Hip Pain

Degenerative Joint Disease, Labral tear, Osteoarthritis, Bone Spurs, Capsular Ligament laxity or fibrosis

  With the exception of ligament laxity and fibrosis, most of these conditions can be diagnosed with an XRay or MRI imaging. Many hip pain patients can be helped with these conditions using PRP (as bioactive plasma) or PBSCs (Peripheral Blood Stem Cells) but it should be noted that the hip is a very large, dynamic joint and can take several months to heal. It is key to note that many patients can avoid the recommended orthopedic surgery for labral tears and osteoarthritis by using PRP (as bioactive plasma) with the appropriate injection technique that includes curettage of bone spurs and chondrocalcinosis that can builds up around acetabulum for labral tears and osteoarthritis. Osteopathic practitioners who are skilled with the needle can feel these damaged tissues while injecting the joint and, along with the PRP (as bioactive plasma) or PBSCs (Peripheral Blood Stem Cells), add phosphatidylcholine to the injection, in order to help dissolve bone spurs and calcinosis in the cartilage or labrum of large joints such as the hip. In addition, many hip pain patients must also be injected in the capsular ligaments (usually from the posterior hip) to break down the fibrosis that can build up in these ligaments if they have been shortened over time due to guarding an arthritic hip joint or labral tear. Proper rehabilitation of the hip post-injection is key and may include stretching, yoga, mobility exercises, and shockwave therapy such as that used by Dr. Eric Haynie. https://aspenspineandphysicalmedicine.com/