How To Manage Your Chronic Hip Pain: Alternative Treatment Options

When you suffer from chronic hip pain, you may feel like you cannot do anything without experiencing excruciating pain.  After all, whether you are laying down, sitting, standing, or walking, your hips are involved. While your orthopedic surgeon or doctor may be able to offer you prescription pain medications and surgery as treatment options, these may not be exactly what you are looking for. Prescription pain medications only treat the symptom (your hip pain) rather than addressing the underlying cause of that pain. And while they can provide you with temporary relief, they also can be addictive and lose their effectiveness over time. Luckily, there are several alternative treatment options available to treat your chronic hip pain. Just get to know your choices, and get your chronic hip pain under control.

A Regular Yoga Practice

In the United States, people often think of yoga as just another workout trend. However, yoga has actually been around and in use for thousands of years. It stems from the philosophy that all body systems, both physical and mental are interconnected.

However, the connection between the mind and body can sometimes be strained or compromised. This is what yoga attempts to address. By combining controlled stretches and poses with focused, meditative breathing, yoga fosters a strong mind-body connection. 

When it comes to your chronic hip pain, you may not always notice your daily habits that can contribute to that pain. However, when your mind and body are properly connected, you will be more aware of your body positioning and posture which will help with you chronic hip pain. Additionally, the stretches and poses in yoga work to make your hips stronger and more flexible, which helps to lessen your chronic pain. 

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is another, somewhat unconventional, treatment option for your chronic hip pain. This treatment option has also been around for thousands of years and is used to treat any number of conditions, including chronic body pain.

Undergoing acupuncture treatments involves the insertion of tiny needles into specifically designated points in the body. These points correspond with the flow of energy throughout your body. According to acupuncture's philosophy, the body operates based on a balanced, continuous flow of energy.

Chronic pain and other disorders stem from an imbalance or blockage in the flow of energy. So the acupuncturist's needles work to stimulate that energy, providing pain relief.

As you can see, there are alternative treatment options available to you for your chronic hip pain. Your orthopedic surgeon can offer you helpful conventional treatments, including pain medications and surgical interventions to repair abnormalities or damage. However, if you combine these conventional treatments with complementary alternative treatments, you can better manage your chronic hip pain. 

For more information, contact Omaha Orthopedic Clinic & Sports Medicine PC or a similar location.


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