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Expert Hip Care, Close to Home

The hip is one of the body’s largest weight-bearing joints. When arthritis or injury disturbs the normal function of the hip joint, you may experience hip pain, groin pain, muscle weakness, and limited movement, resulting in difficulty performing everyday tasks.

St. Joseph’s Health is a leader in evaluating and treating the full range of hip problems, from the common to the most complex. Our board-certified, fellowship trained orthopedic surgeons provide exceptional, comprehensive care, from initial consultation and diagnosis through treatment and follow-up, and work closely with you to create a personalized treatment plan that fits your lifestyle and best meets your needs.  Using the latest surgical and non-surgical techniques, our goal is to alleviate pain, restore function, and help return patients to their normal lifestyle as soon as possible.  We are leaders in minimally invasive technique, allowing for a faster recovery, fewer days in the hospital and less pain after surgery. 

Conditions We Treat

We treat the full range of hip issues, including:

  • Dislocated hip
  • Hip bursitis
  • Hip arthritis
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Hip flexor strain
  • Hip fracture
  • Hip impingement
  • Hip osteoarthritis
  • Hip tendonitis
  • Pinched hip nerve
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Snapping hip syndrome
  • Torn hip labrum

Advanced Treatment Options

Oftentimes, hip pain can be relieved through non-surgical techniques, including physical therapy, medications, injections or other therapies. If non-surgical treatments aren’t successful and symptoms persist, hip surgery may be the right option for you.  Our surgeons perform a wide range of hip surgeries, using the latest, minimally invasive techniques whenever possible. This means significantly less pain, shorter hospital stays, and quicker return to your life. In many cases, hip replacement surgery is performed with robotic-arm assisted technology, a technique that improves the accuracy of hip implant placement. We also preform anterior hip replacement surgery, a unique alternative approach that accessing the hip joint from the front, or anterior.

Surgical treatments include:

  • Femoral and acetabular osteotomy (surgery to reshape the hip joint)
  • Hip arthroscopy
  • Hip resurfacing
  • Hip fracture repair
  • Total hip replacement, including anterior hip replacement

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