When Should You See a Hip Doctor?
Signs and symptoms of hip pain include:
- Joint pain felt in the front of the hip, along the outside of the hip, in the groin, or over the buttock area
- Discomfort and swelling in the thigh and knee
- Joint inflammation or hip muscle spasms, which may cause fluid accumulation in the hip joint
- Limping or the inability to walk comfortably on the affected side
- Inability to bend or rotate the hip
- Soreness and the feeling of the hip throbbing while sleeping or resting
- Fever, redness, and warmth, which are signs of infection
If you are experiencing any of the symptoms above, you may have a hip condition, such as hip osteoarthritis, hip bursitis, hip arthritis, or an injury like a fractured hip, dislocated hip, hip flexor injury, or labral tear.
Conditions include, but are not limited to:
- Fracture care of the hip
- Primary total hip replacement
- Revision total hip replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Labral tears
- Total joint replacement
- Total joint revision
- Bursitis
- Arthritis
- Hip fracture, dislocation
- Recent injury, fracture or sprain
- Sports related injuries to the hip
- Minimally invasive hip replacement
