Wear and tear of cartilage in the hip joint, i.e. cartilage damage, can usually relieve symptoms effectively after medication, surgery and other treatments, but full recovery is more difficult. Cartilage damage of hip joint is mainly caused by one time violence acute injury and gradual strain, patients can appear joint pain, joint swelling, activity limitation and other symptoms. Most patients can generally recover slowly after early diagnosis and active treatment, but complete recovery is more difficult. Its commonly used drugs include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib, diclofenac, etc., which can play the role of anti-inflammatory and analgesic to relieve pain. There are also options such as glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulfate, etc., which can have some effect of repairing cartilage tissue. Surgical methods, arthroscopic cleaning can be taken, through cleaning cartilage debris, flushing out various inflammatory factors, to reduce the patient’s pain. Osteochondral transplantation is also available, which can treat large cartilage defects and has advantages such as the ability to restore subchondral bone damage and hyaline ultrastructure. In addition, it is recommended that patients with cartilage damage in the hip joint should go to the hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment to avoid delay.