Over time, the hyaline cartilage in your hip joint (the hard, slick coating that prevents the bones from grinding against each other) begins to wear thin. Bone spurs occur over years to actually help protect and stabilize the sides of the joint. They typically do not affect the motion of the hip ball joint unless the joint is so degenerated that it is mechanically not functioning. These people typically need a walker or wheelchair to get around.

Hip osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects over 28 million Americans. It is the general term for the wearing down of hyaline cartilage (the hard, slick coating that prevents the bones from grinding against each other). This is the same cartilage you will find at the end of a chicken bone. When the cartilage thins or wears down it is typically in spots, like tiny potholes in your chicken bone cartilage. The medical term for this is Chondromalacia. Any pressure from movement will then cause serious pain, because the nerve endings underneath are not protected. Symptoms of hip osteoarthritis are pain radiating into the groin, stiffness, weakness, swelling, decreased range of motion, and of course intense hip pain.

Arthroscopy has no role in the treatment of chondromalacia. Think about it…how is a cutting or grinding instrument going to help or repair a pothole in the hard dense hyaline cartilage? It can’t! The only other surgical solution in the orthopedic surgeon’s tool box is total hip replacement! Cut out the end of the bone and put in a titanium implant because that is where the nerve endings that are hurting you live. This is why you were told that your only options are to live with the pain and take medication or you just have to have a hip replacement? AROmotion fills this extreme void with a new option– a lasting solution that can stop the pain so you can keep your knee!

AROmotion stops the pain coming from the weakened joint cartilage, helps heal and allows fast effective reconditioning of the hip and pelvic muscles and ligaments.

The labrum is cartilage that surrounds the outside rim of your hip joint socket. Its purpose is to keep the head of your femur (your thighbone), secure within your hip. When this cartilage wears thin over time or experiences an injury (like a fall, sports contact, a motor vehicle accident, dislocation, etc.), you may experience hip pain, groin pain, a “locking” sensation in your hip, clicking, stiffness, or pain while moving.

The weakened labrum results in a loose ball and socket joint. Over time the hard hyaline cartilage coating and protecting the surface of the hip bones in the loose ball and socket excessively grind against each other and wear down. Again, this is the same hard hyaline cartilage you will find at the end of a chicken bone. The medical term for this is Chondromalacia. When this cartilage thins or wears down its like having tiny potholes in your chicken bone cartilage. Because bones underneath have nerves, worn down spots in the cartilage translate into pain when walking or standing. Weakness when moving the leg is from muscle atrophy and compensating for the pain inside the hip joint, it’s not from muscle tears. AROmotion stops the pain coming from the weakened hip joint cartilage, helps heal this damaged joint cartilage and allows fast effective reconditioning of the hip and pelvic muscles and ligaments.