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- Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 8:44pm #25355
PNUTParticipantMy son has recently been diagnosed with osteneocrosis on his hips and shoulder, because of getting overdose of steroid during his cancer treatment. And the question is is there any exercise he can do to get back to his form jumping running lifting weights? And By the way he is 17.
It will be very helpful.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 9:51pm #480956
esperanzafleet69Participanthope this helps answer your question.
Avascular necrosis (also known as osteneocrosis) is especially common in the hip joint. A variety of methods are now used to treat avascular necrosis,the most common being the total hip replacement or THR. However, THRs have a number of downsides including long recovery times and short life spans. THRs are an effective means of treatment in the geriatric population, however doctors shy away from using them in younger patients due to the reasons above. A new, more promising treatment is hip resurfacing or metal on metal (MOM) resurfacing. It is a form of a THR, however in this procedure, only the head of the femur is removed as opposed to a THR in which the entire neck is removed. MOM resurfacing is still experimental in America but has been endorsed in Great Britain as an excellent alternative to a THR. A MOM Resurfacing may not be suitable in all cases of Avascular Necrosis, its suitability depends on how much damage has occurred to the femoral head of the patient, bone is always undergoing change or remodelling. The bone is broken down by osteoclasts and rebuilt by osteoblasts.Some doctors also prescribe bisphosphonates (e.g. alendronate) which reduces the rate of bone breakdown by osteoclasts, thus preventing collapse (specifically of the hip) due to AVN.
Other treatments include core decompression, where internal bone pressure is relieved by drilling a hole into the bone, and a living bone chip and an electrical device to stimulate new vascular growth are implanted; and the free vascular fibular graft (FVFG), in which a portion of the fibula, along with its blood supply, is removed and transplanted into the femoral head.
Progression of the disease could possibly be halted by transplanting nucleated cells from bone marrow into avascular necrosis lesions after core decompression, although much further research is needed to establish this technique.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:00pm #480959
esperanzafleet69Participantalso, know that as far as the shoulders go, lots of professional atheletes now have this condition… i think favre’s had it in his shoulder for a while…
0 - Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:10pm #480964
PNUTParticipantIts really scary when your son has this condition and he is only 17. Thank you for the help
0 - Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:56pm #480969
ilike.panochasParticipantIf you really care for your son, perhaps you should seek a professional physical therapist or a doctor. No offense to the people here, but none of us here are experts.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:59pm #480970
PNUTParticipantThey said physical therapy will help. But Im trying to get all the info i can and ask as many people possible for guidance.
0 - Posted on: Mon, 01/31/2011 - 12:46am #480973
Tongue-Out-Like-23ParticipantI’m no doctor, but momma always said praying can help a lot.
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