Exercise therapy for arthrosis of the hip joint: the best exercises

Hip arthritis is a severe, degenerative disease that regularly progresses and provokes a slow deformation of the joints. About 15 percent of adults are affected by the disease, for this reason the question of its treatment continues to be relevant. To eliminate the pathology, you can take medications and physiotherapy, but gymnastics will be the best method to combat this condition. Exercises for the treatment of coxarthrosis of the hip joint are quite simple to perform and do not take much effort. All the gymnastic procedures should be monitored by the attending specialist, since an improperly selected set of exercises or their incorrect conduct can only worsen the patient's condition and provoke dangerous complications.

Causes of the disease

Before starting treatment of arthrosis of the hip joint with gymnastics, it is important to determine the causes of its appearance:

• joint deformation;
• violation of the structure of the spine of a neglected form;
• dysplasia;
• problems in the production of hormones in the body;
• excessive physical exertion on the human body;
• problems in the metabolic system, poor blood circulation;
• stresses, nervous shocks, fatigue and a general feeling of malaise in a person.

Most often, the disease occurs as a result of concomitant problems, for example, disorders in the structure of the spine. In this case, you must first treat the root cause of the lesion.

Women are particularly susceptible to arthrosis of the hip joint due to the structural features of their joints. The disease can spread to one or several joints at once, which as a result leads to problems with the motor activity of a person, does not allow him to move normally.

The main symptoms of the lesion include:

• pronounced chromate;
• thigh diseases;
• discomfort, pain;
• a feeling of constriction;
• unpleasant sounds during movement in the joint (clicking, crunching, whistling).

The degree of development of the disease

Specialists distinguish the distinguishing features of the disease at each degree of its development:

1. The first degree is pain in the lower limb, which appears as a result of tension. When a problem is identified, the specialist notices small defects in the structure of the joint.
2. The second degree is a noticeable increase in pain, which begins to spread to the lower leg. Every month, problems with the functioning of the joint become more pronounced, as a result of which a person develops chromate and a characteristic crunch in the joint when moving. In some cases, the limb itself is shortened due to distortion of the pelvic bones. In the pictures, the doctor sees a clear displacement of the head of the joint up.
3. The third stage of development of the lesion. A person has a constant pain that does not go away even at the moment of rest. There is an incorrect gait, severe lameness. There are severe problems with movement, spasmodic pain while walking. When conducting an x-ray, you can notice a severe damage to the head of the joint. It contains a large number of defects.

Diet

With such a disease, it is very important to follow the rules of nutrition. This can be explained by the fact that with the help of this person can improve the condition of cartilage, prevent the development of complications due to the large number of useful trace elements and vitamins in the composition of food.

When compiling a diet, it is important to exclude foods from the diet that can at least somehow adversely affect the functioning of the human musculoskeletal system.

Features of proper nutrition:

1. With this diet, it is allowed to eat broths from mushrooms, fish or lean meat. A good effect can be achieved by eating dishes with a heart, kidneys or liver.
2. Fresh vegetables salads should be consumed daily (cabbage, beets, eggplant, carrots and tomatoes are the most useful).
3. To enrich bones with calcium and strengthen them, you should use sour-milk products four times a week: milk, cheese, cottage cheese and fermented baked milk. Additionally, you can include dried fruits, decoctions of herbs, nuts.
4. To increase the amount of minerals and carbohydrates in the body, you should start taking cereals and porridge (oatmeal, rice, buckwheat). A large number of useful components are found in seafood, so dishes from them should be consumed constantly.

Subject to all the rules of proper nutrition for at least 2 months, a person will feel a noticeable improvement in the state of cartilage tissue, it will become stronger and more elastic.

It is important to exclude the following foods from nutrition:

• confectionery, any sweets;
• alcohol;
• sugar;
• smoked, spicy and fatty foods;
• coffee;
• sausages.

Dietary nutrition will be especially effective with a properly selected set of exercises for arthrosis of the hip joint and medical treatment.

