I was born in 1980 and had 2 clicky hips. They never scanned me, and my mum declined the x-ray (not good for babies and i had even creases) just kept an eye on me i guess. I have had clicky hips all my life since and when i was a teen my doctor thoroughly encouraged horse-riding (which i loved anyway) because it is strengthening for the supporting ligaments and muscles of the hip joints, and told me to sit on the floor with the soles of my feet together as much as possible (i still do this nowadays and it feels soooo comfy to me!). I have shallow hip sockets and they did "lock" sometimes when i was a teen, i assume because they had slipped a little towards dislocation. I was assessed again at 14 and they said either they could put me in a cast for several months or i could go on riding and doing PT exercises and see how i went. I didn't want the cast as it was armpits to ankles (they did say it should have been done earlier if we were going to go that way!) and i didn't want anyone wiping my bum for me! I've never outright dislocated, i run and ride and lift weights (Haven't ridden in a long while though!) and don't "lock" up anymore either.
As i understand from what i've read, if i was born now i'd probably have been treated differently, but i also think that it shows that you can also be completely ok, despite having shallow sockets.
My DD has a clicky left hip also, we have had 1 ultrasound at 6 weeks, but because she was 3 weeks early it was too early to see anything, so she is having another ultrasound today it is nothing serious!
Well it's good news on our front! The unofficial verdict from the u/s was that his hips look fine, everything is where it should be. So I'm very relieved and feeling so lucky.
Interestingly, she did say that they get heaps of babies in for clicky hips, and most of them are fine (that was the info I'd been looking for last week lol)... so Skye & Butterfly Warrior, hoping that's a relief for you too. Also, thanks to Minimatron & others in the hip dysplasia group, they posted some great questions for when you go.... (so hopefully you don't have to wait on results you can find out pretty much on the spot):
? Is the hip in place?
? Does the cup cover the ball?
? Is the ball formed?
? is the cup formed?
? is the hip dislocatable?
? what is the coverage in percentage?
? When/how will we get the results?
thank you for the support everyone, much appreciated
Belfie
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it is nothing serious!
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