Hip bone spur | Mumsnet

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Bounty95 · 19/08/2024 12:26

Bounty95 · 17/08/2024 18:39

I’ve had pain in my hip for over a year. I was given two steroid injections as it was presumed it was my arthritis, but the pain continued so they xrayed it. The xray showed a bone spur on the hip socket. I’ve been referred to orthapedics, but I can’t find much information online about what the possible treatment could be; can anyone advise what I could expect please?

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Bounty95 · 28/08/2024 22:01

Bounty95 · 17/08/2024 18:39

I’ve had pain in my hip for over a year. I was given two steroid injections as it was presumed it was my arthritis, but the pain continued so they xrayed it. The xray showed a bone spur on the hip socket. I’ve been referred to orthapedics, but I can’t find much information online about what the possible treatment could be; can anyone advise what I could expect please?

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OldCrocks · 29/08/2024 13:55

I'm not sure if this is the same thing but I have a bone spur on my femur. I've had it a long time and the gold standard may have changed, but once it had been established that it was just benign bony tissue, I was basically offered surgery to remove it if it was painful. In the event, mine wasn't really (it was discovered because it was prominent rather than because it was painful) and so I left it.

I imagine having one on your hip would interfere with the action of the joint more than on a long bone, which may be why you're experiencing pain, and that obviously needs some intervention. I'm guessing you'll have some blood tests to rule out any kind of systemic cause, and some more detailed imaging than xray to establish exactly what kind of tissue it is and whether it can safely be removed or reduced surgically.

I mainly replied as no one had been able to help you so far but IANAD and hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be along soon. I hope you don't have to wait too long for your orthopaedics appointment.

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Bounty95 · 29/08/2024 17:56

OldCrocks · 29/08/2024 13:55

I'm not sure if this is the same thing but I have a bone spur on my femur. I've had it a long time and the gold standard may have changed, but once it had been established that it was just benign bony tissue, I was basically offered surgery to remove it if it was painful. In the event, mine wasn't really (it was discovered because it was prominent rather than because it was painful) and so I left it.

I imagine having one on your hip would interfere with the action of the joint more than on a long bone, which may be why you're experiencing pain, and that obviously needs some intervention. I'm guessing you'll have some blood tests to rule out any kind of systemic cause, and some more detailed imaging than xray to establish exactly what kind of tissue it is and whether it can safely be removed or reduced surgically.

I mainly replied as no one had been able to help you so far but IANAD and hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be along soon. I hope you don't have to wait too long for your orthopaedics appointment.

Thank you so much for your response! So helpful, thank you! I'm starting to wonder if a spur on the hip socket is rare as I posted on an arthritis forum and didn't get any replies there either. I was quite shocked to read on the NHS website that it might require surgery so I think I was after some reassurance that it might not come to that...! But as you say, it's stopping me from being able to go from keeping active so it needs to be sorted. Thanks again!

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