What to do if your hip shaft hurts

Hip shaft pain may be caused by physiologic factors such as strenuous exercise, or by pathologic factors such as trauma and osteoarthritis of the hip joint. Treatment can be categorized into conservative treatment and surgical treatment. 1. Physiological factors: People who have recently had strenuous exercise may have pain around the hip joint due to muscle fatigue or spasm around the hip joint, which can be relieved by themselves after resting for a period of time, and no special treatment is needed. If the pain is not relieved for a long time or aggravated progressively, the possibility of trauma should be suspected, and should go to the hospital for further examination. 2. Trauma: Hip impact or fall caused by femoral neck fracture can also cause pain around the hip joint. Most of the soft tissue injuries or bone contusion do not need special treatment, and can be relieved by braking and resting for a period of time, or you can use some topical bruise medication, such as safflower oil and so on. Fractures of the neck of the femur need timely surgical treatment, depending on the condition of the disease can choose closed or cut and replace internal fixation. Hip joint replacement is the most common treatment for femoral neck fracture in the elderly. 3. Osteoarthritis of the hip joint: Osteoarthritis of the hip joint can be treated with some medications at the beginning of the treatment, commonly used medications are celecoxib, dextrose, chondroitin sulfate, etc. When the pain is severe or occurs, the pain can be treated with some medications. When the pain is severe and intolerable or when there is obvious joint deformity, surgical treatment can be considered, and according to the condition, arthroscopic surgery, osteotomy and orthopedic surgery, hip joint replacement can be chosen. In addition to the above diseases, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, hip joint infection and other diseases can cause pain around the hip joint, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital as soon as possible, under the guidance of a professional doctor with medication to be treated accordingly.