Non-Surgical Hip Care
When appropriate, treatment may include activity modification, guided rehabilitation, physical therapy, medication, image-guided procedures, or other conservative approaches.
Nashville Hip Institute at TOA
Specialized hip care in Nashville
Specialized Hip Care with J.W. Thomas Byrd, M.D.
Move with less pain. Return to the activities you enjoy. Find a treatment plan designed around your hip, your goals, and your life.
Led by internationally recognized orthopedic hip specialist J.W. Thomas Byrd, M.D., Nashville Hip Institute at TOA provides specialized evaluation and treatment for hip pain, injuries, and complex hip conditions.
Focused expertise. Connected care.
A Specialized Hip Program Within Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance
Nashville Hip Institute at TOA is a specialized clinical program led by Dr. Byrd and supported by a multidisciplinary hip-care team. It is part of Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance and is located in Suite 100 of the TOA Church Street facility.
This relationship gives patients access to highly focused hip expertise as well as the broader resources of one of Tennessee's largest orthopedic practices. Depending on an individual patient's needs, care may include physician evaluation, diagnostic imaging, non-surgical treatment, physical therapy, surgical consultation, or coordination with another TOA specialist.
The goal is not simply to treat an image or diagnosis. It is to understand the source of your symptoms and identify an appropriate path toward better movement and function.
Comprehensive hip care
Treatment Designed Around the Patient
Hip pain can affect athletes, active adults, performing artists, and people who simply want to move through everyday life more comfortably. Because similar symptoms can have different causes, an accurate diagnosis is an important first step.
Hip Preservation
Hip-preservation care is intended to address certain structural problems, injuries, and movement limitations while preserving the natural hip joint whenever clinically appropriate.
Advanced Hip Arthroscopy
Dr. Byrd has helped pioneer arthroscopic techniques used to evaluate and treat selected patients with impingement, labral damage, cartilage injuries, and related conditions.
Coordinated Rehabilitation
Recovery is tailored to the individual—whether the goal is returning to competition, work, exercise, performing arts, or comfortable daily movement.
Conditions we evaluate
Care for Hip Pain and Injuries
Nashville Hip Institute evaluates and treats a wide range of hip conditions, from athletic injuries to persistent or complex hip pain.
Explore Hip Services- Femoroacetabular impingement, or FAI
- Hip labral and cartilage injuries
- Abductor tendon injuries
- Hamstring injuries
- Snapping hip syndrome
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome and bursitis
- Piriformis-related pain
- Ischiofemoral impingement
- Athletic and overuse injuries
- Symptoms following previous hip treatment or surgery
Experience focused on the hip
Meet J.W. Thomas Byrd, M.D.
Dr. Byrd is a native Nashvillian and a third-generation physician serving the community. He completed fellowship training in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery as well as joint replacement and reconstructive surgery.
Throughout his career, Dr. Byrd has helped define and advance the role of less-invasive arthroscopic techniques for hip disorders. He has authored three textbooks on hip arthroscopy and more than 220 scientific papers, technical articles, reviews, and book chapters.
His leadership has included serving as president of both the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy and the Arthroscopy Association of North America. Patients and visiting surgeons travel to Nashville from across the country and around the world for his experience with complex hip conditions.
View Dr. Byrd's ProfileA multidisciplinary approach
More Than a Physician Visit
Depending on a patient's needs, the Nashville Hip Institute care model may bring together several areas of expertise.
Orthopedic physician careAdvanced-practice clinical supportPhysical therapy and rehabilitationAthletic trainingDiagnostic imagingUltrasound-guided evaluation or treatmentSurgical and postoperative coordinationReturn-to-activity planning
Plan your visit
Visit Nashville Hip Institute at TOA Church Street
Nashville Hip Institute at TOATOA Nashville–Church Street
2100 Church Street, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37203
- Phone
- 615-284-5800
- Hours
- Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Church Street also offers access to additional orthopedic specialists and services, including physical therapy, hand therapy, MRI and CT imaging, and Orthopedic Urgent Care.
Returning patients
Everything You Need for Your Next Visit
Former Midtown patients can continue using Nashville Hip Institute's established patient resources. Please remember that all appointments now take place at Church Street, Suite 100.
Take the next step
Start with a Specialized Hip Evaluation
Whether hip pain is affecting competition, exercise, work, or everyday movement, the first step is understanding what is causing it.