DISLOCATED HIPS

DISLOCATED HIPS

Overview and Facts

Dislocated hips are a physical condition and injury usually caused by major accidents such as a car crash and the dislocation of someone’s hip bone can also occur. However, some other injuries can cause the said dislocation, such as from athletic injuries, in which this commonly physical condition/injury usually happens.

 

Depending on the severity of the said dislocated hip injury, the doctor handling this kind of medical case could either opt to relocate the said dislocation via traction. If that isn’t possible, they will opt for operation instead.

 

This kind of physical condition/injury can cause additional damage, such as the following:

 

  • The Sciatic nerve causes pain in the lower portion of the body.
  • Osteoarthritis is the inflammation of the joint that comes from the degeneration of the cartilage.
  • Avascular Necrosis (death of the femur bone)

Types and Symptoms

TYPES

There are two (2) common types of dislocated hip injury, which are listed below:

  • Anteriorly – a forward hip dislocation.
  • Posteriorly – a backward hip dislocation.

Among the two types, the latter is common among the two in most hip dislocation cases.

 

SYMPTOMS

For the symptoms of physical condition/injury many affected people will experience on their end, which is listed below:

  • Limping on the side of the affected hip joint
  • Joint pain on the affected hip joint
  • Groin pain, especially near the affected hip joint
  • Motion loss on the affected hip joint
  • The feeling of warmth on the affected hip joint
  • Swelling around the area of the affected hip joint
  • The feeling of tenderness on the affected hip joint
  • Having difficulties of sleeping on the affected hip joint

Additionally, for those suffering from either type of hip dislocation have specific symptoms, one will experience, which are listed below:

Experience pain, deformity, muscle spasm, and it sits inability to move the hip.

  • Posterior Hip Dislocation – shorter hip with the hip internally rotated, resulting in the foot pointing inward.
  • Anterior Hip Dislocation – shorter leg with the hip externally rotated, resulting in the foot pointing outward

Diagnosis & Medications

DIAGNOSIS

 

There are several diagnostic tests that doctors may apply to persons with dislocated hips. One of them would be a physical examination for the said injury. The next would be an x-ray examination to identify the dislocation of the hip further.

 

Additionally, they will do some more examinations to look for other complications associated with hip dislocation. This includes the femoral artery’s injury and the sciatic nerve (located in the body’s lower extremity). Both of those are located in the back of the hip.

 

TREATMENT

 

There are several treatments available for hip dislocation, which mostly consist of tests and therapy sessions, which are the following:

  • Relocation of the hip by re-positioning the femoral head to the hip socket
  • Open reduction surgery if broken bones make the first option impossible, usually in arthroscopic surgery.
  • Physical therapy and subsequent rehabilitation methods follow if a patient has undergone open reduction surgery to make the hip move again and regain its previous strength pre-surgery.

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