Hip & Knee Care

Get around more easily with personalized treatment for your body’s largest joints at Torrance Memorial Lundquist Orthopedic Institute. With nonsurgical or surgical care, you’ll be able to take part in more of the activities you love.

Conditions Treated

Your orthopedic specialist can diagnose and treat almost any hip or knee condition.

Hip

Hip dislocation – Injury or impact that jolts the ball of your hip out of the socket (cup)
Hip dysplasia – Misalignment of the bones in your joint
Hip flexor pain – Soreness resulting from overuse of your hip muscles
Hip fracture – Broken bone
Hip impingement – Pain that happens when the ball of your joint presses against the socket
Labral tear – Damage to the soft tissue that covers the hip socket
Trochanteric bursitis – Inflammation of a fluid-filled sac (bursa) along the outer hip

Knee

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear – Injury to a thick band of tissue that supports your knee
Chondromalacia (runner’s knee) – Breakdown of soft cartilage under the kneecap
Hyperextension – Ligament injury that happens when the knee bends the wrong way
Osgood-Schlatter disease – Painful lump below the kneecap, most often resulting from repetitive motion in children who do sports
Patellar injury – Damage to your kneecap, often due to a fall or impact
Torn meniscus – Damage to the soft cartilage between the bones that meet in your joint

Conservative, Nonsurgical Treatments

Your doctor will likely start with nonsurgical care that requires less downtime than surgery. Depending on your symptoms, lifestyle, and goals, your treatment plan may include:

Physical therapy exercises to gently improve joint strength and flexibility
Biologics, natural substances that support your body’s healing process
Viscosupplementation, a procedure that injects hyaluronic acid, a gel-like lubricant, into your joint to let it move more smoothly and comfortably
Steroid injections that relieve pain and inflammation for up to several months
Brace to support and stabilize an injured knee as it heals

Sports Medicine

A hip or knee problem can take you off the field, but Torrance Memorial’s sports medicine specialists and athletic trainers will help you get back on it. They’ll not only treat your condition, but also teach you how to prevent another injury, so you can safely enjoy an active lifestyle.

Surgery for Hips & Knees

In some cases, your doctor will recommend a surgical procedure, such as:

Cartilage restoration – Stimulates the growth of new cartilage (soft cushioning) to help your joint move with less pain
Joint replacement – Exchanges a worn-out, arthritic knee or hip with an artificial implant that feels natural
Ligament reconstruction – Replaces a torn ACL, MCL, or another knee ligament with tissue from a healthy tendon
Osteotomy – Reshapes bones in your joint to make them align better
Torn labrum surgery – Reattaches soft tissue to your joint’s socket to relieve pain and stiffness
Torn meniscus surgery – Stitches knee cartilage back together or removes the damaged area of cartilage