HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU NEED A HIP REPLACEMENT?

 

How Do You Know If You Need a Hip Replacement?


How bad is your hip pain needing a Hip Replacement Surgery?

Ask yourself

  • Is your pain keeps you awake the whole night and you are facing difficulty walking or bend over?
  • Are you using pain relief medicine?
  • Have conservative treatments have not helped your pain?
  • Your hip hurts when you’re not moving. Even when you’re sitting still or lying in bed, your hip pain or stiffness still bothers you.

Let’s take a look at points that will help you decide if you need hip replacement surgery.

  1. Tests Reveal Advanced Arthritis or Significant Joint Damage

Your hip is a ball-and-socket joint. Cartilage covering the joint surfaces and synovial fluid inside the joint cavity reduces the friction caused where the socket in the pelvic bone and the ball of the femoral head moves together. Significant joint damage caused by arthritis or other joint conditions can create inflammation, causing the cartilage to wear away. Without cartilage, there’s no cushion between the bones rubbing together, and they begin to wear down causing pain. Advanced cases of joint damage may make surgery necessary.

  1. Your Hip Disability Makes Completing Routine Tasks Difficult

The most important factor you should keep in mind when you’re deciding if you should have hip replacement surgery is how much your injured hip is affecting your life. Even if you can manage the pain, significant disability of the hip joint can make even the most routine tasks difficult or impossible, such as:

  • Putting on your shoes or socks
  • Walking normal distances
  • Standing on one leg, even with assistance for balance
  1. Hip Stiffness Limits Your Normal Range of Motion in the Joint

Stiffness is another indication that your hip may be severely injured and in need of hip replacement surgery. If you find that you’re experiencing joint stiffness that makes walking or bending your hip joint difficult, or if you can’t lift your leg, speak with an orthopaedic specialist as soon as possible.

  1. Conservative Treatments Do Not Adequately Relieve Hip Pain

Many people with conditions affecting the hip joint, such as arthritis, do not need hip replacement surgery immediately. Your doctor will probably attempt conservative treatment options initially, including:

  • Physical therapy: Strengthens and stabilizes muscles surrounding the hip joint and can also preserve the hip’s range of motion
  • Steroid injections: Reduces swelling and blocks pain sensations
  • Anti-inflammatory medications: Reduces inflammation in the hip joint, which can relieve pain

These treatments do not cure hip conditions. However, they can improve function and make hip pain more tolerable. Unfortunately, there may reach a point when these conservative measures become less effective and fail to provide relief. When that happens, your doctor may suggest hip replacement surgery.

  1. You Have Chronic and Significant Pain

Significant damage to your hip joint can cause chronic and significant pain, not just in your hip, but anywhere between your hip and knee. If you experience any of the following, you should talk to an orthopedic specialist immediately:

  • You regularly take painkillers to deal with the pain
  • Your pain keeps you awake at night despite the use of pain medications
  • Your pain makes it difficult to walk or bend over
  • Your pain isn’t relieved by rest during the day or night
  • Conservative treatments have not helped your pain
  • You compensate for your pain with a limp
  • You rely on a walking aid to relieve your hip pain

Severe pain is one of the main reasons patients seek a hip replacement, but it isn’t the only symptom that could indicate your need for hip replacement surgery.

  1. Joint Pain Is Wearing You Down Emotionally and Mentally

The physical ramifications of hip joint pain are obvious, as it affects your ability to move and perform actions. However, chronic joint pain can also take a toll on a patient’s emotional and mental well-being. Even if you can tolerate your level of hip pain, after dealing with this symptom over the course of months or even years, you may find yourself exhibiting the signs of a mental health condition. In fact, chronic pain has been linked to both depression and anxiety.

Hip replacement surgery is advised in severe arthritis of the hip joint apart from the fractured neck of femur in elderly. Over the years it has developed into a very highly successful surgery among most patients.

Find out If You’re a Candidate for Hip Replacement at Top Bone and Joint Clinic. 
If you struggle with severe hip pain or disability, you may be a candidate for hip replacement surgery. To find out if that’s an appropriate treatment option for you, contact the team at Top Bone and Joint Clinic. Our highly skilled Doctors will suggest you best treatment option for your hip pain. Call us today at 9337431976, 06743567913. 

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