
Does the Use of Aspirin and NSAIDs Interrupt PRP treatment?
There was a time when the physicians used to recommend NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), especially aspirin to reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack. However,
What is hip bursitis?
Bursae is a small fluid-filled sac that cushion and lubricate the bones, tendons, and muscles around your joints to help in smooth movement with reduced friction. Hip bursae are located between the hip bone and glutei muscle attachments. Hip bursitis is defined as the inflammation of the bursa that affects the hip joint due to its repetitive overuse. Hence, the hip movement becomes restricted and painful.
Hip bursitis causes
Hip bursitis can be caused by incorrect posture, muscle weakness, direct hip injury, bone spurs in the hip, uneven leg lengths, irritation due to rubbing of hip muscles/tendons with bursa, spine problems like scoliosis, diseases including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, thyroid disorder, etc., and hip replacement/surgery.
A sharp pain followed by a dull aching pain is the primary hip bursitis symptom which will slowly migrate to other regions such as buttock, thigh and legs. You will feel hip pain while performing the following activities:
Other hip bursitis symptoms include swelling, tenderness, warmth around the affected area, and the intermittent redness of the skin around inflamed bursae.
People visit the clinic for hip bursitis treatment. But do they really have bursitis? Bursitis causes intolerable pain, where it is impossible to touch the skin over the inflamed hip area. But if the affected part can be palpated by putting extra pressure, the patient may not have bursitis. At times, tendonitis (inflammation of tendons) and tendinopathy (degenerated tendon) are often misdiagnosed as bursitis. A research study revealed that patients with trochanteric pain often had bursitis. Similarly, most of the patients with bursitis had tendinopathy [3]. Hence it is mandatory to check whether the diagnosis is right or wrong.
Thanks to non-surgical regenerative orthopaedic options, including cellular treatments and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) therapy, we now can repair the affected soft tissue, resolve the associated pain, and regenerate your hip by providing long-term relief. Regenerative treatment is a minimally invasive procedure with minimal downtime and minimal recovery time.
Regenerative cellular therapies for hip bursitis use cells from your own body to stimulate the regenerative ability and accelerate the healing process effectively. In PRP therapy, platelets collected from your body release growth factors that stimulate the healing of the affected part. The hip bursitis recovery time will be between 4-12 weeks after the treatment. But the patients could see the improvement in 1-2 weeks. The follow-up appointment will be scheduled after 8-12 weeks to evaluate the recovery process. In the meantime, the patient should avoid consuming anti-inflammatory drugs and doing strenuous activities.
An AAOS research study titled, ‘Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) More Effective than Cortisone for Severe Chronic Hip Bursitis’ revealed that PRP injections are significantly more effective and durable than cortisone injections for treating severe chronic hip bursitis [5]. Another research study showed significant improvement during the first three months after PRP injections. PRP therapy has beneficial and long-lasting effects in bursitis treatment [6].
So, do not let your hip pain restrict your movements. Lead a pain-free life by opting for Regenerative therapy.
If you feel you may benefit from regenerative therapies, you can contact us at our London clinic on 020 8 168 2000 or our Ireland clinic on 01 298 8000 to book a consultation or request a call back today!
References
Thank you {{_name}}!
We will be in contact with you shortly.
There was a time when the physicians used to recommend NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), especially aspirin to reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack. However,
Walk a pain-free mile! – Opt for our custom orthotic programme Non-invasive, holistic interventions such as physiotherapy, nutritional advice and orthotic prescription can enhance the
Have you been treating your hip pain with NSAIDs and steroids for a long time? You might have got only short-term relief with recurrent flare-ups.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.