How does hip arthritis develop?

Arthritis can develop without a detectable cause. A little damage to the cartilage or damage to surrounding tendons and joints in this case counts as the initial impact which causes the symptoms which then become more and more severe. This is because a little damage to the cartilage develops into increased friction in the hip joint – similar to a stone in a shoe. It presses. It hurts. It can cause painful blisters on the feet.

Damage to cartilage in the hip joint means: Increased friction with each movement. The joint is put under more stress, the cartilage is more quickly worn out and inflammation in the joint develops quickly. This too damages the joint surfaces further.

Abnormal positions of the hip accelerate arthritis.

In use daily: A joint wears out with the passage of time. Abnormal postures or injuries can increase the phenomena of wear and tear.

Abnormal postures and overburdening the hip can considerably accelerate arthritis however. Hip arthritis is triggered primarily by abnormal postures of the hip caused by congenital malformations, accidents involving fractures to the femoral neck and pelvic fractures with involvement of the joints.

Triggers for abnormal postures include:

• Femoral head necroses, partial dying of the bone of the femoral head from circulatory disorders or metabolic diseases.
• Inflammation from rheumatic diseases
• bacterial infections

Passage of time: Arthritis is a natural ageing process.

But wear and tear to joints is also blamed on daily use and use throughout life and therefore is a totally natural ageing process. With rising life expectancy degenerative diseases of the joints are becoming naturally more and more frequent when it comes to treating clinical pictures.