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Hip Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis of the Hip Treatment in Kansas City, MO

What is Osteoporosis of the Hip?

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The medical term for porous bone is osteoporosis. If you have this condition, which weakens bones, you are more likely to suffer a fracture in an unexpected place and at an unexpected time. When you have osteoporosis in the hip, your bone mass and strength decrease.

The condition progresses painlessly in many cases and is only diagnosed until a painful hip fracture results from the weaker bones.

What Causes Osteoporosis in the Hip?

When a patient has osteoporosis, the “holes” in the “sponge-like structure” of the bone get bigger and more frequent. This makes the inside of the bone weaker.

Up until about age 30, your bones usually grow faster than they break down. After age 35, bones break down faster than they are made, so bone mass slowly decreases. With osteoporosis, you lose bone strength more quickly.

Hip Osteoporosis Symptoms

Most of the time, osteoporosis doesn’t show any symptoms, which is why it is sometimes referred to as a silent disease. But you should be mind of the following:

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    Loss of height and getting shorter by at least an inch or more
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    Change in the way you stand
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    Bone fractures in the hip with no known cause, like an accident, fall, or injury
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    Pain in the hips without a known cause

Osteoporosis of the Hip Treatment

Treatment suggestions are often based on how likely it is that you will break a bone in the next 10 years. This is done by using information from tests like the bone density test. If your risk isn’t very high, you might not need to take any medicine. Instead, your treatment might focus on changing things that put you at risk for bone loss and falls.

When osteoporosis is already present, it can be treated with exercise, vitamin and mineral supplements, and medicines. People often say that exercise and taking supplements can help you avoid getting osteoporosis as well. Balance, strength, and weight-bearing workouts are all very important.

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Conditions

Hip Surgery
Hip Disclocation
Hip Disease
Hip Fracture
Hip Impingement
Hip Labral Tear
Hip Osteoarthritis
Hip Osteoporosis
Hip Strain

 

How to Prevent Osteoporosis in the Hip

You can avoid osteoporosis by making changes to your diet and the way you live. Postmenopausal women are also less likely to get osteoporosis if they get hormone treatment to make up for the estrogen they’ve lost.

Keeping a healthy lifestyle can slow down the loss of bone. Begin a daily exercise program. The best way to build your bones is to do exercises that make your muscles work against gravity, like walking, jogging, aerobics, and lifting weights.

Don’t drink too much alcohol, do not eat or drink too much coffee, and don’t ever smoke tobacco.

Hip Osteoporosis Care in Kansas City

If you have any of the above symptoms, please call Orthopedic Health of Kansas City to schedule an appointment with one of our hip and pelvis experts in Kansas City. They will do a full check, figure out what’s wrong, and then treat it. Orthopedic Health of Kansas City will do whatever it takes to get you back on your feet, from basic physical therapy to complicated hip surgery.