by rss feed | Sep 28, 2026 | Hip Pain, News Feeds
By Marc Darrow, MD, JD Patients sometimes arrive with an X-ray described as “bone on bone” and the impression that hip replacement is the only remaining choice. Others have already tried physical therapy, medication, or injections and now struggle to walk. The right...
by rss feed | Sep 21, 2026 | Hip Pain, News Feeds
Marc Darrow, MD, JD A patient may come into my office with hip pain, an X-ray showing arthritis, and a recommendation for hip replacement. Sometimes the arthritic joint is truly the main problem and replacement is the appropriate treatment. Sometimes it is not. Pain...
by rss feed | Dec 2, 2020 | Hip Pain, Hip pain treatment, News Feeds
Marc Darrow MD, JD Your hip is bone on bone. Can you avoid a hip replacement surgery? Over the years we have seen our fair share of people with a diagnosis of a bone-on-bone hips. The people we usually see have a lot of hip pain and instability which causes walking...
by rss feed | Nov 20, 2020 | Hip Pain, hip replacement, lumbar spinal surgery, News Feeds, Spine and Back Pain
Marc Darrow MD,JD Many people email us about their hip and back pain. Some have been recommended to a hip replacement, some have been recommended to a spinal surgery. Some have been recommended to both surgeries and they are in the process of choosing between one or...
by rss feed | Nov 4, 2020 | hip labrum tear, Hip Pain, News Feeds
Marc Darrow MD, JD We are getting many emails from people who are waiting for a hip arthroscopic surgery or trying to find other solutions. Now a leading surgical center, the Hospital for Special Surgery says this: “The percentage of patients with hip arthritis...
by rss feed | Oct 14, 2020 | Hip Pain, News Feeds
Marc Darrow MD, JD Over the years we have seen many patients with hip pain. Many of them having a “hip bursitis.” If you have a diagnosis of bursitis, you know what it is. You have an inflammation of a hip bursa. In fact many of you may have received a...
