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How to Ease Hip Pain in Elderly Adults

Posted by:

Johannes Sauer

Reviewed by:

Dr. Jennie Stanford

Updated at: March 12, 2025

Table of Contents

  1. What Causes Hip Pain?

  2. How to Prevent Hip Pain?

    1. Avoid High-Impact Sports

  3. What To Do When Hip Pain Strikes

  4. When is it Time to Visit a Doctor?

  5. Other Coping Tactics to Ease Pain

As much as 14.3% of the over-60 population experiences significant hip pain on most days. With such a high prevalence, it is crucial for older adults to learn how to manage hip pain. Even if you do not currently have hip pain, you might in the future, or someone you know may need help with their hip pain.

What Causes Hip Pain?

Hip pain is widespread among older adults due to causes such as osteoarthritis, hip injuries, and arthritis, all of which become more common with age.

Younger and older people alike can also experience hip pain from a number of other causes, including sports injuries, pinched nerves, cancer, and others.

How to Prevent Hip Pain?

When it comes to hip pain, if you can prevent it from starting in the first place, that is ideal. Here are some tips for hip pain prevention:

  • Maintain a healthy weight
  • Eat a nutritious diet
  • Make sure you are getting sufficient calcium
  • Exercise regularly
  • Warm up and warm down properly
  • Be careful to move ergonomically and safely and avoid injuries when performing activities
  • Improve safety at home to reduce the chances of trips and falls

Avoid High-Impact Sports

In general, avoiding high-impact sports is a good way to prevent hip pain. Try and stick with low-impact exercises, such as walking, swimming, cycling, and so on.

Be careful when performing repetitive movements to make sure you are doing them correctly, so as to avoid repetitive use injuries.

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What To Do When Hip Pain Strikes

If you do start experiencing hip pain, there are some conservative measures you can take at home to try to ease that pain. When you feel it coming on, if you are able, try to do the following:

  • Use the RICE method (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation).
  • Applying heat may soothe muscle pain, but potentially aggravate inflammation. Experiment with it to see if it helps you or not.
  • Try taking an NSAID like ibuprofen, or acetaminophen (Tylenol).

When is it Time to Visit a Doctor?

In some cases, hip pain requires physical therapy or even surgery. These are options a doctor can discuss with you.

Make an appointment with your doctor about hip pain if the pain is severe and/or isn’t going away. You also should go to the doctor if you have fallen or been in an accident.

Other Coping Tactics to Ease Pain

Along with the methods we went over above for immediate treatment of pain when it flares, you can make some simple lifestyle modifications to reduce pain.

Eat a healthy diet, and try to lose weight if you are overweight. Do gentle, low-impact exercises. If you are a smoker, quit.

You also can use assistive devices (such as a cane) to help you walk and maintain your balance.

Therapeutic footwear can help you as well. While we typically think about wearing these types of shoes for foot problems, they can help more than just heel pain and similar conditions.

The Cadense Original Adaptive Shoe is a good choice for hip pain. These lightweight shoes minimize fatigue. Their wide bases increase stability. They also include patented variable friction technology that makes it easy to cross uneven ground even if you have trouble lifting your feet fully due to hip pain or other issues.

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FAQ

What are the most common causes of hip pain in older adults?

Hip pain in older accounts can be caused by anything from arthritis to inactivity to weight gain to past injuries.

What gentle exercises can help alleviate hip pain?

Simple exercises such as side leg raises, mini squats, hip flexor stretches and hip circles may help. Walking may help as well. You may want to ask your doctor for a referral to a physical therapist so that you can receive detailed, personalized suggestions for exercises for hip pain.

How can lifestyle modifications help manage hip pain?Exercise, eating a nutritious diet, losing weight, and using a cane can all help you manage hip pain.

When should I use heat therapy vs. cold therapy for hip pain?

Ice can bring down inflammation after an injury. Some people may like it for nerve pain too. Heat is good for muscular pain. Try experimenting with both to figure out what is ideal for your individual needs. You may find ice better in some circumstances and heat in others.

Posted by: Johannes Sauer

Johannes is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cadense and passionate about helping people with walking difficulties. Johannes is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cadense and passionate about helping people with walking difficulties. He was immediately drawn to the mission of the company because his cousin lost his lower leg in a tragic motorcycle accident a few years ago and is experiencing walking difficulties ever since. Johannes brings over a decade of experience in working for consumer product companies to Cadense. He holds an MBA from the University of Graz in Austria. Johannes lives with his family in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Reviewed by: Dr. Jennie Stanford

Dr. Jennie Stanford, MD, FAAFP, DipABOM, is an obesity medicine physician and metabolic health expert, as well as a medical writer and educator. Dr. Jennie Stanford, MD, FAAFP, DipABOM, is an obesity medicine physician and metabolic health expert, as well as a medical writer and educator. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Stanford is board-certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American Board of Family Medicine. She is passionately involved in medical education, dedicating her time to mentoring and advancing the field.

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