Also known as Coxalgia, Hip Arthralgia, Hip Joint Pain, and Painful Hip
Coccydynia is a medical term meaning pain in the coccyx or tailbone area, usually brought on by sitting too abruptly.Source: Wikipedia
The most common causes of hip pain are arthritis of the hip, osteoarthritis, and bruise. Other possible causes, such as chronic back pain, are more rare.
Within all the people who go to their doctor with hip pain, 55% report having leg pain, 50% report having back pain, and 45% report having low back pain.
Patients with hip pain often receive radiographic imaging procedure, plain x-ray, intravenous fluid replacement, x-ray computed tomography, physical therapy exercises, magnetic resonance imaging, prothrombin time assay and cat scan of head .
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with hip pain include hydrochlorothiazide / moexipril, medrysone ophthalmic, choline, fosfomycin, aspirin / methocarbamol, estradiol / medroxyprogesterone, gadodiamide (omniscan), calcifediol, acetaminophen / pentazocine, olsalazine (dipentum), acetaminophen / salicylamide, adefovir and methohexital (brevital) .
Groups of people at highest risk for hip pain include age 75+ years. On the other hand, age 1-4 years and age < 1 years almost never get hip pain.