Cortisone shots are steroid injections that doctors may administer to help treat pain and inflammation in the hip joint. Doctors may also use this procedure to help diagnose the cause of hip pain.

Chemeisani, A., et al. (2023). The benefit of early epidural corticosteroid injections for acute sciatica-associated lower back pain: A four-year case series in Lebanon.

Though frustrating and difficult, hip pain is often preventable—and even when it isn't, it's nearly always treatable.

Pain relief from preoperative diagnostic hip injections may not predict better outcomes after arthroscopic hip surgery, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for ...