“Can chiropractors help with hip arthritis?”

As an extremity expert yes. Depends on the degree of the Degeneration. But most importantly, we can adjust the hip joints. 80% of Hip and low back pain comes from/with other lower extremity disfunction. So we would want to get the spine and feet/ lower extremities balanced.

Yes, definitely.

Yes we can.

Yes

Yes, they can. A sports trained or orthopedic trained chiropractor would be best to determine the diagnostics and solution.

Vishal K. Verma, DC CCSP

Absolutely!

Yes, they can. Especially if it is osteoarthritis which is caused by aging, lack of normal joint mobility, unequal weight bearing due to pelvic tilt in conjunction with an acquired short leg syndrome or an old injury. Chiropractic treatment helps to correct biomechanical instability and improve joint mobility therefore relieving pain and discomfort. At your age if there are no positive findings on X-ray studies such as a decrease in the joint spacing of the hip, sclerosis of the joint lining, i.e., increased calcium deposition, evidence of bone spur formation or a blood panel revealing a positive RA factor suggesting rheumatoid it is very doubtful that you have arthritis. Some doctors will use the term arthritis for lack of a more definitive diagnosis after they have depleted all modes of treatment without positive results. I have seen it many times over the years when the patient says they were diagnosed with arthritis and I look at the X-ray and say to myself, okay, where is it.

Yours in health,

Doc J

Yes, Chiropractic is very helpful to patients with arthritis.

Prevention is easier to deal with than the cure. Most chiropractors can work with you if you have hip arthritis.