Protect Your Hips Now to Prevent Serious Problems Later

Hip pain or limited hip mobility in your younger years can develop into debilitating arthritis if left untreated, eventually requiring hip replacement surgery to repair it. Unfortunately, until now, effective minimally invasive treatments to correct more minor hip problems in younger patients have not been widely available. Kayal Orthopaedic Center is changing this, helping to prevent joint replacement surgeries for people in and around Bergen County, NJ.
When your hip is compromised by developmental, congenital, or acquired hip deformities, you need a team with specialized training, unmatched skills, and extensive experience in sophisticated hip preservation techniques. The goal of hip preservation is to prolong the lifespan of your hip joints and prevent the progression of arthritis. It is a pro-active course of treatment that can delay (and sometimes even eliminate) the need for hip replacement surgery in the future.
At our practice in Bergen County, NJ, we are proud to have Dr. Victor Ortiz, a highly respected expert in hip preservation, serving as our chief of hip services. Dr. Ortiz, along with Dr. Robert A. Kayal, founder, and CEO, are masters in innovative hip preservation treatments and therapies. This specialization is so rare, many doctors do not know the options available for young patients with hip problems or to which experts to refer them.

Hip preservation efforts can be particularly helpful for young athletes who are plagued with potentially career-ending hip problems and adults under 50 years of age. However, our team focuses less on age and more on each patient’s unique health situation when deciding whether hip preservation is the wise course of treatment vs. hip replacement surgery. No matter what your age, don’t rule out these treatments until our team evaluates you. Some of the factors your specialist will consider to determine whether you are a candidate for hip preservation treatments are your age, level of activity, and degree of articular cartilage damage.
Hip preservation efforts can be highly successful when a patient is dealing with the following conditions: hip labral tears, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), avascular necrosis, cartilage injury, femoral head fractures, hip dysplasia, osteonecrosis, osteoporosis, Perthes deformities, and numerous sports injuries.
Our team will explore non-surgical options first, including rest, activity modification, physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medication, and corticosteroid injections.