01-08-2025
Spinning more beneficial than physiotherapy says Bournemouth Uni
A new study suggest that weekly spin classes could be more beneficial than physiotherapy for people with common hip from Bournemouth University and University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) compared physiotherapy care with an eight-week exercise programme which includes cycling against hip is estimated that common hip problems, like osteoarthritis where the cartilage in the hip breaks down, causing pain and stiffness affects 3.2 million Peter Wilson, chief medical officer at UHD, said: "Finding alternative ways to treat these patients could help reduce waiting times and the financial demand on NHS services."
Judy, a Chain participant said: "I've got osteoarthritis, but fortunately in the very early stages, so I'm at the other end of the scale and I'm going for as much prevention as I can."The twinges that I get, I find have lessened since I've been doing the programme.""I started having hip problems a couple of years ago and through physio I was referred to a doctor, the doctor onto this programme and I've being doing it about seven weeks," said said: "Provided I keep doing my daily stretches, and these exercises, I can walk further and I'm gradually building back up to the walking distance I did before."Ted said: "I'm much better now, my wife doesn't need to put my socks on anymore which is really good."
The trial programme known as Chain included 211 people, who attended weekly education sessions for 30 minutes from a physiotherapist. As well as a 30 minute static cycling session led by a gym study found those who completed the cycling classes had a "statistically significant improvement in patient-reported function after treatment".Researchers said the method "showed superior outcomes compared with usual physiotherapy care".Professor of orthopaedics at Bournemouth University and a physiotherapist at UHD, Tom Wainwright said it proved "more cost-effective than standard treatment" and he hopes it "will contribute to reducing NHS waiting times"."For the time it takes to treat one patient using standard physiotherapy, we can treat multiple patients in a group session and provide them with better outcomes."Dr Wilson said: "We are an ageing population and increasingly we are seeing more patients with osteoarthritis that need either surgery or Rob Middleton, of Bournemouth University and an orthopaedic surgeon at UHD explained hip replacements cost the NHS over £6,000 per said: "Avoiding surgery for hip problems reduces the burden on the NHS, saves money, and provides better outcomes for patients."However, researchers stressed the "longer-term benefits and broader generalisability warrant further investigation".The study has been published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
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