What causes hip pain? Learn about hip bursitis, hip labral tears, and hip arthritis

Hip pain can be causes by bursitis, larbral tears, arthritis and many more diagnoses. Many patient who think their hip is the problem learn it is not the actual hip joint at all! Back issues are common sources of pain around the hip that can be confused with a hip joint etiology. Learn about hip bursitis, hip labral tears, and hip arthritis. ‪@JosephGonduskyMD‬ and learn more at GonduskyMD.com

[@1vvkk]

Very informative and a clear explanation. Having pain on right side of hip, near groin and its radiating to front side of thign up to knees. Ortho says Bursitis and x-ray shows mild hip Arthristis. Taking muscle relaxer and diclofenac for past one week, the pain level decreased a bit but it still hurts so badly.. Any advice? Thanks

[@martha7525]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@JosephGonduskyMD]

Glad it was helpful!

[@larrye2679]

Does hip osteoarthritis cause lower back muscles to tighten up (or knot up) especially while walking? Thank you.

[@JosephGonduskyMD]

The back and hip are interconnected. Hip arthritis can cause back pain to be worse. But, isolated back pain is common as well. Overall, back and hip issues are so common that it is very frequent with patients to present with both. It’s our job to differentiate these things. I often see patients who think they have a hip problem that is certainly related to the low back, and vice versa. And often both of these things are occurring. But yes, if you do have hip arthritis, the gait abnormality that can occur due to this can cause some low back discomfort fairly frequently.

[@GentleGiantPSP]

My recent xray shows calcification in the hip joint that is causing friction that is really painful. My orthopedic appt is not until November 2024. Is it common to have the calcification removed for relief? I'm afraid the orthopedic will start with treatment that is too conservative, such as cortisone shots and NSAIDs which haven't worked on me ever over the past year.

[@gymnasticlife1788]

Any experience or suggestions if ossification within hip labrum is found on pelvis mri..?

[@JosephGonduskyMD]

Ossification of the labrum can be common and is not necessarily a problem if pain is not associated with it. For pain, especially in the groin, it can signify a symptomatic labral tear or early arthritis. Other sources of groin pain can be from hip flexor strains or inflammation, and many other etiologies. I would overall see an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hips if you have pain associated with the pathology on MRI.

[@furiousdoe7779]

scolioses can be corrected ….

[@JosephGonduskyMD]

True! As a hip replacement surgeon I generally think of scoliosis as either younger, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or older, degenerative scoliosis. Most patients I see have degenerative scoliosis. Almost all people over 60 have some form of back degenerative disease, whether symptomatic or not. And, degenerative scoliosis is very common. It is the most common reason why older people lose height. The back goes from a straight line to a curved “S” and you may go from 5’6” to 5’4”. True scoliosis deformities can only be corrected with surgery. Which, as you can imagine, is a fairly massive surgical procedure which does not make sense for most people.