The reports continue to pour in about the adverse effects of metal-on-metal hip replacements. We’ve written before about the dangers of hip replacements and the complications associated with all-metal hip replacements. Recent articles are further revealing the trouble with metal-on-metal hop replacements^1,2:

1. Heavy metal leaching into the blood
2. Friction of the metal destroying bone and muscle.
3. Residual pain and disability
4. High incidence of revision surgery or early removal of artificial hip
5. Necessity of regular MRI scans to assess the status of the artificial hip.

A better alternative for hip pain and degeneration is Comprehensive Prolotherapy. Watch a treatment as done by Dr. Ross Hauser.

1. Knoix, R. Prone To Failure, Some All-Metal Hip Implants Need To Be Removed Early.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/03/19/148769073/prone-to-failure-some-all-metal-hip-implants-need-to-be-removed-early. Accessed 3/7/2012.

2. Bates, C. Hope, J. Toxic metal hip implants ‘could affect thousands more people than PIP breast scandal’.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2107640/Toxic-metal-hip-implants-affect-thousands-people-PIP-breast-scandal.html. Accessed 3/7/2012