Coxarthrosis: how to treat the hip joint

Infrequent, periodic pain when walking usually goes unnoticed, especially if it goes away quickly. In fact, this seemingly insignificant symptom, like a pulling sensation in the groin area, may indicate the onset of coxarthrosis, or osteoarthritis of the hip joint. How to recognize a progressive disease in time and what to do if time is lost?

Coxarthrosis usually develops after 40 years of age

How to understand that you have coxarthrosis

The bones of the hip joint are covered with articular cartilage, which provides soft gliding and helps distribute the load while walking. The joint fluid performs a shock-absorbing and nutritional function. With the development of coxarthrosis, the characteristics of the articular or synovial fluid change - it is no longer able to sufficiently lubricate the cartilage tissue. The cartilage dries out and becomes thinner - the bones of the joint begin to rub against each other and become deformed.

At different stages these processes are accompanied by:

pain in the groin and thigh;
pain when walking, rising from a chair or bed;
crunching in the joint;
limited mobility;
slight limp due to atrophy of the thigh muscles.

Properties of mumiyo for joint diseases:

1. Relieves inflammatory processes in joint tissues;

2. Restores damaged tissue in joints;

3. Restores disrupted metabolic processes inside the diseased joint;

4. Regenerates cartilage tissue;

5. Shilajit contains the amount of minerals, vitamins, and organic compounds necessary for the musculoskeletal system. This helps speed up the recovery of joints;

6. Shilajit actively cleanses the liver and improves blood composition, which is very important when taking chemical medications;

7. Mumiyo is non-toxic and has no side effects.

What is the danger of coxarthrosis

The hip joint is subjected to enormous stress every day, so without treatment the disease progresses. If you don't take action, sooner or later:

pain in the leg will become constant and will bother you even at night;
posture will worsen, spinal osteochondrosis will develop;
the diseased leg will become shorter than the healthy one;
for walking you will need additional devices, such as a cane.

Coxarthrosis in an advanced state can lead to disability

Stages of development of coxarthrosis

The development of coxarthrosis occurs according to the same pattern as with arthrosis of the hands, knee or ankle joints:

At the first stage, slight pain appears in the hip area, which goes away after rest. There are no problems when walking, posture and gait do not change. The image shows a slight narrowing of the joint space.
At the second stage, the pain intensifies and reminds itself even at rest, radiating to the knee or groin area. Biomechanics are disrupted, lameness appears, and characteristic sounds are heard during movements. Due to the pelvic distortion, the affected limb is visually shortened. The pictures already show the growth of osteophytes, deformation of the femoral head and a change in its contour. The joint space narrows to a third of normal, and the head of the joint moves upward.
In the third stage, the pain becomes constant and the person needs a cane to walk. The muscles atrophy greatly, the pelvic distortion increases, and the gait resembles a “duck’s.” The image confirms the last degree of coxarthrosis, as evidenced by many osteophytes, severe narrowing or complete absence of the joint space, and significant thickening of the femoral neck.

Use of mumiyo for joint diseases.

Shilajit, as a rule, is not used by itself in the treatment of joints. But it is a wonderful and quite effective addition to the prescribed course of treatment (chemicals, herbs, etc.). It is advisable to combine it with the use of herbs, roots, etc., used for a specific disease. In these cases, the effectiveness of treatment increases dramatically.

Approximate scheme for the use of herbs with mumiyo for arthritis, polyarthritis, arthrosis.

Tincture of marsh cinquefoil roots 1:10. Pour 100 g of cinquefoil roots into a glass jar with 1 liter of vodka or alcohol 45 degrees. Leave in a dark place for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally. Strain. Drink 1 tablespoon orally 3 times a day before meals with a small amount of water.

A decoction of herbs with mumiyo inside. Meadowsweet (3 parts), wild rosemary (2 parts), black currant leaf (2 parts), wild raspberry leaf (3 parts), licorice root (1 part), angelica officinalis root (1 part), marshmallow root (3 parts). Method of preparation: pour 1 tbsp of raw material with 1 glass (200 ml) of water. Leave in a water bath for 15 minutes. Cover with a towel and leave for another 30 minutes. Strain and bring to original volume. Dissolve 0.2 g of mumiyo in 1/3 cup of herbal decoction (the temperature of the decoction should be no more than 37 degrees). Drink 3 times a day before meals. Dissolve the mummy in the decoction immediately before use.

Compress with mumiyo on the area of the affected joints. Mumiyo from 2 to 10 g, depending on the size of the affected area, stretch into a flat cake. To do this, you need to warm it up, put the bag of mumiyo on a warm heating pad. Then place it on the affected joint. The mummy begins to spread due to body temperature, so it is necessary to protect against leakage by placing an additional fabric or gauze bandage on top. The compress is applied at night and removed in the morning. The remains of the mummy are washed off with water. The course is 10 days, the procedure is repeated every other day.

