Consequences of hip arthrosis | Hip Arthrosis

Consequences of hip arthrosis

  • PainThe descriptions show that hip arthrosis as such is a chronic disease that develops over several years. Nevertheless, there are phases of acute pain, which are referred to as activated hip arthrosis.
  • The first signs usually include a feeling of stiffness and a rather diffuse pain in the joints and muscles (= myalgia, hard tension). In addition, a so-called overstrain pain occurs more and more frequently, as well as a joint pain, which occurs especially early in the morning (after sleeping) and after sitting for a longer period of time, the so-called start-up pain after resting.This initial pain usually disappears as soon as the joint has “shrunk”.

    However, it may reappear after long periods of walking, standing or working in combination with a feeling of muscle fatigue. This is known as fatigue pain. Occasionally, so-called pinching pain in the groin area can also occur.

    They are caused, for example, by detached osteophyte particles (bony arthrosis-related attachments). Incarceration pain is suddenly shooting up and is usually associated with severe pain. Later on, there is load pain with load-dependent free intervals, which then ends in the final stage in a more or less pronounced pain at rest.

Leg shortening, up to 3 cm are possible.

  • Pain localization: groin, outer side of the hip (trochanter region), gluteal muscles, front of thigh to knee. Since pain can radiate into the knee, the patient may interpret the pain incorrectly. If the knee findings are inconspicuous during an examination, the treating physician should always consider possible hip diseases.
  • Disturbances of the gait pattern – The patient usually avoids painful movements in the case of hip arthrosis. As a consequence of hip arthrosis, it is noticeable that patients tend to lean over the diseased hip joint when walking (manifests itself as a fluctuating gait)
  • Reduction of muscles in the area of the buttocks and thighs.
  • Leg shortening, up to 3 cm are possible.