Non-Surgical Hip Pain & Bursitis Treatment in Folsom
Regenerative injections aimed at restoring hip mobility and comfort so you can walk, drive, and sleep without planning around the joint.
- No hip replacement required
- Same-day, in-office procedure
- Walk out the same day
Most evaluations are scheduled within 48 hours.
Two very different hip problems
Groin pain and outer-hip pain come from different structures and need different treatment.
Where exactly does your hip hurt?
The location tells us a great deal. Groin pain and side-of-hip pain are two separate problems that get lumped together as ‘hip pain’.
Deep groin pain
An ache in the front crease of the hip, often worse with rotation — usually joint-related.
Tender lying on that side
Sharp pain on the bony point of the outer hip in bed — usually bursitis.
Stiff getting out of a car
Tying shoes, putting on socks, and pivoting out of a seat are the classic limitations.
Groin catching or clicking
A catch deep in the joint through certain movements can point to a labral tear.
A hip replacement is a big operation to schedule early
Total hip arthroplasty has excellent outcomes for the right patient at the right time. The question is whether you’re there yet.
The standard route
- Cortisone into the bursa commonly wears off within weeks to a few months.
- Total hip replacement is major surgery with a substantial recovery period.
- Implants have a finite lifespan, which matters if you’re replacing a hip in your fifties.
- Many patients are told to simply wait and manage until the hip is ‘bad enough’.
Regenerative approach
- Injection targeted to the specific structure — joint capsule, bursa, or labrum.
- Placed under imaging guidance, since the hip joint sits deep and blind injection is unreliable.
- No hospital admission, no implant, no dislocation precautions.
- Replacement stays available whenever you and your surgeon decide it’s time.
Three regenerative options for the hip
Intra-articular osteoarthritis, trochanteric bursitis, and labral pathology each call for a different target and often a different biologic.
Stem Cell Therapy
Cell-based injection into the hip joint itself, generally reserved for moderate-to-advanced cartilage wear where joint space has narrowed.
Explore stem cell therapyPRP Treatments
Platelet-rich plasma used for gluteal tendinopathy, trochanteric bursitis, and labral irritation — the most common cause of stubborn outer-hip pain.
Explore PRP treatmentsProlozone Therapy
Oxygen-ozone injections to reduce inflammation in and around the joint capsule and the ligaments supporting the hip.
Explore prolozone therapyWho these injections are built for
We confirm candidacy after reviewing your imaging and testing the hip through its full range.
Not every hip is a candidate. Advanced bone-on-bone change with significant deformity or avascular necrosis generally does better with replacement. We’ll tell you if that’s what your imaging shows.
- Hip osteoarthritis, mild through severe
- Trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy
- Hip labral tears without significant instability
- Chronic stiffness limiting rotation and stride
- Wanting to postpone replacement, particularly if you’re under sixty
Three steps from evaluation to recovery
Joint space assessment
We review your X-ray or MRI, test rotation and impingement signs, and determine whether the pain is intra-articular or from the bursa.
Targeted guided injection
Treatment placed under ultrasound or fluoroscopic guidance — essential for a joint this deep.
Range-of-motion recovery
A programme that restores rotation and hip stability so the joint loads evenly again.
Your questions, answered
This is one of the most frequent diagnostic mix-ups we see. Hip joint pain typically presents in the groin and can refer to the knee; lumbar and sacroiliac problems more often present as buttock and posterior pain. Sorting this out properly is a core part of the evaluation, because treating the wrong structure wastes both time and money.
PRP for trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy is commonly a short series spaced a few weeks apart, with improvement building over roughly two to three months. Your specific plan comes out of the evaluation.
Sometimes, for pain and function — but expectations need to be realistic. Advanced joint space loss limits what any injection can achieve structurally. We’d rather tell you that upfront than take your money for a treatment unlikely to help.
For the hip joint itself, yes. It sits deep beneath substantial soft tissue and landmark-based blind injection has poor accuracy. Guidance is standard practice here, not an upsell.
Regenerative injections are generally paid out of pocket. Some diagnostic imaging may be billable to insurance. Full pricing is provided in writing before anything is scheduled.
Walk without planning around it
Book a consultation with our Folsom naturopathic team to find out if regenerative hip injections are right for you.
Bring your X-ray or MRI if you have it — we’ll review it with you.
Medical disclaimer: The information on this page is for general education and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The regenerative therapies described here are not FDA-approved to cure, treat, or prevent any disease. Individual results vary and no specific outcome is guaranteed. Candidacy is determined only after an in-person evaluation with a licensed provider.