Anyone here have arthritis in their hips?

[LuckyCharms]

A back and hip CT Scan showed that I have arthritis throughout my hips. I don't need a replacement or anything...but Christ, how do you deal with this when you can't take Ibuprofen?

I have a shitload of opiates (Tylenol based) here, but the reason I have a shitload of them is because I rarely take them because they mess me up worse than the hip pain. So that's not an option.

So, how do you old decrepit coots deal with it?

Do you thrust your hips at random people? For the exercise I mean, and to loosen the hips up.

[tblue37]

1. Hot baths. Aspercreme.

[PJMcK]

2. Stretching and Walking slowly

Motion seems to work for me. Also, I can tolerate aspirin.

[mitch96]

18. Same here. I've been doing yoga stretches for years and I am a daily walker.

When it really bothers me I take Aleve and CBD cream. The heavy weight lifting years ago did not help...
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[nature-lover]

3. Naproxen sodium (Aleve) has worked for me. Take with food. Also, physical therapy helped.

A chiropractor may be able to help too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. It's an NSAID

If he can't take Ibuprofen, he can't take Aleve either.

[Tetrachloride]

4. 4 ideas

speculation:

1. eliminate corn, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup
2. eliminate wheat products and maybe rice
3. tylenol may have unwelcome liver effects
4. mediterranean diet has some good aspects

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

5. Warm epsom salt baths with lavendar

Really good padded mattress. Tummy or back sleeping. If it’s cold, electric mattress pad.

[Clash City Rocker]

6. Wow, sorry to hear that. Have you tried acupuncture?

It often helps with pain that can’t be fixed with meds.

[Haggard Celine]

7. My dad gave me.some cream that's good for arthritis.

It's called Voltaren, and it's active ingredient is diclofenac sodium, which is an NSAID. I don't know if you can't take any NSAID or if it's just ibuprofen, but the stuff works pretty well. I think it's expensive, though. I use it sparingly.

[lisa58]

8. Fish oil...flaxseed...olive oil and consistent exercise..

I have a stationary bike that I ride for 20 minutes every day. It really helps

[Elessar Zappa]

9. The only thing that helps my dad is a low dose of hydrocodone

along with Celebrex.

[LakeArenal]

10. Two hip replacements. Two surgeons 9 physical therapists

Gym has warm pool great for exercise.

Find a therapist that is less physical trainer and more therapist.

For the record... it never hurts as much after replacement than it did before. Not even the next day when they get you up walking.

[Tikki]

22. Two hip replacements...no pain in my hips anymore.

6 months apart...5 years ago.

Walk my doggie every day. I can bend over and clean up behind him.


Tikki

[LakeArenal]

24. Never hurts as much as before.

[elias7]

11. Wrap your head around hip replacement surgery. It is well worth it.

There’s very little you can do to change the course of hip arthritis, it will just get progressively worse, and you’ll find that postoperatively, you won’t even need the opiates they prescribe you, because it actually feels better than it did before surgery.

If you have peeled back the activities in your life because of hip pain, I would get the surgery and not look back.

Note: I rarely give advice about anything.

[Ziggysmom]

14. Agree. I put off hip replacement for 2 years out of fear. Finally had it done before Covid hit.

I had the anterior hip replacement approach and left the hospital in under 24 hours. Postop I had discomfort at the site, to be expected, but ALL of my severe hip pain was gone! Within 72 hours I didn't need pain meds and was walking perfectly without any help.

I do take CBD for my arthritic neck and no longer need any opiates. I also cannot take NSAID type meds. I take vegan glucosamine chondroitin for my knees and it has helped those joints.

A diet with added antioxidants to reduce inflammation is said to help arthritis, too.

[2naSalit]

12. A remedy I use and make for myself...

Though it has properties which prohibit constant, daily use, it really helps with numbing some of the pain if not all.

