Sprain of the hip ligaments

This problem is mostly familiar to people who are actively involved in sports, but does not bypass this trauma and ordinary citizens, although it is somewhat more difficult to obtain in a domestic environment. The stretching of the hip ligaments is exactly that.

It is worth to clarify that in this situation, one should not confuse damage to ligaments and injury to muscle tissue. These are somewhat different things, and muscle trauma is diagnosed by doctors quite often. At the same time, it is less painful and does not carry much complications.

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Causes of stretching of the hip ligaments

Each person is endowed with his temperament and his preferences. Some people like to lie on the sofa with a newspaper, while others prefer active rest. Naturally, the second is more likely to get injured, but even the first ones are not immune from bruises, abrasions, falls, with all the consequences that follow from the given situation. What are the causes of stretching of the hip ligaments?

• The main source of injury is a fall or involuntary slip.
• Moving on an uneven surface.
• Not treated trauma, weakened ligament.
• Lead to the trauma is also capable of a sharp change in the position of the body, forcing unprepared ligaments to work for a break.
• Pathology, negatively affecting the nerve conduction and muscle tissue.
• You can be defeated by a fracture provoked by an accident.
• Congenital predisposition.
• Violation of safety during a sport.
• Monotonous movements with load.

The process of stretching is the full or partial breaking of small fibers, of which the ligamentous tissue consists. The severity of the pathology of this trauma doctors - orthopedists spread to several categories:

• An easy degree of pathology is the rush of a small number of individual tissue threads.
• The average severity of the lesion is a rupture of all tissue connections, followed by their "fraying" (the fibers are torn and begin to separate from each other).
• Severe pathology - a complete rupture of the ligament, with its subsequent detachment from the bone.
• It is very rare, but a particularly severe lesion is diagnosed when, together with torn ligaments, a fragment of a piece of bone is observed. Such a pathology of orthopedists is stated as a breakaway fracture.

In most cases, it affects children and adolescents who do not yet have a strong bone structure or older people who already have an age history of osteoporosis. Adult patients, nevertheless, are more likely to stretch the hip ligaments, but they have this pathology with great complications, long courses of treatment and recovery periods. The severity of the disease largely depends on such factors: the impact forces on the tissues, the nature of the applied load, the condition of the ligamentous apparatus of the person and his entire body.

Sprain of the coxa of the hip joint

There are several reasons for causing pain symptoms in this area, but all of them are related to the pathological changes that have occurred in this area: defeat of fascia, bone, muscle and cartilaginous tissues, sprain of the hip joints. Trauma of ligaments occurs quite often, especially among athletes. This can happen, in the case when a person receives an excessive load on the connective tissues of the hip joint. If the elasticity of the ligaments to resist the pressure is not enough, in this case, a rupture or stretching of the hip ligaments is obtained. Often, a doctor can observe not only this symptomatology, but also other manifestations of trauma.

If it did not work out and the accident happened, it is necessary to act immediately to prevent even more damage to this area, since delay can lead to weakening of the fixation of the joint itself, and, in the future, to fracture of the bones. Therefore, it is necessary to immediately provide first aid: fix the injured place with a tight bandage (elastic bandage) and apply cold. After this, it is necessary to show the patient's joint to a specialist.

Symptoms of stretching the hip ligaments

Such a nature of injuries is more characteristic of professional sports. A large percentage of injuries of the connecting apparatus of this region are accounted for by football players, swimmers, skaters, gymnasts and athletes. Symptoms of stretching the hip ligaments are as follows:

• Appearance of severe pain. Localization - hip joint.
• The pain intensifies if you want to make any movement with this joint.
• May, in the area of trauma, there is swelling and hyperemia of the skin.
• Radiography can show joint deformity.
• Gradually, the pain symptomatology is able to "spread" over the thigh, losing its clear localization and then passing to the shin. But do not forget that this symptomatology can give and defeat the lumbar spine.
• In some cases there is stiffness in the movements, decreased mobility of the joint.

