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General practitioner Rutger Verhoeff answers
General practitioner Rutger Verhoeff answers questions from practice. This time: my hip hurts. What could it be?
I have pain on the side of my hip. It gets worse when I walk or lie on my hip. What could it be? And what can be done about it?
Answer:
This sounds like you have trochanteric pain syndrome: pain in the trochanter, a bone protrusion on the side of the hip. The pain – which can radiate to the lower back or the buttocks up to the knee – is caused by an inflammation in the bursa or muscle tendons, a tendon tear or a tendon calcification. In any case, it is good to keep moving, despite the pain. With a leg length difference, a heel raise sometimes helps. The pain symptoms can go away on their own, but that often takes weeks to months. There are various treatments: physiotherapy, painkillers, painkilling injections or – if nothing really helps – an operation by an orthopedic surgeon.
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