Condition
Hip osteoarthritis
Degenerative wear of the hip joint causing groin or buttock pain and stiffness, worse with weight-bearing.
Affects Hip & pelvis
See a clinician
Some causes of hip osteoarthritis need medical care, not self-treatment. Seek help for any of these:
- Constant rest or night pain, or unexplained weight loss (rule out other causes)
- Fever with hip pain (possible joint infection)
- Sudden inability to bear weight, or a fall in an older/osteoporotic person (possible fracture)
- Heavy steroid or alcohol use, or sickle-cell disease (risk of avascular necrosis)
What may help
Remedies studied for hip osteoarthritis, ranked by strength of evidence.
- D Glucosamine sulfate supplement
The dedicated hip trial found no benefit over placebo — glucosamine's (disputed) positive data are knee-only.
- — Turmeric (curcumin extract) herb
Curcumin helps the knee, but it has not been studied specifically in hip OA.
First-line care is exercise, weight management, and physical therapy. Note the evidence here is honest and largely negative: the dedicated hip trial of glucosamine found no benefit, and curcumin — which helps the knee — has not been studied in the hip.