The course of treatment is 21 days, then a break of 10 days. Then the course must be repeated.

For gouty arthritis, you can use the same recipes, only add the same number of heather flowers instead of raspberry leaves.

Approximate scheme for rheumatism.

Meadowsweet (3 parts), sweet clover (1 part), spring adonis (1 part), wild strawberry (2 parts), wormwood (0.5 part). Method of preparation: pour 1 tbsp of raw material into 1 glass (200 ml) of water. Leave in a water bath for 15 minutes. Cover with a towel and leave for another 30 minutes. Strain and bring to original volume. Dissolve 0.2 g of mumiyo in 1/3 cup of herbal decoction (the temperature of the decoction should be no more than 37 degrees). Drink 3 times a day before meals. Dissolve the mummy in the decoction immediately before use.

Compress with mumiyo. Dissolve 0.5 g of mumiyo in 1 tbsp of water, add 100 g of honey. To stir thoroughly. The mummy should dissolve completely. Rub into the affected joint, wrap with cling film and apply a warming bandage. Leave the compress overnight and rinse with warm water in the morning. The course is 10 days, break 5 days, then repeat the course 2-3 times, depending on the severity of the disease.

Rubbing with mumiyo. 50 g of Sophora japonica fruits pour 500 ml of vodka or alcohol 45 degrees into a glass jar. Leave in a dark place for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally. Strain. Dissolve 5 g of mumiyo in 100 tinctures of Sophora japonica. Rub the resulting solution onto sore joints at night. Course 25 days.

General recipes for treating joints with mumiyo.

Mumiyo baths. Dissolve 12 g of mumiyo in 1 liter of water. Fill a bath of water and pour the resulting solution with mumiyo into it. The water temperature should not exceed 37 degrees. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes. Course of 10 procedures every other day. Then there is a 10-day break and the course can be repeated. After the bath, it is recommended to rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour under a warm blanket.

Mumiyo inside. Dilute 0.3 g of mumiyo in 150 ml of milk or water. Drink 3 times a day before meals 15 minutes. The course is 21 days, a break of 10 days, then the course is repeated.

Mumiyo inside (recipe by I.P. Neumyvakin). Pour 100 ml of boiling water over 20 rose hips, cleared of seeds, leave in a thermos for 3 hours, strain. Add 15 g of bee bread (bee glue), 10 drops of vitamin A (oil form) and, in the resulting infusion, dissolve 5 g of mumiyo. Take 1 teaspoon in the morning and evening. Course 6 months: admission 20 days, 20 days break.

To complete the coverage of the problem, it should also be added that, despite all the effectiveness of mumiyo, the use of this remedy for joint diseases does not eliminate the need for properly prescribed exercise therapy, a special diet and therapy, since the diseases are considered quite persistent and can be reversed only with complex treatment.

Types of coxarthrosis

Sometimes the disease affects both joints at the same time - fortunately, this does not happen often. This form of coxarthrosis is called bilateral. Pain is felt both at rest and during physical activity. The person feels stiffness of movement, weakening of muscles, and begins to limp.

With bilateral coxartosis, “tied” legs syndrome develops

With hip dysplasia, dysplastic coxarthrosis can develop, which leads to serious deformities of the articular components. At risk are professional athletes who have given up sports, women over 25 years of age - during pregnancy, menopause, after childbirth or joint injuries. The disease can be recognized by its characteristic pain symptoms: it becomes difficult for a person to move the hip to the side or turn the leg.

Depending on the location, the prognosis for the development of coxarthrosis is different:

If the central part of the joint is affected, the disease will most likely proceed calmly, with moderate pain. Conservative therapy in this condition gives long-lasting results.
Also good prognosis when localized in the lower pole of the hip joint. This form of the disease is not very aggressive - the disease can slowly progress over many years.
Coxarthrosis affecting the upper pole is the most complex, as it is accompanied by necrosis of the upper part of the head of the bone. This form occurs mainly with congenital abnormalities of the joints. The prognosis is unfavorable: in most cases, surgery is necessary.

In the treatment of coxarthrosis, the main thing is to make a timely and correct diagnosis

Treatment of coxarthrosis

The main task of treating arthrosis of the hip joint is to ensure its painless functioning.

