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Your hip pain could be caused by any part of your joint. Hip pain can also be caused by conditions elsewhere in your body.
Florida Medical Pain Management is a pain management clinic that specializes in finding the root cause of your pain. The doctors can accurately diagnose the problem, and then create a personalized treatment plan to ease your pain and get you back to the things you love — regardless of where it is located.
Referred hip pain
Referred hip pain is when your discomfort is caused by another condition. Low back pain can cause this common problem.
Bulging disc or herniated
Sciatica (pinched sciatic nerve)
Broken facet joint
Degenerative disc disease
Referred hip pain can also be caused by injuries to your core muscles or a problem with the sacroiliac joints (the joint connecting the hip bones to the lower back). Pelvic organ disease can cause pain in the hip.
Problems with the hip joint
The following are four of the most common causes of hip pain:
Osteoarthritis
Your hips are the most likely site for osteoarthritis after your knees. The stress of repetitive hip movements and years of carrying your body weight causes the cartilage in the joints to wear down. Progressive hip pain is caused by bone rubbing against bone. Inflammation and bone spurs can develop.
Hip strains and sprains
Hip strains are when muscles and tendons are pulled beyond the limits. Sprains refer to stretched ligaments. Strains or sprains can cause severe damage to the tissue. Even though anyone can sustain a hip strain or sprain in their daily lives, sports injuries are more common.
Bursitis
Bursa is a fluid-filled sac that sits between bones and soft tissue. These sacs act as a cushion and reduce friction when your hip moves. Bursitis is when a bursa becomes inflamed. Bursitis can radiate pain into your upper thigh.
Labral tear
The labrum, a ring made of cartilage around the joint that helps to stabilize your upper leg bone in it, is the ring of cartilage called the labrum. A gradual overuse injury or acute sports injury can cause the cartilage to become damaged. Groin pain can also be caused by labral tears.
Hip pain treatment
The first step is to limit your activities that cause hip pain. Next, you will need to take anti-inflammatory medication, get steroid injections and engage in physical therapy. These conservative measures can help many hip problems, but if you are still experiencing pain, you should consider interventional treatment.
Interventions target nerves that send pain messages from your hip up to your brain. We can treat one or more specific nerves using real-time imaging, such as ultrasound and fluoroscopy (a specialized X-ray technique).
We treat any cause of hip pain. These are just three examples.
Nerve block
We first identify the nerves that carry pain signals in your spine or hip when performing a nerve block. We then inject a local anesthetic into the nerve to stop the pain signals. This will relieve your pain. You may also be injected with anti-inflammatory medication.
Radiofrequency ablation
Radiofrequency ablation can provide long-lasting pain relief after a nerve block is positively verified to identify the nerve that’s causing your pain. A needle-like device is inserted into the nerve, and radiofrequency energy is sent out.
The targeted nerve is damaged by the energy, which blocks pain signals. Radiationfrequency ablation can relieve pain for up to six to nine months.
Stimulation of the spinal cord
Spinal cord stimulation is a technique that stimulates the pain-carrying nervous systems as they travel through the spinal cord. This allows us to alleviate pain in any area of the hip, back, or pelvic region.
A device is implanted that sends mild electric pulses to a particular group of spinal nerves. As long as the implant is in place, the pulses will block pain messages from reaching your brain and provide pain relief.
This article was written by a medical professional at Florida Medical Pain Management. Florida Medical Pain Management is proud to offer St Pete Pain Management to a diverse group of patients. Patients at Florida Medical Pain Management can get help managing hip, knee, leg, and neck pain. The practice also offers comprehensive arthritis management, along with treatments for auto accidents, sports, and work injuries.
