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Waiting Well: Hip Osteoarthritis Before, During and After the Referral

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There’s a stretch of time in hip arthritis that nobody prepares you for. It runs from the appointment where someone first says the word, through however long it takes to be seen, through however long the list is, and up to the day of surgery — if surgery is where you end up at all. For many people that’s a long period. And the prevailing assumption is that it’s dead time. Nothing to do but manage, wait, and hope things don’t get much worse.

The Positions That Are Keeping Your Hip Pain Going

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If you have pain on the outside of your hip, there’s a good chance you’ve been told it’s bursitis. There’s also a good chance that’s not what it is. When researchers have looked at what’s actually going on in lateral hip pain — through imaging and through surgery — the most common finding isn’t an inflamed bursa. It’s tendinopathy of the gluteal tendons, the gluteus medius and minimus, where they attach to the bony prominence on the outside of your hip. Studies examining greater trochanteric pain syndrome have specifically noted how rarely primary bursitis turns out to be the culprit.

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