Acupuncture Clinic Services

Hip Pain Treatment in Greenville, SC

Hip Pain Treatment at IHP Greenville — expert acupuncture for chronic pain and musculoskeletal issues. Dr. Hendry, DAOM. Call (864) 365-6156.

Hip pain — from osteoarthritis, bursitis, labral tears, piriformis syndrome, or iliopsoas dysfunction — significantly limits mobility and quality of life. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry's hip pain treatment combines acupuncture for joint lubrication and systemic anti-inflammatory effects with dry needling of hip flexors, abductors, and external rotators, and functional medicine assessment for the metabolic and inflammatory factors that accelerate hip joint degeneration.

How Hip Pain Treatment Works

Hip pain treatment uses local hip acupoints (GB30, GB29, GB34, BL54) combined with dry needling of the piriformis, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, and iliopsoas. These muscles contain trigger points that generate the classic hip pain referral patterns extending to the groin, outer thigh, and knee. Electroacupuncture is added for deep joint inflammation.

Conditions Treated with Hip Pain Treatment

Your First Appointment

Bring hip MRI or X-ray if available. Wear loose shorts for access to the hip and gluteal region. Describe pain location (groin, outer hip, buttock, radiating) and what movements aggravate it.

Why Dr. Hendry for Hip Pain Treatment

Dr. Hendry's expertise in hip muscle trigger point anatomy — including the deep gluteal and piriformis muscles that are difficult to treat superficially — is developed through 25 years of hip pain treatment and dry needling specialization.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — clinical trials show acupuncture reduces pain and improves function in hip OA, though the evidence base is somewhat smaller than for knee OA. Combined with anti-inflammatory functional medicine support, it is one of the most effective non-surgical approaches.
Greater trochanteric bursitis is usually caused by repetitive friction between the IT band and the bursa over the greater trochanter — often driven by hip abductor weakness, overpronation, and leg length discrepancy. Acupuncture and dry needling address the inflammatory bursitis and the biomechanical drivers.
Acupuncture and dry needling can reduce the muscle guarding, inflammatory response, and pain sensitization associated with hip labral tears. Significant mechanical symptoms (clicking, catching, giving way) may require surgical evaluation.
6–12 sessions for acute or subacute hip pain; 12–20 for chronic osteoarthritic pain.
Piriformis trigger points are among the most common drivers of deep buttock and lateral hip pain, and they also compress the sciatic nerve. Dr. Hendry palpates the piriformis at your first appointment — if it reproduces your symptoms, dry needling produces rapid relief.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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