Physical therapy can also help to manage any pain you feel from abnormal bone growth. If your heterotopic ossification has become very severe, your doctor might recommend surgery to remove the ...

Heterotopic ossification, or HO, is a condition that largely occurs in patients after spinal cord injuries when the soft tissues of the hip surrounding the joints become ossified with bone spurs.

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the de novo formation of bone at extraskeletal sites. This abnormal bone growth can be found clinically as a result of trauma or as a complication after surgeries such ...