Exercises with coxarthrosis of the hip joint

In the course of treatment of coxarthrosis of the hip joint, it is impossible to do without a restoring physical culture complex. This disease is one of the most common arthritic pathologies. Due to the progression of the disease, which undergoes degenerative changes in cartilage and bone tissue, irreversible dystrophic processes occur in the articular bag of the patient.

Is it possible to cure coxarthrosis?

In the scientific literature more often this disease is referred to as osteoarthritis. In most cases, people over 40 are exposed to the disease. Features of the anatomical structure and appointment of the hip joint in a person determine its predisposition to the development of various pathologies.

This part of the body is the largest element of the bone system of the body. It is the hip joint, being a skeletal backbone, assumes the maximum load, and therefore often needs restoration, which can only be achieved through the performance of medical and physical exercises. With coxarthrosis, conservative therapies are also used, involving medication. In extremely difficult cases, doctors resort to surgical intervention.

At what stages of the disease can I do the exercises?

The performance of literate sports complexes will not allow the bone tissues to grow together, which allows to preserve the mobility and functionality of the joint itself. At the initial stage of the disease, regular curative gymnastics is, rather, a preventive measure, and with coxarthrosis of the 2nd degree, exercises become an integral part of the therapy that contributes not only to inhibiting the progression of pathology, but also to the removal of its symptoms. A characteristic crunch during the movement of the joint, tenderness in the inguinal and knee zone gradually turns into a severe discomfort. Self-walking with osteoarthritis in the second stage becomes the most difficult test for the patient.

Exercises for coxarthrosis of 3 degrees are selected by a specialist, based on the severity of the disease. Affected by pathology limbs often become shorter, muscle tissue begins to die, the patient's movements become more difficult, constrained, which is externally manifested by lameness. Gymnastic complexes with coxarthrosis are intended to alleviate the patient's condition, however, it is almost impossible to avoid surgical intervention at this stage of the disease.

Councils of doctors about the therapeutic charge for the joint

It should be noted that the exercise from the exercise therapy must be preceded by a certain preparation. It is important to consider the following orthopedic recommendations:

• Movement should not be carried out abruptly, smoothly, sedately.
• It is necessary to exclude even the minimum weight load on the pelvis.
• For each specific patient, doctors develop individual training schemes after thorough diagnosis.
• In combination with exercises with coxarthrosis of the hip joint, water procedures, swimming and massage will be effective.

Set of exercises in the supine position

It is impossible to deal with the treatment of such a disease as osteoarthritis: therapeutic exercise should be carried out exclusively under the supervision of a competent specialist. In addition, when going to gymnastics, it is important to think through every detail, from choosing comfortable clothes, place and time.

Since the main part of the workout is done in a prone position, it is worthwhile preparing a softening mat in advance. On the back, you need to do the following exercises:

1. Keep your legs straight, your hands are at the seams. Tighten the limbs and take a deep breath. Hands raise and exhale down. Repeat several times in a row, slowly.
2. In the same way as in the previous one: hands along the body. First, raise and lower the legs, bend at the knee and pull up again, then unbend. Breathing is calm and measured, the rate is arbitrary.
3. Hands on the waist, bent at the elbows. You need to turn your knees to each other, then straighten and lower it. Perform 7 to 10 repetitions.
4. In a lying position, you have to reduce and straighten your straight legs without lifting them for a minute.
5. "Riding a bicycle" - the movement to perform for 30 seconds, lying on the back.

Gymnastics on the abdomen with osteoarthritis

To the exercises with coxarthrosis of the hip joint of the 2nd degree, experts advise to add those that are performed in the position on the abdomen. The most effective doctors consider such a complex:

1. Leaning your forehead against the surface (it is important to make it with your forehead, not your chin or nose!), Place your hands along. Then try to raise your head as high as possible, pulling up your shoulders and holding on for a few seconds. Exercise is performed at small intervals several times.
2. Taking the starting position, as in the previous exercise, you should turn your legs one by one, trying to keep them straight. Hold your breath for 5 seconds, then lower the limb.
3. Lie down face down, straight arms pull forward. Perform a movement like swimming brace for at least 30 seconds.
4. Put your hands in front of yourself, near your chest. In the pelvic area, strain the muscle apparatus, hold the tension for a few seconds, then relax. Repeat several times.

