Hip arthrosis: Problem area fear
Information and advice to the hip patient about the medical background and the course of the disease takes away fears and makes it easier to deal with the existing complaints. The aim is to find out the right balance between the load and stress on the hip joint in everyday life and to learn the best possible compensation mechanisms for the disability. Depending on the stage at which physiotherapy and sports therapy begins, a joint replacement operation (TEP) can be postponed far.
Information about any planned course of the operation, the purpose of the preparation and the subsequent rehabilitation alleviate understandable fears before the operation. With the knowledge of pain relief and rapid functional improvement after the operation, up to the possibility of doing sports again, the affected persons can look forward to the operation with a convinced attitude. – Fear of pain and pain intensification
- Fear of movement and strain with the consequence of protection with further functional impairment
- Fear of disability
- Anxiety about surgery
All articles in this series:
- Treatment of hip arthrosis from a physiotherapeutic perspective
- Physiotherapeutic techniques and exercises for the problem area of movement restriction
- Exercises in the problem area of strength and coordination
- Hip arthrosis: exercises for the problem area of balance
- Hip arthrosis: Problem area fear