Precise hip injections, guided by imaging
What injections are used for hip pain?
Hip pain injections include cortisone into the joint for arthritis flares, cortisone near the trochanteric bursa for outer hip pain, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for stubborn tendon problems and some early arthritis, and diagnostic numbing injections to confirm the pain source. Radiofrequency nerve ablation can ease arthritis pain in patients who are not ready for surgery.
The hip joint sits deep beneath thick muscle, so accuracy matters. Our team uses ultrasound or X-ray guidance so the medicine lands where it is needed. Dr. Stride explains what each option can and cannot do, how long relief typically lasts and how injections fit with therapy and, when relevant, timing around a future hip replacement.
Written and medically reviewed by Dr. Stride, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeonLast reviewed October 2026
What this includes
Cortisone Hip Injection
A cortisone hip injection places a corticosteroid and numbing medicine directly into the hip joint, guided by ultrasound or X-ray.
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A PRP hip injection uses platelets concentrated from your own blood and injected into the hip joint or a damaged tendon.
Read more →InjectionsTrochanteric Bursa Injection
A trochanteric bursa injection places cortisone and numbing medicine over the bony point on the outside of the hip to calm hip bursitis and gluteal tendon pain.
Read more →InjectionsHip Nerve Ablation
Hip radiofrequency ablation (RFA) uses heat to quiet the small sensory nerves that carry pain from the front of the hip joint, mainly branches of the femoral and obturator nerves.
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Pain on the Outside of the Hip
Pain on the outside of the hip is most often greater trochanteric pain syndrome, an irritation of the gluteus medius and minimus tendons and the bursa over the bony point of the hip.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · Back of hipPain in the Back of the Hip and Buttock
Pain in the back of the hip and buttock most often comes from the lower back, such as a pinched nerve or sciatica, or from the sacroiliac joint.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · symptomIs It Your Hip or Your Back?
Hip joint pain is usually felt in the groin or front of the thigh and flares with putting on socks or getting out of a car.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · symptomHip Clicking, Popping and Snapping
Hip clicking or snapping, called snapping hip syndrome or coxa saltans, usually comes from a tendon sliding over bone.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · symptomHip Stiffness and Loss of Motion
A stiff hip is most often caused by hip osteoarthritis, which reduces rotation and makes socks, shoes and getting out of a car harder.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · symptomHip Pain at Night
Hip pain at night is most often caused by greater trochanteric pain syndrome, where lying on the side compresses the gluteal tendons, or by hip osteoarthritis, which can ache at rest as it advances.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · symptomHip Pain When Walking
Hip pain when walking is most often caused by hip osteoarthritis, which brings a groin ache and a limp, or by gluteal tendinopathy, which causes outer hip pain.
Causes & treatment →Hip pain · symptomPain After Hip Replacement
Pain after hip replacement is normal for the first several weeks and usually fades steadily over about 3 months.
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