Treatment of hip lameness, post-operative and other gait disorders

Hip lameness: what causes it?

Lameness is a difficulty in walking caused by instability during the passage of the step. There are three main causes of lameness:

• Analgesic: the pain causes the patient to avoid taking the step.
• Muscular insufficiency: often due to damage to the gluteus medius.
• Unequal length of the lower limbs.

What are the different hip conditions that can cause lameness?

They are diverse and varied, including :

• Neurological damage (paralysis, hemiplegia following a stroke, etc.)
• Traumatic injuries (fractures, sprains, etc.)
• Surgery after-effects (hip prostheses, ligamentoplasties, etc.)

Regardless of the hip condition that may be causing a walking lamenessdiscover an effective solution with the Allyane, neuromotor reprogramming.

What can be the consequences of lameness?

Lameness has major repercussions from a functional point of view: it reduces a person's walking range and thus their independence, and it also has repercussions on simple activities of daily living and on social life.

Hip lameness and Allyane method

The Allyane method allows you to work effectively on the stability of the pelvis, in particular by working on the recruitment of the gluteus medius, an essential muscle in the frontal stability of the pelvis. It also allows to have a perennial action on the posture of the person. In lameness and more generally in hip pathologies, it is essential to work on 3 axes:

• Maintain maximum mobility at the hip.
• Fighting the pain that leads to lameness
• Work on the stability of the pelvis