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April 10, 2008

Alternative Medicine Treatments to Hip Replacement

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.

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April 12, 2008

Is Hip Resurfacing a Good Alternative Medicine Treatment to Hip Replacement?”

Hip resurfacing has been a popular alternative medicine therapy to hip replacement in Europe for years, but it is still a fairly new alternative medicine treatment in the United States. As a matter of fact, the FDA just approved the first hip resurfacing system less than 2 years ago.

So, how do you know if you’re a good candidate for an alternative medicine treatment like hip resurfacing?

The benefit of opting for hip resurfacing in lieu of hip replacement is that hip resurfacing doesn’t require the “ball” of the hip to be removed and replaced. Instead, the hip “ball” is reshaped and capped with metal, and the hip socket is fitted with a metal prosthesis.

Another benefit to hip resurfacing is the capped metal hip “ball” is bigger than the one used in hip replacements, so you have less risk of dislocating your hip in the future.

But what about the risks?

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April 15, 2008

Alternative Medicine Treatment to Hip Replacement: Osteotomy

If you’re considering hip replacement surgery or if you suffer from chronic hip disease, there’s an alternative medicine treatment available you should know about…osteotomy.

Osteotomy is a surgical procedure that involves cutting and moving your hip bone.

Although osteotomies aren’t as popular today as hip replacement surgery, it is important to consider an osteotomy as an alternative medicine treatment to hip replacement for a number of reasons.

The main advantage an alternative treatment like osteotomy has over hip replacement is that it uses no artificial parts!

But with an osteotomy, your own bone is used. Your doctor changes the shape of your hip joint, and moves the healthier parts of your hip bone into your newly shaped hip joint. This healthier bone can bear more weight and your joint pain and inflammation disappear. The bones are held together with metal pins while they heal, and then the pins are removed – leaving nothing but your own

This photo shows where the pins have been inserted in a patient who has just had an osteotomy.

bone! No plastic or metal parts that will eventually need to be replaced.

With a typical hip replacement, your damaged hip joint is replaced withartificial parts like metal and plastic. But these artificial parts wear out over time, and you end up needing another hip replacement. And….the more hip replacement surgeries you have, the less successful they become.

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