Hip Pain / Arthritis
Hip pain seems to be a right of passage for elderly people.
Arthritis diagnosis of ‘bone-on-bone’, and ultimately the recommendation for hip replacement - it’s a tangled mess.
Hip arthritis is characterized by stiffness and pain ( kind of like old age).
Although there are three types: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis - and SoftWave can provide great healing and relief for all three - the vast majority are cases of osteoarthritis.
Because of SoftWave’s unique feature of (a) decreased inflammation (reduced pain); (b) increase blood supply (angiogenesis); and (c) the activation of stem cells, the immediate benefit for peoples suffering from hip ‘issues’ is extraordinary.
Chiropractic adjustments can be very helpful; combined with SoftWave the results are very long-lasting.
Although hip replacement surgery is most successful (unlike knee replacement surgery), for those who wish to avoid such invasive surgery and the lengthy and sometimes painful recovery/rehab involved, SoftWave is a valid option.
The state-of-the-art therapeutic effects that SoftWave creates healing of the bone, cartilage, joint capsule tissue - even in cases where the hip has undergone avascular necrosis (where the bone has lost its blood supply and the femoral head - ‘ball’ of the hip joint is dying:
‘in histopathological examination, the study group showed significantly more viable bone and less necrotic bone, higher cell concentration and more cell activities including phagocytosis than the control group.
‘ShockWave treatment significantly promotes angiogenesis and bone remodeling more than the control. It appears that application of shockwave results in regeneration effect in hips with ONFH (osteonecrosis of the femoral head).’
Wang, C-J, et al. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy shows regeneration in hip necrosis. Rheumatology [British Society for Rheumatology] April 2008; 47(4): p 542-546. [read article]
SoftWave’s proprietary electrohydraulic acoustic shockwave produces maximum tissue penetration.
This sets in motion important and necessary healing mechanisms for both the both the bone and cartilage of the hip:
Decreased inflammation -> less pain
Increased blood supply - causing both healing of the cartilage and bone remodeling
Activation and mobilization of resident stem cells - allowing for new cartilage and bone growth
‘Chi-square analysis showed the percentage of patients with excellent (1) or good (2) scores (i.e. successful results) 12 months after treatment was statistically greater in the shock wave therapy than in the control group. Conclusion: Shock wave therapy is an effective treatment for greater trochanteric pain syndrome.’
Furia J, et al. Low-Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy as a Treatment for Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome. The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2009; 37(9): p 1806-1813 [read article]