I'VE LOST QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT, I HAVE REALLY BAD PAIN IN MY HIP JOINTS. I WALK/JOG VIGOROUSLY FOR 30 MIN IN THE MORNING AND THEN I SIT THE REST OF THE DAY. THE PAIN IS JUST RECENT THOUGH. ANYONE WHO'S LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT HAVE HIP PAIN? MAYBE IT'S THE DIFFERENT STANCE OR STRIDE THAT WE HAVE OR JUST ADJUSTING IN GENERAL TO THIS MUCH SMALLER BODY? I'M NOT COMPLAINING JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE IS EXPERIENCING THIS

No complaining about losing weight, but, yes to pain complaint. I'm not down zillions of pounds and feeling your pain, but your note speaks to me.

As I'm also not a professional, the answers won't mean anything to me in terms of making a suggestion. I wrote them before I realized I can't do anything with the answers, but you can! -- Are you talking about the hip sockets? That is, groin area, mid top of leg where it meets the torso? Or what we reach for when SImon says, "hands on hips?" Both hips equally and simultaneously? Only when you're running and walking vigorously?

From my own experience with musculoskeletal nuisances and intermittent arthritis issues, I'd go for a specialist in sports medicine (physiatry), who is the musculoskeletal person. if it's Simon Sez, I'd start with a rheumatologist (that's the arthritis doctor's field, yes?) for the socket.

I've been running and that hip pain started during preop and got pretty bad post. I now do stretches for the hips (the pain is on my left only) and that has helped. I just need to stay on top of stretching. My hip gets so tight and throbs I can barely move.

My husband was sleeved 10 months ago. He was experiencing a lot of hip pain prior to surgery. We thought that losing the weight would answer his problems with his hip pain, but in fact it did make the hip pain worse. He ended up having a hip replacement 4 mos ago. For whatever reason, maybe for a different forum, he is still experiencing hip pain.

@WLSResources/ClothingExch YES THE HIP SOCKETS - AND IT'S NOT WHILE I'M WALKING OR JOGGING ITS AFTER SITTING AT WORK I TRY TO GET UP ABOUT EVERY HALF HOUR OR SO ETC BUT I'M USUALLY FINE DURING EXERCISE....

I found that sleeping on my side all night was hurting mine. I tried to stop laying like that so much and it seemed to help. But that was just one hip, probably isn't the problem if both hips are hurting.

I too have more hip/joint pain. I am 4 month post op and -85 lbs. Seem to hurt in my hip sockets later in the day. I work over 8 hours a day, I sit on a stool but get up and walk frequently. I cant figure out why its hurting either.