I am 70 and started getting acute left hip pain about 6 months ago. Xrays showed mild arthritis but NSAIDS (alleve and later diclofenac) had only minimal effect. An ultrasound guided steroid injection knocked it out completely and it hasn't come back. With serious joint damage steroid injections bring short term relief. With my mild arthritis I suspect something else was going on to inflame the hip that the injection knocked out.