Diagnosis of hip extension

If the trauma happened, the first thing to do is fix the patient's joint, giving it immobility, apply cold and urgently take the injured to an appointment with a doctor. Only a specialist is able to correctly examine a patient and make his verdict.

Diagnosis of hip extension involves:

• Analysis of patient complaints.
• Visual examination of the patient and palpation of the affected area.
• The doctor is determined with the mobility of the joint, moving the lower limb of the patient in different directions.
• For a more specific location of the stretching of the hip ligaments, the doctor asks the victim to do some simple exercises.
• To exclude another pathology, which manifests itself similarly, the doctor assigns an X-ray. This is enough to put the correct diagnosis and additional examination is no longer required.

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Treatment of hip extension

If there was a trauma to the hip joint and the diagnosis is made, then, primarily, the treatment of stretching the hip ligaments is reduced to ensuring the immobility of the joint. Only after this, we can talk about further therapy, which largely depends on the degree of damage.

To somehow dull the pain, the patient is prescribed painkillers.

Brufen (Bienne)

Everything depends on the intensity of the pain and the concomitant symptomatology. Some patients will need to take 0.6 - 1.2 g daily (in tablets), but the main recommended daily dosage is still 1.2 - 1.8 g, divided into two or three doses. In case of clinical necessity, the amount of the drug can be raised, but the maximum dosage should not exceed 2.4 g per day. To children, the dose of the drug is calculated depending on its weight - 20 mg per kilogram of the weight of the baby, divided into several receptions. In severe pathology, the dosage can be doubled.

In the form of cream, brufen is used externally. A little cream, a strip of four to ten centimeters squeezed out on the skin of the affected area and massaging movements rubbed. This procedure is carried out three to four times a day for two to three weeks.

Contraindicated drug for use in patients with a history of: ulcerative lesions of the digestive system (especially in the phase of exacerbation), bronchial asthma, kidney pathology, hives, chronic rhinitis, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. It is not recommended to give babies whose body weight has not reached seven kilograms.

Novigan

The drug has excellent anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic properties and is taken four times a day: prescribed for patients who are older than 15 years for two tablets, adolescents aged 12 to 14 years and a half tablets, children 8 to 11 years of age - one piece, kids age from five to seven - a half tablet.

Novigan is contraindicated in case the patient still has such diseases: a period of exacerbation of ulcerative pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, a collapse condition (rapid drop in arterial pressure), intestinal obstruction, as well as in case of increased sensitivity of the patient's body to the components of the drug, during pregnancy and lactation.

Ibuklin (Ibuclin)

This anti-inflammatory, analgesic is attributed to adults in the amount of one tablet three times throughout the day. Children and ibuklin are prescribed in a daily dosage of 20 mg per kilogram of the body weight of a small patient, broken down into several approaches.

It is not recommended to take this medication, to patients suffering from pathology of the gastrointestinal tract caused by erosion or ulcerative lesions, with oppression of hematopoiesis, severe liver damage, with increased sensitivity to the component composition of the drug, as well as in case of pregnancy or breastfeeding.

If there is a complete rupture of ligaments, then there is a need for surgical intervention.

After the medical therapy is administered or in parallel with it, the doctor ascribes to the patient exercises of exercise therapy (LFK), which should restore the functional orientation of the joint. It is necessary to exert maximum efforts to avoid complications.

The complex of therapeutic exercises is very smooth, not allowing jerks - this can only exacerbate the situation. All exercises are more calculated for statics than for dynamics. For example, keeping the affected limb elevated to the count. Smooth circular motion of the foot - the development of the harassing joint. Over time, with a positive course of therapy, begin to add loads.

It would be nice to connect a massage. But it should be done only by a specialist: the movements should be honed neat, because only one wrong movement is enough - and this can cause additional pain to the victim and aggravate the situation. Primarily massage the area above the lesion. Such a massage is done to relieve puffiness and only in time the doctor will take the affected area to work. These manipulations are carried out one to two times a day for 10 to 15 minutes.

