PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR HIP PAIN. back to top. Hip pain can come from many different sources. Osteoarthritis in the hip joint can cause significant pain, which may respond well to physical therapy in the earlier stages, but often may require total hip replacement surgery (also referred to as total hip arthroplasty).
Treatment. Treatments for PV can vary depending on a patient's symptoms. Some patients may not need active treatment but should still be monitored by a physician expert. Treatments include: 1  Phlebotomy -- a procedure that involves removing blood from the body, can thin the blood to let it flow more easily.
Another alternative to an operation for basal cell skin cancer is treatment with a drug to make your skin sensitive to light. This is followed by treatment with a bright light to the affected area. This treatment is called photodynamic therapy or PDT. Chemotherapy is only occasionally used for skin cancer.Chemotherapy cream (containing fluorouracil) is mainly used to treat actinic (or solar) keratosis and Bowen's disease.hotodynamic therapy (PDT). This is a relatively new type of treatment. It is another alternative to surgery. PDT uses a drug that makes skin cells sensitive to light. The area of skin that needs treating is exposed to a special type of light, and the cancer cells are destroyed.