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ACETABULAR LABRAL TEARS
Injuries involving the Femoral Head
Q. What is your experience with acetabular labral tears?
A. Symptoms of
clicking in the hip
can sometimes led to a diagnosis of
acetabular labral tear.
The acetabulum is the socket which the femoral head fits into it and is commonly
known as the hip joint.
The labrum is a fibrocartilagenous tissue that helps hold the femoral head in
the hip joint.
When this gets torn the hip is not that stable in the joint and one gets pain,
clicking and often weakness in the joint. Sometimes a surgery will be
recommended, but there are options.
The cells that grow labrum tissue are called
fibroblasts. When the fibroblasts
proliferate they make
collagen that makes up the labrum.
The treatment that induces fibroblastic proliferation is called
Prolotherapy.
Prolotherapy is used to stimulate labrums,
menisci,
ligaments, tendons, and
other joint structures to repair.
Over the course of 15 years of doing Prolotherapy for acetabular labral tears
the majority of patients were very satisfied with the results.
A majority of the athletes regained their ability to do their sports and the
Prolotherapy effect has lasted.
Typically six visits will be needed, each visit a month apart. For the
competitive athlete, the visits can be spaced out every two weeks.
Answered By
Ross Hauser, M.D.
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