Non-operative treatment:

The artificial hip operation is one of the options that you have in trying to control the pain of a damaged hip. It is not a life saving operation and hence every patient should carefully consider the alternatives to the surgery in discussion with their GP.Various means can be utilised to try and control the hip pain of bad arthritis. Your GP or Rheumatologist may suggest:

• Losing some weight if your are overweight. This is because losing weight will reduce the stresses on your diseased hip and may reduce the pain.
• It is often helpful to use a walking stick in the hand opposite to the side of the painful hip as that can reduce the pain by lowering the forces on the bad hip.
• Taking pain killers and anti-inflammatory medications.