Posts Tagged ‘Hip Osteoarthritis’
Getting to the bottom of buttock pain
Getting to the ‘bottom’ of buttock pain can sometimes prove a diagnostic dilemma, due to the number of potential local sources of nociception and relative complexity in anatomical relationships within the posterior hip region. This is compounded by pelvic structures and more remote sources within the lumbar spine. Perhaps this conundrum sometimes leads health and…
Read MoreSurgical Management of Hip Osteoarthritis – Types of Prostheses and Approaches
Includes videocast, podcast, infographic & video/podcast notes. When the time does come for surgery for advanced hip osteoarthritis, it’s not one size fits all in terms of surgical and prosthetic options. There are choices around conventional Total Hip Replacement or Hip Resurfacing, cemented or uncemented prostheses, bearing surfaces and surgical approaches to the hip. This…
Read MoreNon-surgical options for management of hip osteoarthritis: An orthopaedic perspective
Includes podcast, infographic & podcast notes. Hip Osteoarthritis can be well managed through a blended approach of activity and load modification, exercise therapy and strength and conditioning, manual therapy and a polypharmacy approach of short acting, usually oral pharmaceuticals and long acting, usually injectable pharmaceuticals. Prior to being considered as a candidate for total hip…
Read MoreTotal Hip Replacement – Is it time yet?
Guidelines from Dr Patrick Weinrauch, Orthopaedic Surgeon. Includes podcast, infographic & podcast notes. Making the decision to undergo Total Hip Replacement (Total Hip Arthroplasty) is something that patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) may agonise over – understandably so. Although this is generally a remarkably successful procedure with the potential to substantially improve function and quality…
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