Exercise lying on its side

There are also such exercises with coxarthrosis, which are done on the side. For example, it is: lie down, pull the lower arm up, bent at the elbow, and put a head on it. The upper leg should be slowly raised as high as possible, delayed for a few seconds and lowered with exhalation.

After completing 10 approaches, roll over to the other side, repeating the exercise. With coxarthrosis, not only the joint suffers, but also the muscles adjacent to the pelvic floor. Gymnastics classes will help to strengthen them, which will positively affect the patient's motor activity.

Hip joint training in standing position

Most often with coxarthrosis, the third degree of exercise is done in a prone position. At earlier stages of the disease, standing training is permissible. They usually do not last long, with the support:

• Leaning on the back of the chair, swinging his legs with his straight legs, changing his limbs every 10 seconds. It is important to pull the foot, trying to throw your foot as far as possible.
• In a similar situation, you should gently wave one leg first, then the other. Flexion of the limbs in the knee is undesirable. Exercise is performed for one minute.
• Standing, socks and heels together. It is necessary to "draw" a circle: it is done first with one foot, then with the second. Run several times, "drawing" the leg to try harder to strain.
• Stand on both feet, sticking to the back of the chair. The support should be moved to the front of the foot, trying to lift on the socks, then slowly lower and take the starting position. Repeat about 20 times.

Bubnovsky's method: how to prepare?

Specialists in the field of osteoarthritis treatment also recommend exercise therapy and other methods, among which Bubnovsky exercises are quite popular. With coxarthrosis, such a gymnastics is conventionally performed in two stages: first the complex is comprehended for "beginners", and after that the block of studies for the more experienced. To begin the complex part of the complex, you need to master some elements of the initial level of preparation:

• Regardless of the position of the body (sitting, lying, standing), tightly clench your teeth, squeeze your lips and exhale to pronounce the sound "pf". In this case, the hands are better placed in the solar plexus.
• Hands along the body. For 2-3 minutes, you need to alternately drop and rise on your heels, breathing in and out.

A set of exercises from a renowned rehabilitologist

It is possible to master this part of exercises with coxarthrosis without problems. Immediately after their implementation, you need to move on to the basic lesson:

1. Stand at the support, take one leg back, bending at the knee, and try to grab her by the hand. Keeping the foot for the maximum possible time, you need to try to endure the pain. After a few sessions, the muscles adapt, and the discomfort will pass.
2. In the standing position, one should tilt downwards alternately to each leg. This will help develop the muscles of the lower back, strengthen the joints.
3. Lying on your back, raise your legs high and try to throw them over your head. If the fingers touch the floor, you can assume that the exercise is completed. It refers to the most complex physical culture techniques, but it will not be necessary to doubt its effectiveness. If the first time to overcome the casting over the head is hard, you can start by raising the straight legs upwards and carefully lowering them by the head.

Joint exercises for Evdokimenko

Among the alternative gymnastics Yudokimenko exercises with coxarthrosis are also popular. A distinctive feature of this technique is the execution of movements with the maximum tension of the muscles of the hips, pelvis, and the press. In addition, classes using the Evdokimenko method are held with an equal burden on both legs.

For example, such an exercise: the patient must lie down on his stomach, legs straighten, relax his hands and put along the trunk. At a slight height from the floor, it is necessary to raise the right leg, and then the left one, without bending the limbs in the knee joints and holding each of them alternately for 30-40 seconds. During the exercise with coxarthrosis, it is important to pay attention to the high tone of the muscles of the thigh, buttocks, abdomen.

Contraindications to gymnastics

It is worth noting that gymnastics is not always beneficial. In some cases, it is necessary to abstain from exercises with coxarthrosis of grade 2. No less careful patient should be at the third stage of the disease. Any of the symptoms described below indicate the need to abandon exercise therapy for a while:

• The presence of bleeding;
• Increased body temperature;
• Cancerous tumors;
• Transferred in the recent past, cardiovascular disorders.

The best treatment for any disease, as you know, is prevention. To prevent such complications with health, it is necessary to lead a healthy and active lifestyle.