Joint injection procedures are performed to increase mobility and relieve joint bone and joint pain due to injury, arthritis or other causes.
In this outpatient procedure, you lie on your back and your skin is numbed. The doctor pushes a very small needle through the numbed skin and down to your hip joint. Ultrasound can be used to guide the needle or, a video x-ray device called a fluoroscope can be used. If so, the doctor will inject some contrast dye to help make sure the needle is in your joint. The soothing medicine is injected and it bathes your joint.
