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Acetabular hip fracture?
My wife suffered a hip fracture as well as other injuries in a car accident. The other injuries have healed up well, but the hip gives her a lotta pain esp at night.She is 79 yrs. She uses a walker since the accident and walks around the house, and in and out of reataurants.She is weak on the affected side. She was taking PT ,but her Dr took her off of it as it was causing too much pain. Does anyone have any exp with this , and can give us some idea of when she can loose the walker, and maybe use a cane , or walk independently. All her Drs in the beginning said she would, but would give no timetable. Maybe some excercises she could o at home?
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- Anonymous7 years ago
Consider prolotherapy – the injection of substances to stimulate your body’s natural healing ability. Some examples of prolotherapy are Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy and Stem Cell (SC) Therapy. Some orthopedists do prolotherapy. See an orthopedist who does Platelet Rich Plasma and/or Stem Cell Therapy. They are low intrusive, nonsurgical procedures involving injections of your platelets and/or your stem cells. It will regenerate and heal the injury effectively and quickly. It is also effective with people with joint instability.
It’s best if the doctor uses ultrasound to guide the proper placement of the injections. Be sure the doctor administers multiple injections in the whole joint, not just one injection in a single location. The treatment should be thorough and comprehensive.
PRP and SC optimizes your natural body’s healing abilities. It’s also definitely good for areas that are normally hard to heal. Here are videos that explain and demonstrates it
PRP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrG8YzL7byA
Stem cell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqvDhgC0Tp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdBB9sovt8
Be sure she rests and not overwork herself. She should have a healthy diet and take care not to aggravate the injury or else she won’t heal properly.
Hope this helps.