Alternative therapies for sprains of the hip joint

Not bad in this situation have proven themselves and the methods of alternative medicine. Below are the simplest and most effective tools that helped our grandmothers.

• Clay mix with yogurt, bringing to the consistency of thick sour cream. Enter here the grated onions and potatoes, add the chopped cabbage (it can be at least sour, though raw). Such a drug should be applied with a compress to the damaged joint, preferably at night.
• Combine the juice of one lemon and the juice obtained after squeezing the head of garlic. With this mixture, soak gauze and apply to a disturbing place. Change the lotion until the pain goes away. The only contraindication to this composition may be an allergy to citrus and / or garlic, hypersensitivity to the patient's skin.
• Grated onion and the resulting mush, mixed with sugar, apply on gauze and compress on the diseased joint.
• Knead the dough from salt, flour and water. Roll out the tourniquet and apply it to the sore spot. Top with woolen or any other cloth. A few days of such procedures and pain must go away.
• Mix one part of the ground master soap, one part of egg yolks and two parts of warm water. With this solution soak gauze or bandage and, constantly changing, apply a bandage to the affected area.
• It is necessary to take a few leaves of aloe, wash them, pound them into gruel and apply them to the sick joint on the gauze, cover with a fixative bandage and a warm kerchief on top.
• In half a liter of apple juice, add 100 ml of vodka and two heads of garlic. This composition should be left off for two weeks, periodically (at least once every two days), the vessel with infusion should be shaken. In the third week, the composition should be filtered and add to it 15 drops of eucalyptus oil. Shake well. Can be applied in the form of applications.
• It is necessary to mix five drops of such aromatic oils as lavender and chamomile. Dilute them with a small amount of water and use to make compresses.

Applying these simple recipes, which are easy to prepare at home, you can quickly get rid of piercing pain in the area of the damaged hip joint, as well as noticeably shorten the rehabilitation period to restore its normal functioning.

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Prevention of sprains in the hip

Whatever the strength of the lesion was not pathology, it is better to warn it than to treat it later. You can say this about our problem. Prophylaxis of stretching of the hip ligaments includes several simple rules.

• When walking, you should wear comfortable and comfortable shoes on your feet. Should not be embarrassed and clothing. Since too high a heel or too narrow a skirt can cause a fall or slip, which can lead to unpleasant consequences.
• It is necessary to constantly monitor your diet so as not to get overweight. Extra kilograms - this is an additional burden on the joints and the connecting apparatus.
• The active way of life will allow to strengthen the muscular skeleton, which at least partially will overload the load on itself. Trained muscles will protect the ligaments from damage.
• If a person is professionally engaged in sports, before you begin to increase the load, it is worth warming, stretching and stretching muscles - this is an excellent prevention of stretching of the hip ligaments.
• Try to avoid sudden movements.

Prognosis of hip extension

This defeat is an unpleasant but not fatal pathology. And then how correctly the first medical aid will be rendered to the victim, the prognosis of stretching of the hip ligaments depends to a large extent. If, first of all, everything was done correctly, and the patient quickly got to see a specialist, then it is not necessary that the victim has time to return to his usual way of life. Otherwise, this moment will come, but not so quickly, and the consequences may not be so rosy. Do not just do self-medication.

Beauty in high heels, an athlete running along the path of the stadium, or an elderly person - no one is immune from the diagnosis of sprain of the hip ligaments. The main thing is not to lose control over the situation and, in the very first minutes, to be able to correctly provide first aid. After all, it depends largely on how long the treatment will be, the recovery period, and whether it will subsequently be burdened by another pathological symptomatology. After this, do not engage in self-medication - it is necessary to deliver the victim as soon as possible to a specialist, who will take care of the patient further. In light of the above, it is worth to be more accurate, demanding of yourself and attentive to others. And you and Vyshy are close to health!