Hip Replacement is an elective procedure, but you can use alternatives by your choice. An ailing hip can stop you moving with your control. You feel uncomfortable even if it is impossible to do routine activity. A chronic pain is a sign of hip replacement; it will be not just in the hip but anywhere between hip and knee. In the United States hip pain and immobility issues affect a growing number of Americans and hip replacement has become increasingly common often in the younger adults. Many non- operative treatments are there before you go to hip replacement surgery, Physical Therapy is the best known powerful treatment against hip replacement in more than 50% hip replacement cases. Physical Therapy has proven very effective, for the cases where the hip is too damaged and must be replaced. Here we are sharing some knowledge and some alternatives you can use before you go to hip replacement or have already hip replacement.
Stop! Not only hip replacement surgery is solution:-
Hip Replacement surgery removes damaged diseased parts of a hip joint and replaces them with new, artificial parts. Artificial parts may be made of metal, plastic, ceramic or a combination of all. Try medication or other treatment if the injury or disease can be cured by other techniques. Only consider hip replacement when the pain is severe and non- surgical treatments have failed.
Arthritis, Trauma, degenerative disease can lead to excruciating hip problems; osteoarthritis is the most common reason for hip replacement. Osteoporosis in the 20′s and 30′s age group is demanding hip replacement, especially in women. Before you think about hip replacement your doctor will suggest some exercises.
What you are going through during Pre & Post Rehab-
Before you go for hip replacement try physical therapy. Don’t try exercises on your own at home; it can affect your injured part. You should join a session of Physical Therapy to get ready and improve your outcome during recovery. One communication to your healthcare, Physical therapist will prepare you for hip replacement if needed with rehab exercises. Rehab will include things like nutrition and workout. There is much evidence that rehab reduced the need for hip or knee replacement for those who participated in rehab. Your Physical Therapist will educate you what to expect from your surgery by leading you through some exercises. In this time he/she will teach you flexibility and strengthen exercises, Use of walker and crutches, any precautions you should take before surgery.
Before surgery your Physical Therapist will educate you what to expect from your surgery by leading you through some exercises. Physical Therapists will teach you- Flexibility and Strength exercises, Use of Walker and crutches, any precautions to take before surgery.
If hip replacement becomes a necessity you will go to the clinic and do some paperwork. Surgeon will examine your health and tell you the possible solution. You will stay at the hospital and after surgery your Rehabilitation is processed by day 2-3 after surgery. Your physical therapist will come to your bed to get you for rehab and within 24-48 hours you will get up and start walking. Walking is needed for your blood pressure stabilization.
Your capacity of moving after hip replacement depends upon the type of your surgery. From the hospital you will be sent to rehab center or home rehab because it is difficult for you to help yourself in bathing/ toileting also for 2-3 weeks. In this time your PT will work on your walking tolerance and light walking.
The time of recovery varies from patient to patient, after your rehab session you will feel comfortable while you are sleeping or functioning. Not only Rehab, but your surgeon will recommend you post rehab when you have hip replacement surgery. From beginning to walk to getting active your PT will guide you with exercises to get you back to your best.
Your PT will depend upon your particular case/ surgical procedure during the rehab. PT will teach you to correctly put weight on the affected leg with an assistive device. PT will advise and teach you to bend your hip more than angle of 90 and How to cross your legs etc.
Physical Therapy will continue for a number of weeks even if you are discharged. Many patients need no home care after rehab but depend upon your overall situation of health. When you recover properly means when you need no help or guidance your outpatient physical therapy will continue to work on your range of motion, conditioning.
Consider this also: -
When you are selecting a Physical therapist or a surgeon in case of surgery in near location you should properly investigate for experiences of healthcare. The Physical Therapist must treat the patients with certified orthopedic in total hip replacement. You can consider Physical therapy is also not helping in pain in some typical patients. This happens when you keep on delaying your hip replacement or you are not attending your PT sessions on a proper schedule. For more than 4-6 months you should continue outpatient Physical Therapy when you are dealing with pain like degenerative arthritis. For some cases when you spent years in delay with pain and not tried physical therapy or surgery. One more reason when physical therapy is beneficial for the time when you join Physical therapy but no longer it will hip you if your hip has accelerated to a point of severe degeneration.
Alternatives you can use –
Some injections are beneficial in the case of degenerative organs. Rather than taking the first step towards hip replacement you can choose these alternatives with physical therapy as injections will keep on working and physical therapy will make that effort in momentum.
Prolotherapy- Injections- Those who experience joint and back pain, prolotherapy procedure works for them. In this procedure natural irritants are injected into the soft tissue that trigger the body’s healing, such as chronic pain.
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