Hip joint injection

Cortisone shot - hip; Hip injection; Intra-articular steroid injections - hip

A hip joint injection is a shot of medicine into the hip joint. The medicine can help relieve pain and inflammation. It can also help diagnose the source of hip pain.

Normal hip joint anatomy

The hip joint is a ball-in-socket joint where the ball or head of the femur (thigh bone) joins the pelvis at the socket called the acetabulum.

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