All you need is olive oil or something that would absorb into your skin in a short time like rapeseed or whatever you like. Place about 1/2- 1 cup of comfrey, root or leaf, in a quart jar, add three cups of the oil and cover. this is called a cold infusion and takes a while to make but makes a lot and lasts a while if stored properly.

You have to keep this jar in a cool, dark place and shake it real hard every day for t least four weeks, I go for six, then strain out the fiber and you have a rub you can use for up to a week at a time but must also take a break from it for a couple weeks or it will disrupt your digestive system. Don't get it in your eyes or on glands about the throat and face.

I make a salve by heating it just enough to melt beeswax into it to make it a solid and stabilize it for temperature.

That's what I use on really bad days.

[Phoenix61]

13. CBD works well for some.

I haven’t heard of any negative side effects. It really helped my old, arthritic cat.

Curcumin, the active ingredient in tumeric, has strong anti-inflammatory properties. “
It helps to consume it with black pepper, which contains piperine. Piperine is a natural substance that enhances the absorption of curcumin by 2,000% (4Trusted Source).
In fact, the best curcumin supplements contain piperine, and this makes them substantially more effective.”
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-turmeric#1.-Turmeric-contains-bioactive-compounds-with-medicinal-properties
Exercise helps, yoga, swimming, especially.

[Farmer-Rick]

15. I had a childhood hip deformity that made me especially susceptible

And I am very allergic to all things aspirin.

So, I quit carbs and artificial sweeteners. Really it does work. It reduced inflammation very noticeably. Then I take Tylenol if it gets bad.

I'm not on any regular medication for it even though when the doctors scanned it they were surprised at how bad it was. It hurts mildly every day (feels like a sore muscle) but not to the point of not being able to walk or even do normal things. I still walk an hour every other day and work around the farm.

Aspertime is especially linked to arthritis aggravation. I gave it up for 3 months then decided to have a diet coke or 3 as a reward for doing good on my diet. The next day I was in horrible pain and could barely walk comfortably. You can find a study on it if you Google for it.

But I find now that too much of any artificial sweeteners can also make it flare up. And around the Holidays, when all those lovely sweets and carbs are around, I'll be paying for any overindulgence with a painful hip until I get back to my low carb diet.

My doctor says not to give up moving around or not using the joint. She says that using the joint will actually reduce the pain in the long run.

Try the diet and see if it helps. You can always go back. But just a warning, it took me 44 days on the diet before there was a noticeable improvement.

[Coventina]

16. I was born with hip dysplasia and I feel your pain!!

I'm not allowed ibuprofen either!

I get by with Tylenol, even though it doesn't help much, and doing frequent stretching and moderate activity.

Yoga helps quite a bit, but it's not a miracle cure.

When it gets unbearable, I get steroid shots in my hips. That's always an ordeal for me, as the procedure freaks me out.

I will have to get both hips replaced eventually, but I'm putting that off as long as I can.

[Ohio Joe]

17. CBD's

They do not get you high but do offer amazing pain relief.

[CJW]

19. Arthritis

Aspirin, just take it with food and it won't bother your stomach.

[doc03]

20. Don't know about hips but CBD works

wonders for my knees.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. Turmeric helps me a lot with the inflammation in my hands

I also take Tylenol some, but have pretty much given up NSAIDS because my last kidney function tests weren't great. I also take glucosamine w/MSM and fish oil.

[rurallib]

25. rolling on tennis balls for a few minutes every day has helped me for years

along with stretching, stretching, stretching.

Edit to add - fish oil and glucosamine & chondroitin

[3catwoman3]

26. I've had both hips replaced - the right in 2013, and the left 3 weeks ago.

The first time, I put up with hip pain for about 8 years, because getting a hip replacement seemed like an “old lady” thing to have to do, and at 62, I wasn’t ready to think of myself as old enough to need this.

This time, based on recovery from the first one having been largely uneventful, I didn’t wait nearly so long.

2 night hospitalization the first time. Outpatient and home the same day this time, which was a little surprising. No narcotic pain relievers taken.