{"id":41993,"date":"2018-05-02T11:14:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T10:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=41993"},"modified":"2018-05-09T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:00:50","slug":"the-ongoing-reduction-in-pain-became-the-inspiration-to-never-go-back-to-ground-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2018\/05\/02\/the-ongoing-reduction-in-pain-became-the-inspiration-to-never-go-back-to-ground-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"The ongoing reduction in pain became the inspiration to never go back to \u201cground zero\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gluteal tendinopathy, or pain and tenderness over the greater trochanter (lateral hip pain), is prevalent and impacts on quality of life, in a similar way to end stage hip osteoarthritis. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consensus for successful management of tendinopathy focuses on load management. Load management was delivered as an education and exercise package <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/361\/bmj.k1662\">in the recent LEAP trial<\/a>. The trial looked at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">education plus exercise versus corticosteroid injection versus wait and see on global outcome and pain from gluteal tendinopathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The study found <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that an education, load management, and exercise programme for gluteal tendinopathy resulted in greater rates of global improvement than corticosteroid injection use and wait and see. Corticosteroid injection use was more successful than the wait and see approach only in the short term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alison George, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/361\/bmj.k1662\">a participant from the LEAP trial<\/a> recently contacted us to express gratitude after undergoing the education and exercise programme (completing the trial February 2015). She was a typical patient with persistent gluteal tendinopathy (i.e., post-menopausal female, high BMI, weak hip abductors) and MRI findings of gluteus medius and minimus insertional tendinopathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alison wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI volunteered on the basis of nothing to lose. I felt old for my age, led a sedentary life, and had walked with a lot of hip pain for many years. Placed in the physiotherapy group, the reality of having to exercise, and regularly, was a shock. The sessions eased me into the exercises, which I continued at home. I was surprised by the reduction in pain achieved in relatively short period of time. I was more surprised that the ongoing reduction in pain became the inspiration to never go back to \u2018ground zero.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I found the support, encouragement, and help to complete the exercises properly to be invaluable. The professional guidance and corrections to my technique in those early weeks meant I never forgot how to do them properly.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alison reported that she was very much better and has continued to remain pain free, while becoming more active. She now participates regularly in Pilates and fit boxing sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alison\u2019s physiotherapist, Rod McLean, was similarly positive about being involved in the education and exercise programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participating in the LEAP trial as a physiotherapist was a very positive experience. I observed substantial improvement within 2-3 weeks in patients with long standing lateral hip pain. This was reassuring because the programme utilized contemporary evidence of providing a comprehensive education package alongside the exercise, which was quite different to my experience in other exercise trials where treatment responses were small.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think that the early positive responses could be ascribed to the education component. It was critical to settling the pain and in performing the exercises with appropriate form. I recently managed a patient with long standing lateral hip pain who had undergone nine months of prescribed exercises, similar to those in the LEAP trial, but without the education component of the education and exercise programme. I simply added the education component and removed some higher-level exercises over the first month, and her pain subsided. We then progressed exercises in the subsequent two months and her pain completely resolved. This reinforced my observations that the education component is critical.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26418561\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">evidence <\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that patients with long-standing lateral hip pain will have weak gluteal muscles, which require exercise to rebuild capacity and enable performance of normal daily activities. A unique feature of this exercise programme is the linkage with education, ensuring correct performance of the exercises.<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI still use the education and exercise programme clinically although in the private sector some patients are unable to attend as frequently, so I tend to see them once weekly for 8 weeks (14 sessions\/8 weeks in LEAP trial). Regular visits are necessary to deliver and reinforce the information in the education package, as well as to institute, monitor and progress exercises.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the LEAP trial studied a specific education and exercise programme, against widely used steroid injection and control, it remains unknown whether other exercise programmes or variations of the LEAP programme are as effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Further research into customising the education and exercise programme to individual patients is required. For example, some patients with small strength deficits may benefit from a focus on education rather than supervised exercise, whereas patients in persistent pain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29427310\">associated psychological distress <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and larger strength deficits may require more comprehensive care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The high rate of global improvement following education and exercise compared to wait and see or corticosteroid injection provides a positive and empowering perspective for both patient and clinician in a condition that is notorious for poor outcomes and quality of life, with few options of proven medical treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/bill_vicenzino.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41998\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/bill_vicenzino.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/bill_vicenzino.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/bill_vicenzino-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Bill Vicenzino<\/strong> is the Chair of Sports Physiotherapy in the University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Chief Investigator in the National Health and Medical Research Council funded Program grant: \u2018Musculoskeletal pain and disability: improving outcomes through conservative measures\u2019 and the Centre of Research Excellence grant: \u2018Translation of Research into Improved Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Pain and Health.\u2019<\/em> Tweets: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bill_Vicenzino\">@Bill_Vicenzino<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/rebecca_mellor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41999\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/rebecca_mellor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/rebecca_mellor.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/rebecca_mellor-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Rebecca Mellor<\/strong> is the Senior Research Officer in the University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the National Health and Medical Research Council Program grant: \u2018Musculoskeletal pain and disability: improving outcomes through conservative measures\u2019. Lower limb musculoskeletal conditions are the focus of her work<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/alison_grimaldi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/alison_grimaldi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/alison_grimaldi.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/alison_grimaldi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Alison Grimaldi<\/strong> is an Australian Sports Physiotherapist, the principal of Physiotec Physiotherapy Clinic in Tarragindi (Queensland, Australia) \u00a0and an Adjunct Research Fellow for the University of Queensland School of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences. Her clinical and research specialty is the management of hip pain. She posts regularly on twitter:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@alisongrimaldi\">@alisongrimaldi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Acknowledgement<\/strong>: Thanks you to Alison George and Rod McLean for their comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patient consent obtained<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Competing interests<\/strong>: Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/361\/bmj.k1662\">full declaration of competing interests on the research paper<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gluteal tendinopathy, or pain and tenderness over the greater trochanter (lateral hip pain), is prevalent and impacts on quality of life, in a similar way to end stage hip osteoarthritis. 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