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Relieve Hip Pain. Improve mobility.

Many of our hip pain patients have been treated for:

  • Hip pain at night while resting
  • Lost of blood supply to bones - Osteonecrosis
  • Strained muscles
  • Hip fractures and hip injuries.

Sometimes, certain hip-related problems faced during childhood could also cause hip joint pain later in life. Take for example developmental dysplasia, in which hips are dislocated in infants. This could hamper the proper development of hip joints. During childhood it may not cause pain, but you may experience pain a few years later.


You are not alone.

"I feel about 95% better than when i first came in. The last few mights I've had wonderful sleeping. (Before the treatments) I was in so much pain."
G.C.

Hip pain is very common and can result from numerous different causes. Hip pain tends to occur commonly in certain age groups - the young (from 0 to 15 years) and older population (45 years of age).

Women sustain about 80% of all hip fractures

In 1990, researchers estimated that the number of hip fractures would exceed 500,000 by the year 2040


When should I see a doctor?

Hip pain treatment must be directed at the specific cause of your problem. Some signs that you should be seen by a doctor include:

  • Your inability to walk comfortably on the affected side of your body
  • Injury that causes deformity around your hip joint
  • Hip pain that occurs at night or while your resting
  • Hip pain that persists beyond a few days
  • Your inability to bend at the hip
  • Swelling of your hip or in the thigh area
  • Signs of a hip infection, including fever, redness, warmth
  • Any other unusual symptoms in your hip


What should I expect?

To help diagnose the cause of your hip pain problem, our doctors will ask medical history questions, such as:

  • Do you have pain in one or both hips?
  • Do you have pain elsewhere like your lower back or thigh?
  • Do you have pain in other joints?
  • Did your pain begin suddenly, or slowly and mildly?
  • Did the pain begin after an injury, fall, or accident?
  • Does any particular activity make the pain worse?
  • Have you done anything to try to relieve the pain? If so, what helps?
  • Are you able to walk and bear weight?
  • What other medical problems do you have? Osteoporosis or other signs of bone loss? Sickle cell anemia?
  • Do you take any medications? If so, which ones? If on steroids, for how long have you been on them?