Rules for gymnastics

In order for therapeutic exercises with arthrosis of the hip joint of varying degrees to give a good effect, the following expert advice should be followed:

1. Exercises should be carried out with a gradual increase in load. It is best to perform them several times a day to prevent stagnation in the joints.
2. Distribute the load evenly on two limbs at once.
3. Load the joint gradually, without sudden movements, so that pain and cartilage problems do not occur.
4. Each day, it is recommended to perform a set of exercises that will be individually selected by the attending physician (depending on the age of the patient and the degree of neglect of the disease).
5. To improve the effect of gymnastics, you should start swimming regularly.
6. If there is pain in the limbs when walking, you should begin to perform self-massage.

The most effective exercises

Hip arthrosis is the most common disease in this area of ​​the body. It appears as a result of insufficient lubrication of the bone calyx and the development of dysplasia. The easiest method of treating such a disease is medical exercises. It is with them that any recovery process will begin, so it is important to understand what exercises are best for such a disease.

Exercise for arthrosis of the hip joint:

1. Lie on a smooth and hard surface, stretch your legs. Raise your arms and legs up on the inhale, and on the exhale lower down. Exercise is carried out from 6 to 10 times (the first time you should use a small number of repetitions, and then gradually increase the load during regular training).
2. Without lifting your heels off the floor, raise your knees up. Perform 10 repetitions.
3. Straighten your legs, feet inward, then return to the starting position. Exercise can be done before bedtime, lying in bed. Up to ten repetitions.
4. Put your hands on your belt, lie on your back, and then start the exercise bike. Duration is 20 seconds. With such an exercise, it is important to pay special attention to breathing, it should remain smooth, continuous, so it should be performed at a slow pace.

Exercise therapy for arthrosis of the hip joint 2 degrees in the supine position:

1. Fix the hands on the hips, raise the legs up (over time, the height of the leg increases to 20-25 centimeters) and lower it back. Perform up to 10 repetitions.
2. On the same principle to raise shoulders and head.
3. Put your hands forward, tighten the muscles of the hip joint, then you should try to sit down. After the break, do up to 7 repetitions.

Features of the exercises

There are certain rules for the exercise therapy for arthrosis of the hip joint of the LD, which must be followed:

1. When identifying arthrosis, you can not overdo it and heavily load the limbs, all exercises should be carried out slowly, starting with 2-3 repetitions.
2. For gymnastics, you should choose a special comfortable place in which there will be no drafts, but there will be a stream of fresh air.
3. The main goal of the exercises is to develop the spine and relieve tension from the joints of the limbs. The most convenient position for their implementation is the pose - lying on your back.
4. If strength exercises were selected for the patient, then they should be performed with specialized belts that will fix the neck and lower back. It is forbidden to hold your breath for too long.
5. After surgery, it is important to choose a set of gymnastic exercises so that it can engage all major muscle groups. It is forbidden to select exercises to restore joints after surgery, as this can only harm a person and lead to some complications.
6. All exercises should be performed regularly. To relax from gymnastics should be allocated a maximum of one day per week.

Gymnastics for the initial stage of defeat

At the first and second stages of the development of the disease, a person can feel a short-term pain syndrome in the joints. Most often, it occurs with excessive physical exertion on a person's limbs (running or long walking). The patient can still tolerate such pain, so it is rather rare to see a doctor. At this stage of the development of the disease, it is very important to begin a set of gymnastic exercises, which will help to avoid dangerous complications. Exercise therapy for arthrosis of the hip joint 2 degrees:

1. Arrange the arms vertically, legs alternately raise up and bend at the knee. After extension, repeat the exercise 8 times.
2. The hands remain in their original position, the legs must be raised one by one, the right one bends at the knee and is understood, after the left one bends, and the right one is straightened. The exercise should be repeated up to 8 times.
3. The well-known exercise "bike". It helps to carefully develop the hip and knee joints.
4. It should lie on the left side, bend the lower leg, leave the upper in a straightened state and begin to raise and lower. After, the same movements are carried out by the left foot.
5. Stretch the heels forward, bend the socks as far as possible to the knees. Socks must be pulled for 15 seconds. The exercise is repeated 3 to 5 times.

