Comprehensive Hip Services
The hip is the body’s largest ball-and- socket joint. While the hips are normally very stable, factors such as overuse, falls, inflammatory diseases, and congenital conditions can cause painful and debilitating problems.
The orthopaedic specialists at UT Southwestern offer expert surgical and nonsurgical treatments for a wide range of hip injuries and disorders. When surgery is needed, we first seek hip preservation. If that’s not possible, we are experts at hip reconstruction surgery.
Hip conditions we treat include:
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Congenital hip conditions
- Dislocation
- Dysplasia
- Fractures
- Legg-Calve- Perthes disease
- Osteonecrosis
- Sports injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Snapping hip syndrome
- Tendinitis
- Transient osteoporosis
Specialized Hip Treatments
We offer physical medicine and rehabilitation and conservative therapies aimed at treating hip injuries and disorders without surgery.
For patients who do require surgery, our team also specializes in state-of- the art surgical interventions – some of which now can be performed using minimally invasive techniques, such as: