• Krzysztof Kassolik, Donata Kurpas, Iwona Wilk, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Jacek Hyży, and Waldemar Andrzejewski.
• Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland; Institute of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Medical Professional School, Opole, Poland.
• Rehabil Nurs. 2014 Nov 1; 39 (6): 311-20.

UnlabelledThe purpose of our case presentation was to reveal effectiveness of medical massage in the therapy for obturator nerve dysfunction as a complication of hip joint alloplasty.DesignMedical massage was carried out in a 58-year-old man after hip joint alloplasty. The aim was to normalize tension of muscle-ligament-fascia apparatus within pelvic girdle and reconstruct correct structural conditions in the course of obturator nerve.MethodsThe methodology included correct positioning and medical massage with individually designed procedures.FindingsFull normalization of muscular tone and subsidence of pain complaints were obtained.ConclusionsMassage has a positive influence on subsidence of pain complaints; however, effectiveness of the procedure depends on an appropriate methodology.Clinical RelevanceThe presented massage procedure is an effective therapy in obturator nerve dysfunction as complication after alloplasty and it can be one of elements of complex improvement after surgical joint procedures within the scope of nursing rehabilitation.© 2013 Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.

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