ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP DAMAGES Snapping hip condition is a disorder categorized by a cracking feeling with repeatedly a perceptible ‘popping’ noise at any hip flexing or extending. Snapping hip condition occurs from many causes, most commonly due to tendons squeezing on a bony prominence and “cracking” whit any hip motion. Snapping hip condition is not in fact a diagnosis, but rather a sign. The snapping feeling indication is caused by a primary diagnosis, but in order to ensure appropriate therapy, this diagnosis must first be acknowledged. Snapping Hip Condition / Causes Iliotibial Band Syndrome The iliotibial band is a thick…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/SURGICAL TECHNIQUES About Micro-Crack Surgery A micro-crack also called micro-fracture is a new technique that consists creating small holes in the bone in order to penetrate the hard bone coating allowing the deeper, more vascular bone to access the joint surface. This deeper bone possesses a more rich blood supply, and the cells can then get to the coating surface to motivate cartilage growth. When a patient suffers of a partial damaged cartilage (and not widespread arthritis), a micro-fracture may be performed in an attempt to motivate new cartilage growth. Micro-crack is most frequently performed inside the knee…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/SURGICAL TECHNIQUES Generally, going through a knee joint surgical process, and how to spend the postoperative recovery, can be intimidating for a patient. In addition, trying to hold the responsibility as a caregiver can also be complicated. With this lecture, you will have an idea about some of the difficulties that, people undergoing a knee joint surgical procedure may face, and what a caregiver can offer to help make the recovery process a little easier.   Some of the frequent surgical measures that may impair a patient’s function after surgery include: Knee switching surgeryACL restoration surgeryArthroscopic knee surgery…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP SWITCHING SURGERY Hip switching surgery was for a long period the common hip arthritis therapy for elderly patients. However, worries arise when a patient passes his 40s, 50s, or when a younger person has severe hip arthritis and it is not relieved with simple non-surgical measures. Actually, hip switching surgery is becoming more frequent with younger and active persons. How Young Is Too Young? There is no definite answer to this question; but what all that we know is that performing hip switching surgery with younger patients may reduce the surgery risks of surgery. The primary advantage…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP SWITCHING SURGERY Actually, obesity frequency seems to be an astonishing and increasing problem. (Over one-third of all adults in the U.S. are obese). This abnormality carries important health concerns such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and osteoarthritis development. As a rule, excess weight puts noteworthy added stress on the human body’s joints. For this reason, obesity is becoming a regular disorder effecting patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis. When all the simple and non-surgical measures fail, a total hip switching surgery seems to be the operative surgical alternative for the hip osteoarthritis end-stage. Obesity, Hip…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP SWITCHING SURGERY The question is: When to be ready to perform a hip switching surgery? A total hip switching surgery is a significant surgery that should be taken into consideration. Usually, when patients “cannot support the pain no longer”, they were deciding for a hip switching surgery. Today, with the progress in the technique, the motivation may not be only pain as substantial, but it does reinforce how grave such decision is. Here are some common tips to help assessing whether actually is the right time for a hip switching: Hip Replacement Readiness/ Signs Generally, a switching…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP SWITCHING SURGERY Hip arthritis is a hip pain frequent cause. When hip arthritis becomes serious, a hip switching technique may be performed. With Hip arthritis, the joint normal smooth cartilage surface is defected over the time. As this cartilage is damaged gradually, the bone is became exposed and the normal hip movements became problematic, such as walking, getting up from a chair, or even sleeping. To remind, the hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint, the ball normally rotates within the socket to allow hip movements in all directions. The ball and the socket are covered with a…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP DAMAGES Hip Bursitis and Tendinitis Iliopsoas syndrome is one of numerous disorders that affect the hip joint. From the frequent disorders that affect this hip joint we note the iliopsoas bursitis and the iliopsoas tendinitis. These two disorders are frequent among athletes who perform recurrent hip flexion movements, such as the gymnasts, the dancers and the track and field warriors. To remind: The iliopsoas muscles are the anterior hip muscles. They are crafted of the psoas major, the psoas minor and the iliacus. The key function of this hip joint is hip flexion. Within the hip joint,…

ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/HIP DAMAGES A hip stress crack is a severe damage to the ball of the ball-and-socket hip joint. Hip stress cracks are damages to the bone resulting from overuse motion. Hip stress cracks can arise at any age. A Hip stress crack is due to recurrent micro-shock to the bone. Over the time, the body cannot maintain facing the forces acting on the bone, and a crack eventually happens. Hip stress cracks differs from a high-energy hip crack due to a sudden brutal fall or a pathologic crack due to osteoporosis, tumors, or inflammation. Hip stress cracks /…