Before my THR, I had shin pain as you described. I was told it was referred pain from the hip. In fact, when I went to the Ortho, it was for shin pain, not hip pain. Then the Dr told me I was last stage hip OA. After the THR, I woke up and NO shin pain, I was so relieved. So it might be that you had pain from the surgery in the hip that was referred to the shin. Glad it's gone, mine felt like a serrated knife being scraped up and down my shin.View Thread