Category: hip-pain

Your doctor says you need total hip replacement surgery – and your painful hip says it too. Worried as you may be, there’s little downside to this common operation: Hip replacements are faster and safer than ever with new materials and surgical procedures. Find out about the recent innovations and what to expect as you… Continue reading Total Hip Replacement Surgery: Types, Manging Pain, Rehab and Recovery

When you have daily pain in your hip from arthritis (the loss of protective cushioning in the joint) or bursitis (inflammation of the fluid-filled sacs that pad the joint), it can make doing everything from walking to climbing stairs to bending over a chore. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are 10… Continue reading 10 Ways to Relieve Daily Hip Pain | Bursitis Hip

The hip flexor is a group of muscles that allow you to lift your knees and bend at the waist. Found deep in the abdominal cavity, they are some of the strongest muscles in the body, notes Stephanie E. Siegrist, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Rochester, N.Y., and spokeswoman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic… Continue reading Understanding Hip Flexor Pain Symptoms & Stretching Exercises That Can Help

You may have been born with two left feet, but when your hip pain acts up, you can relieve the ache the same way dancers do. When members of the Washington Ballet have hip pain, they use a home remedy called the RICE method — this stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation — to relieve… Continue reading Home Remedies for Hip Pain

Your hips — the ball-and-socket joints formed by the pelvic bone and the end of the femur bone — are pretty strong, and it takes a good deal of force to injure them. However, if you have hip pain, it may cause you to feel pain elsewhere in the body. Patients who have hip pain… Continue reading How Hip Pain Affects Your Body

Hip pain makes it hard for you to walk and get through your day, and that means it may also be interfering with your sex life. But you can enjoy sex with less pain, both before and after hip replacement surgery. Hip Pain and Sex: Discussing the Problem Hip pain has long been recognized as… Continue reading Hip Pain and Sex: Staying Intimate

If you are starting to feel hip pain or stiffness, you’ll want to know more about the bones and muscles that make up the hip’s anatomy. Hip Anatomy: Bones The hip joint is made up of two bones: the pelvis and the femur (the thighbone). It is the largest ball-and-socket joint in your body. The… Continue reading A Guide to Hip Anatomy: Bones, Muscles, Tendons & Pain Sources

Does your hip hurt? As with other types of chronic pain, women tend to experience it more than men. But because hip pain can have a number of different causes, determining the correct one is the key to getting the best treatment. The Diagnosis: Is It Your Hip? When you tell your doctor your hip hurts,… Continue reading 5 Common Causes of Hip Pain in Women

When you visit your doctor to find out what you should do about your hip pain, she will probably ask you to describe the kind of pain you are experiencing. Hearing about your symptoms of hip pain will help her determine the cause of your discomfort. “The first question is, where does the hip hurt?”… Continue reading Hip Pain: What Do Your Symptoms Mean? | EverydayHealth

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