When hip pain occurs, the following methods can be used to deal with it.
1. reduce the amount of activity as soon as possible and avoid going up and down stairs, climbing, squatting, weight-bearing and strenuous exercise.
2, appropriate oral or topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs are very helpful in relieving symptoms.
3, but if there is trauma, increased skin temperature around the hip joint or sudden pain leading to inability to walk or stand, it is time to go to the hospital as soon as possible.
Many patients find that rest is useful to relieve hip pain, so is it always rest and do not move?
No. For mild to moderate hip pain, proper muscle exercises based on adequate rest can strengthen the stability of the hip joint and help relieve symptoms.
The most important thing for the hip joint is the gluteus medius strength training. The gluteus medius is located mainly on the outside of the hip and is the most important muscle for maintaining hip stability.
Exercises for the gluteus medius are very simple and can be done while standing or lying down: 1.
1, hip abduction: normal side of the leg alone standing (bend 45 ° when lying on its side), the pain side of the leg straight, toes inward buckle, outward extension of 45 °, adhere to 10 seconds and then slowly put down, rest 5-10 seconds for a time, 10 times for a group.
Hip abduction (standing)
Hip abduction (lying on the side)
2, scallop action: side lying, the normal side of the leg in the next, legs bent 45 °, the pain side of the leg bent knee abduction 45 °, while keeping the feet together, adhere to 10 seconds and slowly put down, rest 5-10 seconds for a time, 10 times for a group.
Scallop action (side lying)
Exercise can be divided into three times a day in the morning, midday and evening, each time do 1~2 sets, with the depth of exercise, the number and time of exercise per day can be increased appropriately.
The above methods are more practical for patients whose symptoms are not heavy, but if you exercise for a month and do not improve, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible.
Hip pain to this extent, hurry to the hospital! Many patients are used to resting when they have hip pain, and they are not willing to go to the hospital because they can’t cure the disease, but they miss the best treatment time because of excessive disease, which leads to poor treatment results later.
Therefore, we advocate that “good medicine treats the untreated disease” and suggest that patients should consider going to the hospital for the following conditions.
1. Recurrent pain. If the pain at the root of the thigh, aggravated by heavy activity, slightly relieved after rest, and then aggravated by activity again, and so on, begins to affect normal life and work.
2.Injuries such as falls and collisions during sports, recreation or life, which injure the hip and lead to symptoms such as hip pain and restricted movement.
3, difficulties in walking, inability to stilt, inability to squat, and discomfort in sitting and standing.
4.Atrophy of one side of the hip muscle is found, and the two sides of the hip are not the same size.
5.Significant swelling around the hip joint, with insignificant relief after a week or two of rest.
6.Increased skin temperature around the hip joint, accompanied by generalized fever.
So, does the appearance of these symptoms necessarily require surgery?
You can rest assured that in the early stage of the disease, 80% of the patients can be significantly relieved or cured through conservative treatment such as medicine, physiotherapy and rehabilitation exercises under the guidance of doctors.
For patients whose conservative treatment does not work well for about 3 months and significantly affects their life and work, the doctor will recommend surgery.