Hip Pain

 Welcome to Episode #25 of the Princeton Spine and Joint Center Podcast. In this episode Dr. Scott Curtis, Sports Medicine Director at Princeton Spine and Joint Center, sat down with Dr. Jaimee Kukla, a chiropractor practicing in Lawrenceville, New Jersey for over 20 years. Scott and Jaimee discussed chiropractic manipulation, what it’s used for and some of the misconceptions behind it. They also talked about the difference between chiropractic manipulation and physical therapy, and

Is Piriformis Syndrome the Same Thing as Sciatica? If you have ever experienced pain, tingling, and/or numbness along your sciatic nerve, you have likely heard the terms piriformis syndrome and sciatica. While these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, piriformis syndrome and sciatica are not the same and differ in terms of causes, symptoms, and treatments. The underlying causes are different Both sciatica and piriformis syndrome can cause symptoms in your lower back, buttock, and/or

When red-hot sciatica pain sears down your leg, using ice therapy can be uniquely effective in immediately soothing the pain. Read more about Sciatica Symptoms Sciatica treatments typically focus on the underlying condition causing your symptoms. See Sciatica Treatment The key is to know when and how to use ice therapy for the best results: Use ice therapy as soon as your pain starts Ice or cold therapy is recommended when your sciatica is acute or flares

Is Piriformis Syndrome the Same Thing as Sciatica? If you have ever experienced pain, tingling, and/or numbness along your sciatic nerve, you have likely heard the terms piriformis syndrome and sciatica. While these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, piriformis syndrome and sciatica are not the same and differ in terms of causes, symptoms, and treatments. The underlying causes are different Both sciatica and piriformis syndrome can cause symptoms in your lower back, buttock, and/or

Swelling and inflammation near a joint may be a sign of bursitis, a condition that involves buildup of liquid and inflammation in a bursa sac that cushions a joint. This condition has earned some interesting names over the years: housemaid’s knee, student’s elbow, and tailor’s bottom, to name a few. What Causes Bursitis? Hip Bursitis Video Simply put, bursitis is the inflammation of a bursa and buildup of fluid in the bursa sac. A bursa is a thin, slippery sac

Watch the video Video Transcript There are several common options for treating hip arthritis. Among them, first usually what we recommend is physical therapy – a good regimented physical therapy program. This includes strengthening of the muscles of the core, your core strengthening, strengthening the hip flexor muscles, your hip extensors, improving your biomechanics, and improving the way you are balanced so that you, we try to minimize the pressure that’s on the joints and

Watch the video This video accompanies: Snapping Hip Syndrome Video Video Transcript Common treatment for a snapping hip syndrome varies depending upon the origin of the snapping hip. When it’s the first type, which is outside of the joint, and when it’s coming from a tendon that is snapping over the outside of the leg, normally treatment for this is just to strengthen the surrounding muscles, including your core, the hip flexor muscles, the hip extensor

Watch the video This video accompanies the article: What Is Hip Osteoarthritis? Video Transcript In addition to the bones, muscles, tendons, and ligaments, the cartilage is what lines the joints and basically it is what gives us shock absorption, good shock absorption, and within the hip joint, the cartilage lines the ball of the ball-and-socket joint, and provides good cushioning, a padded cushion of absorption. When in osteoarthritis, this cushion starts to break down, and that's

Watch the video This video accompanies: Treatment for Snapping Hip Syndrome Video Video Transcript With a snapping hip syndrome, a patient typically will come in complaining of, just that, a snapping hip. The snapping hip can be painless or it can be painful. It can vary in the degree of time that it’s been going on for. Quite often, the patient knows that their hip has been snapping, and if it’s painless, hasn’t thought anything about

Watch the video Video Transcript When hip pain is coming from within the joint, the most common cause of that type of pain comes from a labral tear. And the labrum is the cartilage lining of that socket joint of the socket of the ball-and-socket of the hip joint, and that can tear in different areas. Typically, patients will present with pain in the groin. They can feel a locking, or a catching, or giving way, and

Watch the video In This Article: Hip (Trochanteric) Bursitis Hip Bursitis Symptoms Hip Bursitis Causes Hip Bursitis Diagnosis Hip Bursitis Treatment Hip Bursitis Video Video Transcript Hip Bursitis is a general term that can describe bursitis coming from a few different areas. Bursitis specifically means inflammation of the fluid pocket that is surrounding the hip joint. Hip bursitis can occur in and of itself, but more often occurs associated with some other symptoms. Most often

Watch the video Video Transcript A radiograph is basically also known as an X-Ray, where it is a picture of the bones. It does not show a good evaluation of the nerves or of the soft tissue rather. Really just a picture of the bones themselves. But the diagnosis of osteoarthritis is made based upon radiographic findings (what we see on an X-Ray.) So it's specific for that and can tell us, not only if

Watch the video Video Transcript There are a few most common causes of hip pain. The first thing really to distinguish is to identify which pain is coming from the hip, as opposed to some other source. So four causes of hip pain, and the pain can come from muscles, ligaments, tendons, the pain can come from within the joint itself. But those types of pain present in a different way. So that's the most

Watch the video A major component for hip osteoarthritis treatment is physical therapy and exercise. However, for many patients who may be overweight, it can be difficult to begin or continue an exercise routine due to joint pain from osteoarthritis. This video explains the role of pain management in exercising for weight loss for hip osteoarthritis. Video Transcript There are two major components to treating hip osteoarthritis. The first is taking away the inflammation from

Watch the video When hip pain from osteoarthritis severely affects one's quality of life, surgery becomes an option worth considering. This video discusses when it is appropriate to consider hip surgery as well as the two major types of hip surgery for arthritis. Video Transcript There are two major components to treating hip osteoarthritis. The first is taking away the inflammation from the joint to alleviate the pain and the other is to make sure

Watch the video There is some evidence supported by clinical studies that supplements such as Glucosamine and Chondroitin and Omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce inflammation in a joint caused by arthritis. Patients should talk to their doctors about whether supplements are appropriate to treat their hip osteoarthritis condition. This video discusses the effectiveness and risks of supplements for hip osteoarthritis. Video Transcript There are two major components to treating hip osteoarthritis. The first is

Watch the video The goal of physical therapy for treating hip osteoarthritis is to reduce the pressure that causes the pain and inflammation in the hip joints by strengthening and stretching the surrounding muscles. Apart from the changing the biomechanics, a physical therapy program may also include passive modalities that aim toward treating the joint inflammation. Video Transcript There are two major components to treating hip osteoarthritis. The first is taking away the inflammation from

Watch the video Video Transcript There are two major components to treating hip osteoarthritis. The first is taking away the inflammation from the joint to alleviate the pain; and the other is to make sure that we address the biomechanics to take the pressure off the hip so that the inflammation doesn’t return. When symptoms are persistent despite physical therapy, or if the symptoms are getting in the way of participating with physical therapy, there are