Hip pain after lumbar disc herniation surgery is considered to be prolonged bed rest, congestion and edema of the surgical site, and the presence of lumbar spinal stenosis.
1. Long-term bed rest: lumbar herniated disc surgery has minimally invasive surgery and open surgery, generally minimally invasive surgery bed rest time is shorter, but open surgery bed rest time is longer, if long time lying on the side, it will cause compression on the hip bone area, causing pain.
2. Surgical site congestion and edema: after the lumbar disc herniation surgery, the pain will not disappear immediately, the surgery has a certain trauma, the surgical site will be congested and edema, and if it stimulates the nerves of the hipbone area, it will also cause pain in the hipbone area.
3. Existence of lumbar spinal stenosis: if the lumbar disc herniation is combined with lumbar spinal stenosis, the symptoms of stenosis are not improved after the surgery, which will also cause sciatica, etc. Some patients will have postural abnormality due to the heavy pain, and the long-term uneven force will cause postural abnormality, and the long-term abnormal load on the hip joints will also cause hip bone pain.
Hip pain after lumbar disc herniation surgery may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or standardized treatment.