Treatment of coxarthrosis in the sanatorium Staraya Russa

The main method of combating coxarthrosis is drug therapy. Painkillers, anti-inflammatory, vasodilators and chondoprotectors are prescribed. To achieve a positive effect, drug therapy is recommended to be combined with non-drug therapy. It is recommended to undergo treatment in sanatorium-resort institutions.

Spa programs offer a set of measures specially designed to combat coxarthrosis. It includes physiotherapy procedures: light therapy, magneto-, electro-, laser- and cryotherapy. Special warming compresses, mud therapy, and special massages are offered. An even more effective method is physical therapy, with individually selected exercises that help improve blood circulation and strengthen muscles.

Contraindications:

Severe forms of bone and joint damage with abundant discharge, severe general phenomena (hectic temperature, severe exhaustion) or amyloidosis of internal organs.
Polyarthritis with a progressive process in the joints, with ankylosis, contractures, etc. with irreversible changes in the joints and loss of the ability to self-care. Severe deformities of the joints with secondary sinuses due to the loss of the ability to move independently.
Chronic osteomyelitis in the presence of large sequesters or a large foreign metal body in the osteomyelitic focus (the presence of small metal fragments in the surrounding soft tissues is not a contraindication for spa treatment). Septic forms of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis with systemic lesions (visceritis).
General contraindications that exclude the referral of patients to resorts and local sanatoriums.

Treatment results

Conservative treatment is able to cope with pain and impaired motor activity perfectly. Also, therapy in the sanatorium helps to slow down the progression of the disease. But it is possible to get rid of severe osteoarthritis only surgically.

Consequences of lack of treatment

In advanced cases, doctors detect neoplasms in the area of the large trochanter – bursitis. They are the causes of night pains. Another complication is osteonecrosis, gonarthrosis.

Коксартроз – болезнь тазобедренного сустава, которая выражается в ограничении его функциональной деятельности. В некоторых случаях установить причины коксартроза невозможно, однако часто факторами, влекущими недугявляются тяжелые физические нагрузки, травмы бедра, воспалительные процессы, нарушение обмена веществ, большие физические нагрузки, наследственность.