Exercises therapeutic exercises and complexes of exercise therapy for pathologies of the hip joint

Physical therapy after hip replacement surgery helps to restore its functions. The hip joint is provided to connect the legs and torso of the human body. It accounts for a huge proportion of the load, so in diseases, injuries and lesions of this joint there is an acute unbearable pain that requires immediate medical intervention. One of these interventions is carried out with total hip arthroplasty. It is to replace the destroyed element of the artificial joint implant to provide a smooth and painless rotation of the joint. The prosthesis can be made of different materials. Use metal or ceramics, as well as stainless steel, cobalt, chrome or titanium. Based on the individual indicators of the patient, the surgeon picks up the material and size of prosthesis of hip joints.

What pathologies require surgery?

This operation is offered to people who to no avail have gone through all kinds of conservative treatment. Such interference is allowed if:

• infectious rheumatoid arthritis of the hip joint;
• pathology of the blood supply to the bone
• hip dysplasia
• deforming arthrosis of the hip joint;
• aseptic or avascular bone necrosis of the femoral head, which partially mortify bone tissue;
• dysfunction of the limbs and pain due to the ineffectiveness of previous treatment;
• lesions of the hip joint in rheumatic diseases;
• fibrous ankylosis, when fibrous tissue grows, causing stiffness and, as a consequence, complete immobility in hip joint;
• bone ankylosis, when growing bone tissue, leading to immobility of joint;
• the damage to the joint, resulting in limb shortening
• impaired function of joint due to traumatic changes.

In osteoarthritis of the hip joint are deformed articular surface is observed and the breakdown of cartilage. This disease causes severe pain that prevented to move freely, and, as a consequence, a person loses his active life. Basically, the disease manifests in old age but can be diagnosed and the youth, manifesting itself as a result of injuries or congenital abnormalities in joint structure.

Rheumatoid, infectious arthritis, or Cox, which has been classified as chronic autoimmune diseases, occur in young people and elderly. It affects the joints and other organs and body systems. When infectious rheumatoid arthritis of the hip joint occur inflammatory-degenerative phenomena that lead to stiffness and stiffness.
In the case of fracture of the femur, the consequence may be a hip replacement. Such fractures often occur in older people. Sometimes they don't grow together, and then one of the safe ways out of this situation may be the implantation of the implant. After surgery with exercise therapy for fractures of the pelvis and proper care of the prosthesis enables older people to rise to their feet and provides them the years of mobile life. To avoid this, when dysplasia are recommended exercises and physiotherapy.

Timely diagnosis and the right physical activity with hip dysplasia in children in the future can save a child from a wheelchair.

physical therapy after hip replacement surgery

nowadays there are many methods of rehabilitation after prosthetic treatment. is Widely used physiotherapy taking into account peculiarities of all postoperative periods. basically define three periods for people who had undergone hip replacement. The first period lasts from the time of surgery and up to 10 days thereafter.

The purpose of this period include:

• promoting emotional recovery of the patient;
• prevention of complications in the respiratory and cardiovascular systems;
• improve blood circulation of the feet;
• increased mobility of the endoprosthesis;
• training the patient to contact with the prosthesis (to sit down, to turn, to do the exercises, etc.).

The Second period occurs from 10 days to 3 months. The goal of the second period:

• strengthening the muscles of both legs;
• advanced training – descent and climbing stairs
• resume the correct gait.

Third period – from 3 months onwards. Its objectives are:

• continuing to strengthen and train the muscles of the legs;
• addiction to stress and physical activity, both casual and work.

For each of these periods there are a numberof exercises therapeutic gymnastics and physical education.

the Approximate set of exercises

In the first period after prosthetic leg is fixed, but occasionally the position of the operated leg needs to be changed. Used to secure the legs in the right position cushion or pillow. If you need to change the position of the body, the pillow must be placed between the thighs to prevent the foot to make unwanted movements. During this period, it is recommended to do the workout of both feet. Healthy foot movement occur in all joints.

Operated leg requires more accurate movements:

• moving forward-back foot until the tension in the muscles;
• to stretch and relax the muscles of the thigh and buttocks
• using the pillow to lift the knee, move the leg up;
• to take your feet along the bed to the side and back;
• leaving your pelvis stationary, lift the leg up.

In the second postoperative period several times a day are a short walk using a cane. Each time, they are becoming longer and more intense. Rest, preferably, should be lying on your back. Need to dress sitting on a chair, knees should be below the level of the pelvis. For prosthetic legs, you can perform exercises on your back:

• fold-unfold the ankle and rotate the foot;
• holding the foot firmly on the floor, bend your knees;
• to spread his legs out to the sides along the floor;
• to do the "Bicycle".

Also Shown exercises on the stomach:

• bend your legs, pulling the heels to the buttocks;
• straining the gluteal muscles, try to raise straight leg
• to perform movements crawling "on their bellies".

Exercise on a chair:

• focusing his knee healthy feet and hands, raise the leg forward, backward and take a side; while the lower back does not bend, the pelvis is fixed.

In the last period therapeutic exercises performed the same way as the second, only add to the burden. Added to exercises of proprietary with support and later without it. The pelvis is not bent more than 90 degrees, and the knee does not extend far forward. In children, incidence of the disease dysplasia. The basis of this disease – violation associated with the development of bone and cartilage structures of the joint, its ligaments and muscles. Often diagnosed in newborns in the hip joint. When dysplasia feature is that the absence, deficiency or irregularity of treatment is almost always the child has a disability occurs.