Hip 'dropped'?

Cspine · 01-20-2006, 08:47 PM

My right leg tends to frog leg/rotate out ad my hip has 'dropped'. I don't know what caused it or anything but it makes my right side sit lower and so my posture is whacked out. PT wants to just give me a coushion that is built up on that side but it seems to me that will make me sit straight but it won't fix my hip! What should I do?

SCI-Nurse · 01-20-2006, 09:48 PM

It is do to the weak musculature and is a common problem. More support as in the cushion and positioning aids should help it from getting worse.Physical therapy might help some also.

CWO

Cspine · 01-20-2006, 10:16 PM

so I have a weak ass on one side? more details please

Cspine · 01-21-2006, 07:03 PM

anybody?

SCI-Nurse · 01-21-2006, 09:12 PM

There are alot of muscles in that area. I would say you have weaker muscles , or a group of muscles that have more spasticity, tone etc...than the muscles. Gravity and positioning do have something to do with it also.

To get the specifics, the physical therapists who have evaluated you should be able to give you the details and come up with a specific plan for you.

CWO

Cspine · 01-21-2006, 09:50 PM

she doesn't seem to know or care.

walkin and rollin · 01-21-2006, 10:01 PM

Cspine, I recall you saying you were losing weight? If so, is your chair too big now? Rollin has kinda the same problem- one side is weaker than the other (he's rated C5 on one side, C6 on the other). His first chair was too big, he got lazy, sat on one cheek more than the other, and now has what sounds like the same hip/leg rotation you describe. The chair he has now is two inches narrower and he sits much straighter.

lilsister · 01-22-2006, 12:04 AM

Could it be because you have a dominent or usable arm/hand? For instance if the right arm is weaker you could be using the left more and situating yourself in the chair to accomadate that. I think Jim does that since his left arm is stronger and more useful to him and now that shoulder is a little higher and that probably affects everything else. Or I have just created a mountain outof a mole hill and need better drugs......................

Buck_Nasty · 01-22-2006, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cspine

she doesn't seem to know or care.

Maybe she's upset over the pictures you posted of her nasty tits.

Oh yeah, I have the same problem, more air on the left side of the
roho fixed it. If that doesn't do it, then I slide my cock underneath
my left leg.

SCI-Nurse · 01-22-2006, 02:01 AM

Unfortunately, sometimes knowing & caring can be well hidden.But it is probably there somewhere.
Ask her again to explain her eval and treatment plan for it.

CWO

01-20-2006, 08:47 PM	#1
Cspine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,265	Hip 'dropped'? My right leg tends to frog leg/rotate out ad my hip has 'dropped'. I don't know what caused it or anything but it makes my right side sit lower and so my posture is whacked out. PT wants to just give me a coushion that is built up on that side but it seems to me that will make me sit straight but it won't fix my hip! What should I do? __________________ Death and taxes

01-20-2006, 10:16 PM	#3
Cspine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,265	so I have a weak ass on one side? more details please __________________ Death and taxes

01-21-2006, 07:03 PM	#4
Cspine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,265	anybody? __________________ Death and taxes

01-21-2006, 09:50 PM	#6
Cspine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,265	she doesn't seem to know or care. __________________ Death and taxes

01-22-2006, 12:04 AM	#8
lilsister Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Madison,Wisconsin, USA Posts: 1,481	C-spine, Could it be because you have a dominent or usable arm/hand? For instance if the right arm is weaker you could be using the left more and situating yourself in the chair to accomadate that. I think Jim does that since his left arm is stronger and more useful to him and now that shoulder is a little higher and that probably affects everything else. Or I have just created a mountain outof a mole hill and need better drugs......................

01-20-2006, 09:48 PM	#2
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,301	It is do to the weak musculature and is a common problem. More support as in the cushion and positioning aids should help it from getting worse.Physical therapy might help some also. CWO

01-21-2006, 09:12 PM	#5
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,301	There are alot of muscles in that area. I would say you have weaker muscles , or a group of muscles that have more spasticity, tone etc...than the muscles. Gravity and positioning do have something to do with it also. To get the specifics, the physical therapists who have evaluated you should be able to give you the details and come up with a specific plan for you. CWO

01-21-2006, 10:01 PM	#7
walkin and rollin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 198	Cspine, I recall you saying you were losing weight? If so, is your chair too big now? Rollin has kinda the same problem- one side is weaker than the other (he's rated C5 on one side, C6 on the other). His first chair was too big, he got lazy, sat on one cheek more than the other, and now has what sounds like the same hip/leg rotation you describe. The chair he has now is two inches narrower and he sits much straighter.

01-22-2006, 02:01 AM	#10
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,301	Unfortunately, sometimes knowing & caring can be well hidden.But it is probably there somewhere. Ask her again to explain her eval and treatment plan for it. CWO

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Researchers in England Develop a New Type of Artificial Hip	Max	Health & Science News	0	12-15-2004 06:58 PM
Steldt & Schmit (2004). Coordinated muscle activity during imposed sinusoidal hip movements in SCI	Wise Young	SCI (Clinical) Research	0	03-30-2004 04:17 PM
Becker, et al. (2003). Endoprosthesis in paraplegics with periarticular ossification of the hip.	Wise Young	SCI (Clinical) Research	0	01-20-2003 07:47 PM
Schmit, et al. (2002). Extensor reflexes in human spinal cord injury: activation by hip proprioceptors	Max	SCI (Clinical) Research	0	08-21-2002 01:43 PM