Before undergoing a hip replacement, there are some other alternative medicine treatments you may want to consider.
Alternative medicine treatments to hip replacement like exercise, walking aids, chiropractic, physiotherapy, muscle therapy, nutritional supplements, herbs, and medication may help you avoid hip replacement surgery altogether.
For starters, a good exercise program can strengthen the muscles around your hip joint, which can help reduce your hip pain and give you more movement in your hip joint.
Using a walking aid, like a cane, can also help relieve some of the stress
put on your hip joint, and can help reduce your hip pain.
In a sense, medications are an alternative treatment to hip replacement surgery.
However, as we have discussed and will discuss in more detail, these drugs have
serious long term consequences.
An analgesic medicine, like Tylenol, may help treat your pain...an NSAID, like aspirin or ibuprofen may reduce the inflammation in your joints and help reduce the pain in your hip joint.
Many people also treat their hip joint pain by using nutritional supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin and herbs. Again, check with your pharmacist or go online and look for interaction with any medications you may be taking.
Keep checking back this week as we continue to discuss other alternative medicine treatments for hip replacement.
Steps to Improve Your Health
Dr. Steven Dell
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