Hip Treatment

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, we are committed to finding a treatment that helps to relieve your hip pain, once and for all. We understand that hip pain and stiffness can stop you from even the simplest activities. Our nationally recognized, award-winning orthopaedic care team offers highly specialized, including a number of surgical and non-surgical treatment options for hip pain. Your orthopaedic team will work with you to develop a customized treatment plan to get your hip pain under control—and to get you back to doing the things you love.

Non-Surgical Hip Pain Treatments

Our specialists will talk through all of your care options including non-surgical treatments. Your physician may prescribe a combination of exercises and physical therapy along with anti-inflammatory medicines to get the most effective combination of treatments.

  • Exercise and physical therapy – Exercise may seem like the last thing you want to do when you have hip pain, but it can be one of your best defenses to relieve the pain that’s slowing you down. A rehabilitation specialist designs exercise and physical therapy plans that help strengthen the muscles around the hip, which will help stabilize and protect the joint. Including movement and stretching to increase your flexibility will relieve stiffness and improve your range of motion.

  • Anti-Inflammatory Medications – Inflammation in the hip joint is the main cause of pain from arthritis and over-use conditions. Anti-inflammatories, also known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) can help relieve mild to moderate pain caused by inflammation.

  • Injections – A corticosteroid is a prescription medication for inflammation. Getting a steroid injection directly into a painful hip joint can give you relief for several weeks to several months. Our doctors use high-resolution ultrasound equipment to help guide the needle to the area of inflammation. Ultrasound-guided injections help them target the medication precisely for more effective relief.

Male with hip injury.

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If surgery is necessary, our physicians can provide a referral to one of our affiliated orthopedic surgeons. For more information on surgical options, please contact us at askortho@stelizabeth.com.

Meet Your Non-Surgical Orthopaedic Doctors

Kevin Bonfield, MD

Kevin Bonfield, MD

Tyler Browning, MD

Tyler Browning, MD

Aloiya Kremer, MD

Aloiya Kremer, MD

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Surgical Options

If surgery is necessary, our physicians can provide a referral to one of our affiliated orthopaedic surgeons. For more information on surgical options, please contact us at askortho@stelizabeth.com.