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My physical therapist told me that heterotopic ossification post hip surgery can resolve with therapy. is this true?
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Maybe but not likely: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11884494 This article explains HO nicely. There are some treatments but they take time and are not likely to work. I am not an expert on this. You can search for similar articles lie the one above on Google Scholar.
Answered 1/1/2015
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