Load-bearing joint
Hip surgery and specialized care in Quito
The hip is your movement hub. When it fails, walking, tying shoes, or sleeping on your side become impossible. My approach: remove pain while preserving as much tissue as possible.
1. Hip arthritis
Groin pain and stiffness
Cartilage wear with bone-on-bone contact. Groin pain radiating to thigh/knee; stiffness on standing up.
Solution: injections early on; total hip replacement in advanced cases with durable implants.
2. Femoroacetabular impingement
Young adult pain
Abnormal contact between femoral head and pelvis. Common in athletes with sharp groin pain after training.
Solution: early diagnosis, bone reshaping (often arthroscopic), and preventing premature wear.
3. Hip fractures
Elderly urgency
A fall can mean a serious fracture. Time is crucial to avoid complications from immobility.
Solution: rapid surgical stabilization so the patient stands early and reduces risk.
Red flags: hip or spine?
Hip pain is often confused with sciatica. I perform a thorough exam and imaging so we treat the right source.
- • Groin pain on hip rotation: likely hip.
- • Electric pain down the leg: evaluate spine.
- • Morning stiffness and clicks: possible arthritis.
Your plan, step by step
- 1) Precise diagnosis with clinical exam and imaging.
- 2) Conservative options: physio, blocks, selected meds.
- 3) Surgery decision when pain limits daily life.
- 4) Guided rehab to walk pain-free again.
Integrated vision
The body is a chain: a bad footstep affects your knee, a stiff hip triggers back pain. As a knee and robotics specialist, my vision is holistic—find the biomechanical origin to offer a definitive solution.
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