Pain in the hip joint is one of the most common and unpleasant diseases. People of all ages suffer from it.
Hip: treatment, symptoms
As a rule, the term “joint disease” means such ailments:
- secondary arthrosis, which appeared due to a trauma or surgical intervention;
- arthrosis (osteoarthrosis);
- osteochondrosis;
- polyarthritis;
- acute and chronic arthritis, including reactive arthritis;
- periarthritis;
- osteoporosis;
- arthropathies, including psoriatic arthropathy, arising from various pathologies;
- joint ankylosis.
Now we will consider how the treatment of the hip joint is carried out at home.
Folk remedies
It should be noted - treatment of the hip joint at home is aimed at eliminating the pain associated with the inflammatory process.
Salt baths
The most effective, readily available and simplest method for treating arthritis is hot salt baths. To do this, fill the bath with hot water, dissolve a cup of Epsom salt in it and immerse yourself in it for a while, half an hour is enough. This procedure will help the tissues of the body relax, thereby reducing the sensation of pain. Therapeutic baths can be taken as often as you want.
If there is no opportunity to use the bath, even a hot shower is suitable. Heat can aggravate or intensify pain, then it is recommended that the therapy be carried out with cold - this is another effective way of alternative treatment. In this case, it is enough to apply ice to the diseased joint or lower the diseased part of the body into cold water.
Pain sensations disappear due to the fact that the tissues surrounding the joint become not so sensitive under the influence of cold, and this also pain temporarily dulls. Cold compresses can be applied once a day for fifteen minutes.
Exercise and a balanced diet
Hip joint treatment at home is also a healthy diet. Everyone knows that overweight puts excessive pressure on the joints, becoming one of the main causes of their diseases. To facilitate the course of the disease, you need to maintain yourself in shape, while not allowing the occurrence of excess weight.
Physical activity will be useful for normalizing weight, in addition, they will help maintain the strength and flexibility of the joints, which will contribute to their speedy recovery. The choice of a set of exercises should be treated carefully - if you feel uncomfortable during classes, stop immediately.
Pain ointment
To get rid of the lameness caused by pain, the following treatment of the hip joint at home will help you. Take an egg yolk, a spoonful of turpentine, a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. These ingredients must be thoroughly whipped and gently rubbed into a sore spot.
Lingonberry Decoction
Two tablespoons of lingonberry leaves should be boiled in a glass of water for 15 minutes, then strain and drink in small portions throughout the day.
This folk remedy can be used for arthritis, articular rheumatism, salt deposition, edema and gout.
Infusion of spruce branches
It is necessary to collect the branches of spruce, then pour boiling water over them and remove to insist for half an hour. After the temperature of the infusion drops to 37 ° C, immerse the diseased limb there for 30 minutes. After taking this bath, wrap the sore spot with warmth and rest for an hour. To achieve a quick effect, such a folk remedy for treating rheumatoid arthritis needs to be used several times.
Dandelion Flask
Pour a spoonful of the mixture of the roots and flowers of a dandelion with a glass of water and remove for an hour. As soon as the infusion is filtered, it will need to be consumed in 1/4 cup 4 times a day. This is an indispensable tool if you have a dislocation of the hip joint, polyarthritis or rheumatism.
Currant leaves
You need to pour a few grams of blackcurrant leaves in a glass of boiling water, remove it for 20 minutes, then drink half a glass twice a day, replacing this with tea and coffee.
Propolis lotions
Hip dislocation, sciatica and arthritis can be cured with a cloth dampened with propolis. For this, the material is placed for the winter in a hive for bees. It is removed as soon as it is saturated with propolis, after which it is applied to the affected areas.
Rubbing with honey and radish
This tool is prepared very easily: a large radish is taken, in which a hole is cut. It is filled with honey. After 4 hours, juice appears - they can rub all sore spots, greatly facilitating the course of the disease.
Arthrosis Treatment
Arthrosis is a non-mechanical abrasion of cartilage, which leads to a decrease in their elasticity, due to which there is inflammation of the periarticular tissues. The main reason for such changes is a metabolic disturbance that occurs in the body. Therefore, in this case, the treatment of hip joints without surgery must begin with a cleansing of the body, as well as the regulation of the digestive tract and liver.
Herbal medicine will be indispensable. It will help reduce pain, positively affect the regenerative processes of cartilage, and reduce their swelling. You can use grinding in dandelion, infusions of horsetail, birch leaves and wild strawberries, saber, thyme and willow bark.
There is a universal remedy that helps in the treatment of other diseases of the joints - these are birch leaves, the spectrum of use of which is very wide: steaming, therapeutic baths, massages. Decoctions prepared from them, removes excess uric acid from the bladder, joints and kidneys.
A series of pain
The series is the oldest folk remedy that has anti-inflammatory and wound healing effects. It normalizes metabolism and calms the nervous system.
To get the infusion, 2 tablespoons of the series should be poured with a glass of boiling water, let it brew for twenty minutes, and then drink 3 tablespoons three times a day. The course of treatment is 1 month.
Baths with a decoction of the plant are also very effective. The high content of manganese and tannins in it helps to stop inflammation and improve blood circulation in the joints.
Medicinal ointment
To create a miraculous ointment, you need butter (homemade), juniper berries, as well as nettle leaves - in equal proportions. Berries and leaves need to be crushed and mixed with oil (1: 3). The resulting ointment must be rubbed into the diseased joint several times a day for a month. Store the ointment in the refrigerator in a glass container.
Burdock compresses
Pain in the joint, the difficulty of flexion, atrophy of the thigh muscles - some people are familiar with these symptoms. Hip coxarthrosis, the treatment of which is described in this article, is a serious disease that requires long-term treatment. To do this, rinse the leaves of burdock, rinse them with a rolling pin and attach to a sore spot. This compress will improve the composition of blood and urine, effectively remove salts from the joints, and also strengthen muscle tissue. In addition to coxarthrosis, it can be used for rheumatism and gout.
The most effective and oldest method of treating gout in traditional medicine is the use of lemon tinctures. To do this, you need 150 g of garlic and 3 lemons. Grind everything in a meat grinder, then insist with a glass of water throughout the day. The resulting infusion should be taken every morning for 50 g.
Rheumatologists advise using such an infusion: a spoon of apple cider vinegar, a spoon of honey, a glass of water. The mixture should be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach.
People suffering from gout need to remove excess uric acid from the body with a mixture of chamomile and linden blossom. A spoonful of components taken in the same proportion is poured with two glasses of hot water, infused for a little less than an hour and drunk during the day.
Other compresses
Hip joint inflammation, the treatment of which is possible with traditional medicine, can be removed independently. To do this, you need to take a decoction of cloves of garlic: the garlic simmers for 20 minutes in a small volume of water, then a spoonful of lemon juice is added. After the agent has completely cooled, it must be filtered, moisten gauze in it and apply to the sore spot.
Good results are obtained from a cabbage leaf compress. It is extremely simple: you need to take a few fresh leaves of cabbage, beat them off with a hammer, and then attach to the affected area. Terry cloth and film are superimposed on top. For the best effect, cabbage leaves can be coated with honey. This procedure must be done before bedtime.
Osteoporosis treatment
This is a disease that reduces the density of bone tissue, because of which they often break and become brittle. To prevent this from happening, you need to rub egg oil in sore spots. Hard-boiled egg yolks are fried until a black liquid appears, which is egg oil. If the hip joint hurts when walking, it can be used in the form of compresses or rubbed.