Is there any relation between spinal stenosis and hip pain?

Spinal stenosis can sometime cause hip apart from leg pain. It is usually occurs to those patients who have spinal stenosis in the lumbar section of the spine. Normally, people do not relate hip with the spine, but it is co-related with the each other especially with the patient with spinal stenosis in the cervical or thoracic part of the spine. You can consult spine surgery specialist in Delhi.

What are the likely symptoms of hip pain?

It may vary from patient to patient. For some patient it is a mild and occasional pain while others experience severe pain that increases gradually with the increase in time. In some cases it hip pain may even extend through the buttocks and the going making it more uncomfortable to bear to the pain.

Normally it has been observed that hip pain which is due to spinal stenosis, affects only one part of the body. According to the hip replacement surgeons in Delhi the prevailing reason for such type of pain is, when the space inside the spinal canal and between vertebrae narrows and compresses a nerve root in the lumbar spine.

How can you keep stenosis related hip pain under control?

You can apply various control method depending upon the severity of the pain. From conservative therapies to lifestyle changes or both can help. The physician may recommend you the following:

• You may be suggested to take over the counter medicine such as aspirin and ibrufen which helps to inflammation and pain from the affected area.
• Taking physical therapy which the muscles around the hip area. It also stabilizes the spine.
• You may also be recommended to wear a temporary lumbar brace corset. It will embrace additional support and restrict unnecessary motion which can further increase hip pain and make it worse.