Category Archives: Hip Treatments

Alternative treatments for hip problems.

New Procedure Helps Patients Avoid Hip Replacement and Repairs Joint Damage

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December 18, 2017


COLUMBUS, Ohio – Doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using a procedure called Subchondroplasty to give patients with damaged hips more treatment options and ultimately avoid replacement surgery.

“We want to preserve the native hip whenever possible because once you have a hip replacement, there’s no going back,” said Dr. Kelton Vasileff, an orthopedic surgeon at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. “We’re able to use a bone-hardening procedure that’s traditionally been used in knee surgery to help repair a patient’s own hip joint.”

During the procedure, a bone substitute material is injected into a small hole in the joint, filling any voids or lesions in the bone. Over the few years following surgery, a patient’s body replaces … Read the rest

PRP Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment for Injured Tendons, Muscles and Joints by Dr. Brian C. Halpern

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Published on Mar 12, 2012

Dr. Brian C. Halpern, Sports Medicine Physician at Hospital for Special Surgery, discusses how platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections may help treat injured bone or soft tissue, such as a tendon or ligament. Produced from a person’s own blood, PRP is a concentration of a type of cells called platelets which contain factors that are essential for healing tissues. PRP has been shown to help improve function in people with conditions such as chronic tendonitis, arthritis, tennis elbow, golfer elbow, rotator cuff tears and Achilles tendon injuries.

The PRP treatment process starts with a blood sample that is taken from a patient. The blood is put into a centrifuge to separate the PRP from the blood. After the PRP is treated, … Read the rest

Stem Cell Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Hip: Current Perspectives by Nathan Wei, MD

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The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is caused by the premature wearing
away of cartilage, the gristle that caps the ends of
long bones.Osteoarthritis has a predilection for
weight-bearing joints such as the neck, low back,
hips, and knees.One of the areas that has gained a lot of
interest in recent years because of its apparent
increased incidence and prevalence, is
osteoarthritis of the hip. Unlike osteoarthritis of
the knee, there is very little correlation with
obesity as far as the initiation of disease.
However, once osteoarthritis has developed,
worsening of symptoms occurs with increasing
adiposity.

There is also a correlation with prior trauma to
the hip as well as the presence of congenital
abnormalities that may predispose the hip to early

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