I have been diagnosed with OA in the hip joints and I wanted to know what is the root cause of OA. Also, I have gone to PT and received tones of different hip exercises but I m losing muscle mass faster than my muscles are being strengthened. Please advise how can I stop the muscle loss and restore muscle, strength and flexibility in my entire lower body. Thank You!
Dear patient osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition of the joints mainly affecting the knee hip and thumb base joint, its secondary if It's after trauma, and primary if without trauma, here the cartilage of the joint gets gradually eroded, and multiple unknown factors are responsible for this, in these cases, you should maintain an active life with regular physio, to maintain your muscles, which will reduce the load on the joints, thus helping you gain more strength and less joint pain, the final solution if the physio does not work is replacement surgery. Thanks