Question
male aged 30 years fell on the lateral aspect of hip bone 6 months back, visited the doctor just now, doctor said some ligament is broken, gave medicines, adviced rest. can u please tell me if there should be any diet modification? the patient works and sometimes has to lift mild weight, how long will it take the ligament to be made again? and would u advice any other thing

Answer

Hanna Somatic Educatio Hello, Sana,

With regard to diet, my advice would be to maintain a sound, balanced diet.

Ligaments may take months to heal -- but a fall is unlikely to have broken ligaments; the more common effect of a fall is to send muscles into spasm, which is painful and can last indefinitely unless measures are taken to restore normal muscle tone.

To that end, I have written webpages to give more detailed information.

http://somatics.com/recovery_from_injury.htm
http://somatics.com/movement.htm

with regard,
Lawrence Gold