. From what I understand these are essentially paid for under Medicare, so wondering if I should wait another 2.5 years until I am 65.
It could be that even though I went to a firmer bed, Tempurpedics just don't work for me anymore. I would hate to spend thousands on another mattress to find I still have the hip pain. The ones we have were expensive and still very comfortable otherwise.
I know I should probably go see a Dr who specializes in this area.
Wondering if others experienced this and what they did to resolve. Thanks for the opportunity to vent if nothing else.