Ischiofemoral impingement
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It is important to talk about this less common but painful hip injury that can affect several middle-aged patients, its stabbing symptom appears in the buttock area limiting the patient’s life.
By knowing the symptoms and reasons for ischiofemoral impingement, patients can act faster to avoid complications. If you want to know about this injury, identify the type of pain it causes and how it can be treated, keep reading this article where we share important details.
What is ischiofemoral impingement?
It is defined as an injury to the hip joint, it is caused by the junction between the lesser trochanter and the ischium, these two bones are kept at a prudent distance that allows the passage of the sciatic nerve and the quadratus femoris muscle, when a narrowing of this space occurs, the entire area is injured and inflamed causing limiting pain.
Where is the ischiofemoral and what is it?
The ischiofemoral is the space between two bones that are part of the hip joint, the ischium that is part of the pelvis, and the lesser trochanter that is part of the femur. The importance of this space lies in housing the muscles, tendons and nerves that make it possible to mobilize the joint. It is necessary to maintain a prudent distance between both bones, however, when the space shrinks the pain can be unsustainable.
Treatments for Ischiofemoral Impingement
Luckily for patients who have this type of injury, today various treatment options have been developed that aim to adapt to each individual to offer improvement. An orthopedic doctor like Dr. José Felix Castillo can attend to your case, evaluate the general conditions and offer any of these options.
Non-invasive treatment
It is an option as the first method of care, once the symptoms are evaluated and a diagnosis is issued, the doctor makes an analysis of the patient’s general condition to recommend the most accurate solution possible.
Within this treatment we find the recommendation of drugs that help deal with the pain and inflammation caused in the area as well as exercises for hamstring impingement defined by a physiotherapist.
In some cases, stretching and strengthening exercises help the patient to recover the initial position of the hip.
Surgical treatment
Your trusted doctor will recommend this option when no solution is found in the previous method, that is, if even after the therapy the pain continues, it will be necessary to perform a minimally invasive intervention to recover the hip.
Hip arthroscopy is a modern and effective technique that allows the orthopedic surgeon to access the area of the joint that produces the impingement and repair it with a drilling.
The method has been proven effective on other patients with ischiofemoral impingement with a result of rapid recovery and continuous improvement. Nowadays, hip arthroscopy is the solution to various injuries in this joint as it contributes to the recovery of the hip and avoids the need to implant a prosthesis.
You can trust Dr. José Felix Castillo to solve a hamstring impingement
Symptoms of Ischiofemoral Impingement
Intense and limiting pain in the buttock area. The discomfort usually appears when the patient remains in the same position for a long time, even sitting down he needs to move to avoid pain. Another obvious symptom that we can mention is the presence of pain when walking with a long step.
Diagnostic process for ischiofemoral impingement
Each specialist has a different diagnostic method, Dr. José Felix for his part initiates the consultation and suspects the injury through the physical examination. In a standardized way, it is known that ischiofemoral impingement reveals pain on palpation in the ischial area, in addition, on the table the doctor simulates certain movements that prove the diagnosis by generating pain.
For a specific check, imaging tests such as magnetic resonance imaging are recommended where inflammation due to the impingement is evidenced
Causes of Ischiofemoral Impingement
The appearance of this lesion can be related to a genetic condition of each patient, as well as to previous surgical treatments, for example, treatment of femur or tendon fractures.
