Cartilage Restoration and Joint Preservation
Hip Cartilage can be injured gradually over time or can get damaged from trauma. Some diseases, e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis, can cause cartilage damage when the body’s immune system attacks itself. Cartilage injury in the hip occurs in two types of cartilage tissues:
1. labral cartilage - the labrum is the ring of cartilage around the acetabular socket.
2. articular cartilage - the smooth white surface cartilage on the ball (femoral head) and socket (acetabulum)
The blood supply to cartilage is very poor and without much oxygen, the potential for healing is low. Cartilage also has no nerve endings in it, so sometimes it’s damaged and you may not even know it because you don’t feel pain. It isn’t until the cartilage damage has worn down to the bone or until the inflammation in the joint hits a certain threshold that some patients will become aware of the problem. The first signs of cartilage injury might be stiffness, painful clicking, catching or popping.
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