Gymnastics complex in the treatment of the hip joint:

1. Alternately bend and unbend your knees. The exercise is repeated 5-8 times.
2. Raise an even leg 20-30 centimeters from the floor, then lower it. The same manipulations are carried out with the second leg. 7 repetitions each.
3. The legs rise up to a maximum height (about 10 centimeters), but the shoulders do not come off the floor. The movements are repeated. Depending on the strength of the pain syndrome, the exercise is repeated up to 6 times.
4. We put our hands behind our backs and try to reach them to our feet, stretching our back as much as possible. The exercise is repeated five times.

Exercise therapy for arthrosis of the hip joint LD:

1. Each leg is alternately raised and bent at the knee. Up to 7 repetitions.
2. Squats. Legs are bent. If during the exercise there is an unpleasant pain, or there is not enough strength to finish it, then for support you should use a wall, a cabinet, a chair or other furniture located nearby.
3. Tilts forward and backward, as well as body movements in a circle. The exercise is repeated up to 5 times. It brings a good result only if there is no pain during movements.
4. Spread your legs wider than your shoulders and try to reach your socks with your hands, leaning alternately left and right. Perform up to 7 repetitions.

Chair exercises

A good effect can be achieved in the treatment of hip arthrosis with the following exercises:

1. We perform flexion and extension of the lower extremities in the knee and hip joints. Perform up to 7 repetitions.
2. Next, a rubber band is taken, wrapped around the leg. The knee and hip joints are alternately bent with effort, while a rubber tourniquet should be pulled between the legs.
3. Hands grasp the back of the chair, trying to crouch. When performing this exercise, it is very important to monitor the state of posture and wear reinforcing corsets.

Strengthened Exercises

Gymnastics with arthrosis of the hip joint with increased loads includes the following exercises:

1. A healthy leg should be placed on a bench, chair, step or bed, and any support should be placed nearby. Patient foot should perform swings back and forth, left and right.
2. In a squatting position with a straight back, you should alternately unbend the leg and hold it in this position for several seconds. Up to 5 repetitions are performed daily.
   
3. Lying on its side on the side of a healthy leg, the diseased limb is raised upwards by a couple of centimeters and fixed in this state for five seconds. At the first lessons, one should not raise the limb above 5-10 centimeters, then with regular training, you can start using weighting materials or a rubber band.
4. While lying on the stomach, arms are straightened in the direction of the body, you should begin to simulate crawling, while straining the muscles of the press and hip joints.
5. Simple squats without support are carried out without lifting the heel off the floor. During the exercise, it is important to monitor the state of posture.

Exercise for arthrosis with a reduced degree of loading

If the patient had a severe form of the disease, then one gymnastics complex will not be enough, and it will have to be carried out according to special instructions. Training should take at least 10 minutes and gradually increase to 20-25 minutes.

If a pain syndrome occurs, it is important to stop working until the body recovers and the discomfort disappears. The simplest exercises for muscle and hip restoration include:

1. Near the support they put a small hill (a chair or a stool) and become a healthy limb on it. The diseased leg should be straightened and try to start performing its swings back and forth. The total amplitude of the oscillations will increase as the pain in the joint is relieved.
2. We sit on a chair, keeping your back straight. We put our knees shoulder-width apart and try to close them, straining for 5-10 seconds. Then you should relax and try to repeat the exercise another 5 times.
3. Pre-prepare a warm and even surface for the exercise, lie on your back. A special roller or a small piece of tissue should be put under the sore leg. The legs are bent apart and relax, and then return to their original position. To simplify the exercise, you can begin to perform rotational movements of the knees.

The effect of exercise therapy

Treatment of arthrosis of the hip joint with exercises helps to achieve the following effect:

• reduce pain;
• improve the general condition of a person;
• eliminate inflammation;
• restore the blood circulation in the limbs;
• eliminate unpleasant crunch when walking;
• relax overloaded muscles;
• slow down the process of deformation of the affected joint.

People who regularly perform a set of exercises note that the symptoms of the disease bother them to a much lesser extent. The mobility of the extremities is significantly improved, and gymnastics also relieves pain during movement.