Arthrosis of the hip joint is also called coxarthrosis. This is a degenerative-dystrophic disease of the musculoskeletal system. Coxarthrosis starts from the articular cartilage, where the process of thinning begins, the cartilage is fragmented, which loses the main function of the joint - cushioning.
The process becomes more complicated when the blood supply to the head of the femur is disturbed, whereupon aseptic necrosis develops, which in turn is accompanied by arthrosis. After that, the patient should apply drugs, do certain exercises or carry out a treatment that includes the entire complex.
Causes of disease
Of course, the reasons that give impetus to the disease can be completely different. If the disease is associated with constant immobility of a person, then the treatment will not be difficult, just change your lifestyle, and also do not forget that after that there is prevention of the disease. In this way, it will be possible to get rid of the main symptoms, which lead to the fact that the pain returns occasionally, and in the end it does not go away at all. Bones and joints, although strong and able to withstand considerable weight, nevertheless, with constant physical effort on the body, they can fail. Take care to get rid of unnecessary stress that can lead to the first signs of illness. Injuries will not lead to anything good, here it doesn't matter if the injuries were accidental or not. Due to injuries received at a young age, this disease very often develops in athletes, whose treatment is not always done immediately. Here the diagnosis will be unambiguous, the load on the body will have to be limited, in this case it will not be possible to treat the disease in a different way.
As strange as it may seem, heredity can affect the development of coxarthrosis. Some people have a congenital dislocation of the hip, which eventually turns into osteoarthritis of the hip joint.
There are two forms of the disease: primary and secondary. In the first case, the disease develops by itself, and pain is felt, while the secondary form is a consequence of other diseases. They can become:
- Perthes disease;
- Congenital hip dislocation;
- hip dysplasia;
- Got joint injuries;
- Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head;
- Inflammation.
- Most often, the primary form of the disease appears after 50 years, that is, when the joints of the body wear out, and then pain is felt.
Symptoms
Arthrosis in the hip joint can be determined by the symptoms that appear. Basically, it will be pain that manifests itself while walking. This disease is chronic, so the symptoms appear once and cannot disappear. The pain gradually increases, at first it is barely noticeable, but over time, if no attention is paid to it, the symptoms worsen and become more noticeable.
Most often, the symptoms appear when the body does not move for a long time, that is, the pain can occur after sleeping, after a person sits in one position for a long time. Such an unpleasant feeling is called initial pain. After a person develops small joints, the pain subsides for a while.
Areas of pain localization can be different. The main part is manifested in the inguinal region, buttock region, along the front surface of the thigh, followed by a transition to the knee, sometimes along the outer part of the left or right thigh.
Such symptoms without timely treatment do not end in anything good. When the patient feels the greatest pain while walking, he tries to avoid it or at least make the symptoms less noticeable, which is why the gait is disturbed, and as a result, other disorders in the body.
Treatment
Although treatment, although prevention can be done in different ways. It is best to choose the option that your doctor will advise you. You can be treated with drugs (injections or tablets), with the help of gymnastics, and traditional medicine can also help you. And although the latter has not been confirmed, some patients report improvement after certain procedures, even if only prophylaxis was carried out.
Treatment may include injections or tablets. The doctor observes many factors, such as pain, the degree of development of the disease and which drugs the patient's body will accept best.
Chondroprotectors
There are a lot of chondroprotectors - drugs that nourish the cartilage tissue, then the process of destruction stops, and then the cartilage tissue is restored. Often, doctors prescribe injections in the hip joint, believing that it is easier to treat. A big plus is that the injections are very effective and can treat some comorbidities. But you have to remember that no more than three injections can be done per joint. And also a positive moment, but a warning, injections should not be done often, the break between each procedure is at least two weeks.
How they work
First of all, these drugs are designed to restore cartilage tissue, which is so necessary for arthrosis. Therefore, these drugs are aimed at stopping the process of cartilage tissue degeneration. It cannot be said that chondroprotectors will have a positive effect only if you use them when there is arthrosis of the hip joint, not at all. Honroprotectors will be an excellent treatment for diseases of all types of joints.