At the initial stage, the following help slow down progression:

radical changes in lifestyle and nutrition;
special physical exercises;
physiotherapy courses - ultrasound, UHF, magnetic therapy, massage, laser, etc.;
drug therapy - analgesics (to relieve pain), chondroprotectors (to restore cartilage), in case of inflammation - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
warming ointments - to relieve spasms.

By losing weight, you will reduce the load on the hip joint and ease the course of coxarthrosis

Treatment of joints with mumiyo.

Joint diseases of various origins are currently a pressing problem among many people.
Official medicine offers a solution to this issue, but it comes down to lifelong long-term use of drugs and does not guarantee a complete cure. Traditional medicine, including herbal medicine, offers a worthy alternative to chemicals and presents plants in a wide variety of medicinal forms. If you are interested in this topic, then you can read the article by herbalist Andrey Nikolaevich Alefirov, a doctor of the highest category, “Herbal medicine of joint diseases.” It explains in detail and in clear words the essence of joint diseases, their types and methods of herbal treatment.

In addition to treating joint diseases with herbal remedies, traditional medicine also offers mumiyo. It is given one of the first places in terms of healing efficiency. The most important thing is that it does not interfere with the use of other drugs, but helps speed up recovery.

Despite the great differences in the cause of joint diseases (previous infection, autoimmune conflict, uric acid metabolism disorders, etc.), they are based on common development mechanisms. The main pathogenetic mechanism in this case is inflammation, which results in damage to joint tissue, release of exudate (inflammatory fluid) and replacement of damaged tissue with scar. The alternation of these processes or their simultaneous occurrence form the symptoms of joint disease: pain, redness, swelling, increased temperature in the affected area, as well as dysfunction of the corresponding joint. Based on this, we can highlight the properties of mumiyo that solve these problems.

How is coxarthrosis treated at the third stage?

At a late stage, conservative treatment of osteoarthritis is ineffective. Doctors recommend replacing the destroyed joint with an endoprosthesis. Unipolar - replaces only the femoral head, bipolar - the head and acetabulum. The operation is performed after a full examination and under general anesthesia, followed by antibiotic therapy and a complex course of rehabilitation measures. Repeated intervention, provided all requirements are met, the patient may need in 15-20 years.

Traditional medicine approaches the treatment of coxarthrosis as follows:

Noltrex intra-articular injections for coxarthrosis

To restore normal viscosity of synovial fluid, intra-articular injections are used today. First of all, patients are offered injections of hyaluronic acid. However, drugs based on hyaluronic acid do not have a high enough molecular weight, so they undergo rapid breakdown and do not remain in the joint for long. In addition, such products, produced on the basis of products of natural origin, often cause allergies or infectious complications.

"Noltrex" is a synthetic drug, a liquid prosthesis of synovial fluid. Its molecular weight is more than 10 million Daltons. For comparison: the molecular weight of preparations based on hyaluronic acid does not exceed 2.5 million Daltons, and on average is 1-2 million, while for natural HA in the joint this figure is 3.14 million Daltons.

That is why Noltrex does not have the side effects characteristic of hyaluronic acid, does not cause allergies and does not become a source of infection. The drug replicates the viscosity-elastic properties of synovial fluid, therefore it acts effectively. After several injections, cartilage friction stops, pain decreases, and the biomechanics of movements stabilizes. You can achieve this result even with the third stage of coxarthrosis - without surgery!

Honey with mumiyo: beneficial properties, how to take

Honey with mumiyo: beneficial properties, how to take

The complex, which includes honey with mumiyo, has long been used in folk and traditional medicine. The main advantage is that it is rich in microelements and vitamins. The composition is useful for the immune system, digestive tract, skin, nervous system, heart and blood vessels, musculoskeletal system.

Useful properties of mumiyo with honey

Mumiyo (stone oil, mountain resin) is a mineral substance that is created by nature. It is found in the form of a thin crust on rock crevices. Places of distribution: Altai, Central Asia, India, the Caucasus, South America and northern Africa. It is formed in different forms, but similar features are also observed. It has a variety of brown shades and a balsamic aroma. But the structure changes - from smoothness to ductility or strength like glass.

Mountain resin contains a complex of organic, mineral elements. Ingredients: amino acids and proteins, fats, carbohydrates. It is noted that mumiyo contains more than 30 microelements, including silicon, iron, aluminum, calcium, and magnesium. Other compounds: vitamins, alcohols, acids.

Flower nectar supplements the composition with healing substances. This is what explains the positive effect of the mixture of ingredients. Benefits of combining bee product with mumiyo:

destructive effect on pathogenic microflora;
elimination of the manifestation of the inflammatory reaction;
strengthening the body's protective functions, strengthening the immune system;
activation of the removal of toxic compounds and waste;
normalization of metabolic processes, metabolism;
stimulation of regeneration, restoration of tissues and cells;
regulation of the heart, giving elasticity to the walls of blood vessels;
improving memory, activating brain function;
manifestation of the rejuvenation effect, elimination of free radicals;
restoration of the balance of intestinal microflora;
prevention, inhibition of tumor formations.

