Non-Surgical Joint Care

Treatment will depend on your symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is. The goal of treatment is to ease joint pain and stiffness, and improve joint movement.

• Conservative treatments: Rest, medication, and physical therapy are often the most effective ways to treat an injury.
• Injection therapy: Some conditions respond well to medication applied directly at the point of injury. Injection therapy may include:
• Cortisone (Corticosteroid) Injections: Corticosteroids are not pain relievers—they reduce inflammation, often working within minutes. Once the inflammation is gone, the pain usually disappears as well. You can receive an injection in the doctor's office, and one injection may be effective for months or even longer. 
• Trigger Point Injections: Knots of muscle that cause pain are called trigger points. These can be treated with direct injections of an anesthetic called lidocaine, which works by breaking up the tight band of muscle. 
• Hyaluronan Injections (Viscosupplementation): If you are diagnosed with mild to moderate osteoarthritis, this injection may be helpful to you. Hyaluronan is a natural substance in the joint fluid in a normal joint.
• Selective Nerve Root Blocks: When the pain in your joint follows the path of a single nerve, a nerve root block injection can provide relief.

Hip Preservation

If you are experiencing hip pain, UR Medicine Hip Preservation Program offers the only comprehensive program of its kind in the region. Our team provides a new approach for active people of all ages with hip pain. By focusing on the full spectrum of hip pain and offering the very latest treatments, we are giving active patients new hope for an active, pain-free life.