If you want to know more about the general effects of acupuncture, please see here. In this section, I mention the cause of pain in the Hip and the outer side of the leg and how to treat by acupuncture.

The following diagnosis will be given by the doctor.

For the hip joint, Femoral fractures, Osteonecrosis of femoral head, osteoarthritis of the hip, Hip Joint sprain, (Small bleeding and/or Edema due to damage of soft tissues such as ligaments, and joint capsule), hip dislocation. And for the pain in the lateral thigh, lliotibialband syndrome is the common injury. It can also cause pain or numbness in hip or the side of the leg due to sciatica, Lumbar disc herniation, Lumbar spinal canal stenosis, which is higher point than hip.

It is not possible to fix the root of the pain which comes from the deformity of the bone. For those diseases, the doctor's treatment is the first choice. However, the pain may remain after the series of treatment by doctors or rehabilitation by physio is completed. That is because the muscles around foot reacted sensitive and get stiff, that will lead the nerves around them squeezed by the stiffness of the muscles. By massaging and acupuncture, the tension of the muscle and fascia get released and lighten the burden on the nerves that are causing the pain.

In the treatment, I will find the cause of the pain by examining carefully.