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Italian Study Supports “Gel Injections” Help Hip Arthritis

Jun 18, 2021
Italian Study Supports “Gel Injections” Help Hip Arthritis
Our clinics get numerous calls daily which often go like this; “I know you guys treat so many arthritic knees, but does it work for the hip… that’s where I have pain and arthritis and I do not want surgery. Can you help?”

Italian Study Supports “Gel Injections” Help Hip Arthritis

Our clinics get numerous calls daily which often go like this; “I know you guys treat so many arthritic knees, but does it work for the hip… that’s where I have pain and arthritis and I do not want surgery. Can you help?”

While hip pain and arthritis has been discussed in our posts, we found an Italian study that also supports viscosupplement joint injections for moderate arthritis. It appears their study used Ultrasound guidance while our physicians prefer advanced fluoroscopic image guidance, in overview, good results were found for hip arthritis sufferers.

Here is a summary from that study:

Gel Injections