- Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists PC (ONS)

Hip impingement, which tends to occur in active young adults, and especially athletes, is a painful and often unrecognized condition that involves a tear in the labrum. The problem may occur for various reasons, including the way the bones are formed at a young age, causing bone spurs to develop that pinch the labrum and damage the joint cartilage.

 

In the past, if hip impingement was even identified, open surgery with a long recover was the best course of treatment. Now the condition can be corrected using hip arthroscopy. With two small incisions and a small camera, the surgeon can clearly visualize the hip ball and socket, see exactly where the impingement is, to repair the labral damage and re-contour the hip joint toward normal anatomy. Because it’s minimally invasive surgery, there’s significantly less pain, minimal scarring and a shorter recover time than with open surgery.

 

Not all hip impingement patients are best treated arthroscopically. Joint reconstructive surgery may be a better option for those with significant osteoarthrosis.

 

Orthopedic surgeon Tim Greene, MD is Fellowship-trained in sports medicine and hip arthroscopy.

 
 

 

  

 

Play video of Dr. Greene explaining Hip Arthroscopy.