How Does A Hip Injection Work?
A hip injection contains pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory medication. The injection delivers the medication directly to the painful or injured joint for pain relief. Hip injection therapy reduces or eliminates the pain so you can return to an active lifestyle.
Your hip joint connects one major axis to two others, enabling the movement of your body. The joint bears the weight of your body. Inflammation or injury to any part of your hip joint leads to excruciating pain and a limited range of motion, stopping you from fully participating in your favorite activities.
If you suffer from hip pain, talk to a pain specialist in New York. Dr. Ilana Etelzon is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehab/Interventional Pain Management. She uses the most advanced techniques in pain treatment, including hip injections. Her treatment combines minimally invasive procedures with various regenerative therapies.
What Hip Injections Are Available?
Advances in pain treatment allow doctors to use a combination of therapies for effective pain relief. Medications your doctor may use in your hip injection include:
Steroid Injections
The most common hip injection is a corticosteroid shot. The medication contains cortisone, a steroid, and an anesthetic or numbing agent. The steroid reduces inflammation and swelling in your hip joint. Cortisone temporarily slows the immune system, which offers pain relief in your hip. The numbing agent also helps ease the pain in your joint.
Hyaluronic Acid Injections
Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections supplement naturally occurring hyaluronic acid found in the synovial fluid of the joint. The gel-like substance cushions and lubricates the joint, and your doctor may inject a supplemental amount to increase its effectiveness.
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections
PRP is among the regenerative medicine procedures used for pain relief. The treatment halts cartilage degeneration and promotes new cartilage creation. The treatment reduces hip joint pain over time.
Dr. Etelzon chooses non-operative approaches to treat pain, including hip injections. This pain specialist also provides other advanced procedures for pain treatment in the hip, including radiofrequency ablation and nerve block injections.
Hip joint injections are effective for multiple pain-causing conditions, including:
Bursitis
Hip arthritis
Tendonitis
A hip injury
Osteoarthritis
Impingement
Labral tear
If you’ve felt nagging hip joint pain that doesn’t respond to conservative treatment or over-the-counter medication, talk to a pain specialist like Dr. Etelzon. At her NYC pain management practice, you get effective pain relief solutions.
A hip injection is a short procedure that takes place at your doctor’s office. Once Dr. Etelzon reaches a diagnosis and recommends a hip injection, she discusses the treatment with you. You can expect:
The doctor to take your medical history and examine your hip, using the latest imaging technology, if necessary
The area of the injection to be disinfected and numbed with a topical anesthetic
The injection occurs while you lie on your back or side
Your pain management doctor to inject the medicine into several spots in the joint if necessary
Not to feel much pain and whatever pain you do feel to be within tolerable limits
To relax for about 10 minutes after the injection
To possibly experience some soreness at the injection site
The pain-relieving medication to take a few days to start working
A hip injection isn’t always the proper treatment for you, but please follow up with Dr. Etelzon for a consultation to find an appropriate recommendation.
Many pain specialists today incorporate hip injections in pain treatments because of the effectiveness of the treatment. The advantages of hip injections include:
Long-term pain relief, compared to conservative treatments
Better pain relief, compared to over-the-counter medications
A quick and painless procedure
No downtime
Diagnosis-enabling results
Treatment for a wide variety of painful hip conditions
Hip injections improve the quality of your life and allow you to resume your normal routines. Contact Dr. Etelzon in NYC for advanced and individualized pain treatment procedures.
We also treat Knee, Shoulder, Hand, Wrist, Trigger Finger, and Ankle with injection therapy.