Hip Joint Injection
The hip joint is the largest weight-bearing joint in the body. It serves as a crucial connection point between the lower extremities and the trunk. When the hip joint experiences arthritis, injury, or mechanical stress, it can lead to hip, buttocks, leg, or low back pain. A hip joint injection can help alleviate pain and inflammation in the hip.
What are hip injections?
A hip injection is a minimally invasive procedure that injects medicine into the joint where the leg joins the pelvis to help relieve pain in the hip joint. The type of medicine will vary based on the specific cause of the pain. In general, the injection consists of a time-release, numbing medication that helps reduce inflammation which may provide long-term pain relief. In addition to numbing medicines, other types of injections can help with hip joint pain management.
Hip injections can be helpful not only for pain management but as a diagnostic tool also. The injection can help confirm (or deny) that the hip joint is the source of pain. For example, if the patient experiences complete pain relief while the hip joint is numb, the joint is likely the source of the pain.
Conditions Treated with Hip Joint Injections
Hip injections can help with hip-related pain management caused by several conditions. Hip joint pain can result from overuse of the joint, an injury, or an inflammatory disease (such as rheumatoid arthritis).
How does it work?
The small area where the injection takes place is cleaned and then numbed numbed with an anesthetic. You may feel a sting for a few seconds. A small needle is then accurately placed by your doctor into the joint guided by real-time X-ray images (fluoroscopy). Before injecting the medicine, a contrast dye is injected through this needle into the joint to confirm that the medicine will reach the joint. A number of solutions can be injecting depending on the pathology of your hip pain including anti-inflammatory cortisone, viscosupplementation, platelet rich plasma (PRP), etc.
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