The main property is called strengthening the immune system. The combination of ingredients not only normalizes the functioning of the body, but also reduces the influence of external negative factors on health. The complex is also useful for women and men when problems with reproductive function occur.

In what cases is honey used with mumiyo?

The content of a large number of substances in nectar with stone oil makes it possible to use it for a long list of diseases. The effect of the ingredients on treatment and prevention extends to:

disturbances in the functioning of the musculoskeletal system - injuries (fractures or dislocations, sprains, torn ligaments);
joint inflammation, arthrosis, vertebral hernia, gout;
damage to the skin - burns, frostbite, furunculosis, wounds;
inflammation of the respiratory system, respiratory diseases, cough;
diseases of the liver with gall bladder, kidneys, pancreas;
problems with the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, colitis or enteritis, ulcers) and digestive disorders;
pathologies of the heart, blood vessels, high cholesterol, anemia;
disorders of the nervous system (decreased brain activity, stress, insomnia, multiple sclerosis);
diseases of the reproductive system, excretory organs of men and women.

Mountain resin is good for the skin, which is why it is used in cosmetology. This substance, in combination with honey, returns beauty and youth to the skin. Masks and creams based on ingredients relieve wrinkles, acne, clogged pores, age spots, sagging and cellulite. The components of the products help with skin diseases (eczema, psoriasis, acne).

To reap maximum benefits, you need to know how to take this healing combination correctly. It is recommended to take the mixture orally 3 times a day, 1 small spoon before meals. For children, the dosage is reduced to half a teaspoon. If the problem is damage to the skin, then you will need to apply a thin layer of the product to the affected areas.

Recipe for mumiyo with honey

A healing complex of mumiyo and bee product is easy to prepare at home. The main thing to remember is the portions of ingredients. The standard amount is 20 parts of nectar to 1 part of mountain resin. Two common cooking methods:

Mix the components in one container, place in a water bath, heat at a temperature of 38–42 degrees until the resin dissolves. Shelf life: 12 months.
Dissolve stone oil (0.5 small spoon) in half a liter of water, combine with flower nectar. The shelf life is only 5 days in the refrigerator, this is due to the addition of liquid.

The base is often supplemented with other ingredients. For example, fir oil is recommended for the treatment of eczema. This will enhance the antibacterial effect, and also add an analgesic effect, relieve itching, and eliminate inflammation. Lemon juice is usually included in acne-fighting mixtures.

Mask with honey and mumiyo

The ingredients are beneficial for the skin separately, and when combined, the healing properties increase. Beneficial effects of masks: eliminating acne, pimples, rashes and age spots, smoothing out fine wrinkles, evening out complexion. The main effect is inhibition of the aging process.

Preparation of the healing composition:

Take 20 g of flower nectar and melt in a water bath.
Add 5 g mummy, 4 drops of rose essential oil.
Stir thoroughly and cover your face with the mixture.
Leave for half an hour, then remove any residue with soap-free water.

This mask is also suitable for skin rejuvenation. It is necessary to add an additional stage - preliminary cleaning of the epidermis. You don’t just need to wash your face with plain water and soap, but go over the surface of your face with a toner. This will open and clear the pores of impurities, which will accelerate the passage of beneficial substances into the deeper layers of the dermis.

Honey with mumiyo for hair

Mumiyo in combination with honey increases blood flow in the dermis, the benefits of this property extend to the hair follicles. Access of healing substances improves. The ingredients also strengthen the strands and restore their structure, regulate the functioning of the sebaceous glands.

Mask for restoring damaged hair: melt nectar (30 g) in a water bath, add 1 yolk, grind. Mix 1 g of stone oil with 1 tablespoon of boiled water, add to the prepared mixture. Apply to the roots and along the entire length, put on a bath cap, wrap your hair in a towel, and leave for 1 hour. Wash off the residue with shampoo and rinse the strands.

Contraindications

Honey with mumiyo exhibits beneficial properties, but we must not forget about contraindications. These components contain various biologically active substances, and in large quantities. This does not have a beneficial effect on every organism.

Mumiyo is a mineral substance that has long been used to treat and prevent diseases. To enhance the benefits, honey is added to the ingredient. The mixture has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, joints, muscle tissue, heart, blood vessels and nervous system. There are also benefits for protecting the body from colds, flu, and other seasonal diseases by strengthening the immune system.