Understanding the source of your joint pain is important when researching your treatment options. This section of the site will help you identify if your joint pain is mild, moderate or severe and what treatment options are available at each of these stages of joint pain. Choose your affected joint from the menu on the left for joint specific information.

Mild Joint Pain
The pain and discomfort of mild joint pain can become something you learn to deal with everyday. In this section learn more about the possible causes of your joint pain and some of the treatment options available for joint pain sufferers.

Moderate Joint Pain
When non-surgical treatment options no longer address your joint pain, it may be time to consider other pain relief alternatives. The articles in this section are designed to familiarize you with surgical treatment options available, as well as helping you decide if joint replacement surgery is the right option for you.

Severe Joint Pain
If the decision has been made by you and your surgeon to have joint replacement surgery, there is a lot you can do to prepare for your surgery and your recovery. This section will help you prepare for your hospital stay, as well as preparing your home for your return.

Hip Replacement in India Medical Questionnaire:

We hope that while sending us your treatment enquiry you have answered following as patient's case histories?

1. Write to us your name and full contact address details.

2. What are your main complains?

3. Your current diagnosis or condition. If known, then, send by email or by UPS / DHL / FedEx courier original reports or copy of recent clinical observations / diagnosis / medical report translated into English including Hip X-Ray imaging films (Plain Pelvis standing / anteropsterior view of the hip / oblique view or lateral view of "false profile" of the hip).

4. Do you have results from tests or investigations at other hospitals that you can share with us?

5. How would you describe the pain you usually have from your hip (scoring categories; None / Very mild / Mild / Moderate / Severe)?

6. Have you had any trouble with washing and drying yourself (all over) because of your hip (scoring categories; No trouble at all / Very limited trouble / Moderate trouble / Extreme difficulty / Impossible to do)?

7. Have you had any trouble getting in and out of a car or using public transport because of your hip [whichever you tend to use] (scoring categories; No trouble at all / Very limited trouble / Moderate trouble / Extreme difficulty / Impossible to do)?

8. Have you been able to put on a pair of socks, stockings or tights (scoring categories; Yes, easily / With little difficulty / With moderate difficulty / With extreme difficulty / No, impossible)?

9. For how long have you been able to walk before the pain from your hip becomes severe [with or without a stick] (scoring categories; No pain/>30 minutes / 16 to 20 minutes / 5 to 15 minutes / around the house only / Not at all - severe on walking)?

10. After a meal (sat at a table), how painful has it been for you to stand up from a chair because of your hip (scoring categories; Not at all painful / Slightly painful / Moderately painful / Very painful / Unbearable)?

11. Have you been limping when walking, because of your hip (scoring categories; Rarely or never / Sometimes or just at first / Often, not just at first / Most of the time / All of the time)?

12. Have you had any sudden, severe pain - 'shooting', 'stabbing' or 'spasms' - from the affected hip (scoring categories; No days, Only 1 or 2 days, Some days, Most days, Every day)?

13. Have you been troubled by pain from your hip in bed at night (scoring categories; No nights / Only 1 or 2 nights / Some nights / Most nights / Every nights)?

14. How much has pain from your hip interfered with your usual work [including housework?] (scoring categories; Not at all / A little bit / Moderately / Greatly / Totally)?

15. Could you do the household shopping on your own (scoring categories; Yes, easily / With little difficulty / With moderate difficulty / With extreme difficulty / No, impossible)?

16. Have you been able to climb a flight of stairs (scoring categories; Yes, easily / With little difficulty / With moderate difficulty / With extreme difficulty / No, impossible)?

17. Are you diabetic?

18. Do you have any cardiac history?

19. What is your age?

20. Has the patient got any difficulty in passing urine?