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Understand Your Hip Pain Treatment Options

Don’t let hip pain run your life. Get back to a life in motion. Our hip pain assessment quiz and free hip replacement eBook and infographics below will help you better understand your options.

If you and your doctor determine you need hip replacement, you can choose where you’d like to have the surgery. Two key factors for you to explore when deciding are the skill of your surgeon and what your hospital experience be like. Learn how UR Medicine Orthopaedics and Physical Performance and the Evarts Joint Center at Highland Hospital excel at both in our free education materials below.

Take our Hip Pain Assessment Quiz

Better understand your pain and how to describe its impact on your life when speaking with your doctor.

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place field "Q01" below

Do You Have:	Level of Pain / Trouble
Trouble walking?	Trouble walking? place field "Q02" below
Trouble with stairs or hills?	Trouble with stairs or hills? place field "Q03" below
Hip pain that interferes with your everyday routine?	Pain that interferes with your everyday routine? place field "Q04" below
Hip pain that interferes with things you do for fun?	Pain that interferes we with things you do for fun? place field "Q05" below
Hip pain that interferes with your sleep?	Pain that interferes with your sleep? place field "Q06" below
Hip pain after you get out of bed in the morning?	Pain after you get out of bed in the morning? place field "Q07" below
Hip pain or stiffness that is there throughout the day, even at rest?	Knee pain or stiffness that is there throughout the day, even at rest? place field "Q08" below
Hip pain when getting out of a chair?	Knee pain when getting out of a chair? place field "Q09" below
Hip pain when you Hipl down and get back up?	Knee pain when you kneel down and get back up? place field "Q10" below
The feeling that your Hip might give out?	The feeling that your knee might give out? place field "BMI" below

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Your responses may indicate satisfactory joint function.

Although you might not require any formal treatment, you should discuss your Hip pain with your primary care doctor/family physician or make an appointment with one of our non-operative orthopaedic doctors, who are part of our Sports Medicine team.

Please keep in mind that this pain assessment is not an official medical test and is a tool to help you better understand and explain your pain. Any medical decisions should be made in collaboration with your health care provider.

If you are ready to take action, call the UR Medicine Orthopaedics and Physical Performance team and together we determine your best path forward.

(585) 275-5321

Your responses may indicate mild to moderate Hip arthritis.

Your should discuss your Hip pain with your primary care doctor/family physician or consider a consultation with an arthritis specialist. An x-ray might be recommended, and you might benefit from non-surgical treatment, such as exercise, weight loss, and/or anti-inflammatory medication.

If you are ready to take action, call the UR Medicine Orthopaedics and Physical Performance team and together we determine your best path forward.

(585) 275-5321

Your responses may indicate moderate to severe Hip arthritis.

Your should discuss your Hip pain with your primary care doctor/family physician and consider a consultation with an arthritis specialist. An x-ray might be recommended, and you might benefit from non-surgical treatment, such as exercise, weight loss, and/or anti-inflammatory medication.

If you are ready to take action, call the UR Medicine Orthopaedics and Physical Performance team and together we can determine your best path forward.

(585) 275-5321