Chondroprotectors contain products of both animal and plant origin (depending on the specific preparation), as well as other components that increase the production of collagen, hyaluronic acid, and stimulate the production of chondroitin in cartilage tissue. All these components lead to supporting the natural processes occurring in the cartilage tissue, restoring its main functions and, consequently, joint pain disappears.
What is good for arthritis
When you come to the pharmacy in search of chondroprotectors, you will be surprised how many different names of the real drug exist today, which, in fact, do not differ much in terms of components. So, which chondroprotectors will be the best choice for osteoarthritis?
Undoubtedly, the best adviser in this matter will be your attending physician, who looks at the picture of the disease from the outside and will be able to advise you (sometimes choose between) several drugs that are most suitable in your individual case. Do not take medication without consulting your doctor about this matter.
Note that clinical trials are very important in this area, and these are mostly expensive and popular chondroprotectors. Their effectiveness has already been confirmed, and the possibility of allergic reactions has been reduced to a minimum. Keep in mind that the natural substances that make up chondroprotectors rarely cause an allergic reaction, and the additives that make up the medicine are most often the culprits.
Contraindications
There is a group of people for whom chondroprotectors are contraindicated:
- It is forbidden to take medicines for pregnant and lactating women;
- It should not be used by children under the age of 12;
- If a person has diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, then it is worth excluding drugs in the form of tablets and resorting to other methods of treatment;
- In certain stages, chondroprotectors will no longer have any effect, so in advanced cases other treatment methods are resorted to;
- Certain drugs are individually intolerable and should be replaced by others.
Recommendations for use
It is impossible to say that only chondroprotectors will help in the treatment of the disease. It is worth focusing on the problems that caused the disease, not on the drugs. Because if you got such injuries due to excessive physical stress and you hope that you can lead the same way of life, and chondroprotectors will save you, then you are deeply mistaken. The possibility of spreading and aggravating the disease must be removed from all sides. Try to protect yourself from hypothermia as much as possible. Monitor the medications you are taking, if you are prescribed medications for the treatment of another disease, ask your doctor if you need to change the course of treatment?
Treatment of arthrosis of the hip joint with gymnastics
Doctors recommend treating arthrosis of the hip joint with the help of special exercises. It is best not to lead to treatment and not to forget that there should be disease prevention. The process of treatment of such diseases has never been fast, treatment with gymnastics in this case is no exception. Some believe that since these are not drugs that need to be taken constantly, the classes can be skipped. Forget it, this is your health, so gymnastics is essential.
Doctoral technique
It is worth noting that in the field of therapeutic gymnastics, the doctor's complex has performed well. The specialty of the doctor is that, unlike his colleagues, he did not turn to surgery and treatment of arthrosis, such as injections. His exercises are to help the body to recover itself. The main method of doctors in the treatment of arthrosis is kinesitherapy, which means movement treatment. According to his methodology, a special program, i. e. a set of exercises, is created for each patient, where it is prescribed which simulators to use, which exercises to do and how. According to the doctor's recommendation, it is necessary to properly do the exercises, the complex that he developed. Even if a person knows what the exercises are, but does them incorrectly, then there will be no results. It is important to correctly perform this or that exercise, that is, it is important to repeat the entire complex.
This technique confirms that we are not treated by drugs, we do it ourselves.
Enforcement rules
Sometimes injections do not give the desired effect, treatment is carried out. Recommendations for implementation. If you notice the first symptoms and decide that it is best to treat yourself physically, remember a few rules:
- Exercises are not performed suddenly, everything should be smooth and measured;
- The joint must be developed, and not further burdened, in order to worsen the symptoms of the disease;
- Remember that exercises help if they are followed by a little massage;
- This treatment (exercises) is best performed lying down.
For the effectiveness of physiotherapy exercises, a whole complex that includes various exercises is carried out.
You should monitor your health, do sports, and consult a doctor at the first symptoms of illness. After all, if the disease is detected in the early stages, then it will be much easier to cure it or stop its development.