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Health Encyclopedia: Hip Pain
Hip pain involves any pain in or around the hip joint.
Alternative Names
Pain - hip
Considerations
Hip-related pain is not always felt directly over the hip. Instead, you may feel it in the middle of your thigh or in your groin. Similarly, pain you feel in the hip may actually reflect a problem in your back, rather than your hip itself. See
Common Causes
Two possible causes of hip pain are fractures and insufficient bl...
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Expert & Community Posts
The Second Doctor’s Visit for Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee
By Matthew Thompson , Health ExpertYou've had your first visit with the doctor, and found out that you have osteoarthritis of the hip... Read more »
Solution for the Pain Pinch: A Walking Stick
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...arthritis would like to keep moving. However, the hip pain usually felt in the groin area can... Read more »
Health Guide
Sciatica: What is it?
...symptoms of burning and tingling. Furthermore, referred pain is typically a dull, deep ache that is not as severe or sharp as “hot poker” nerve pain. When pain does not fit into this neat... Read more »Hip pain
...of gravity. Call your health care provider if Go to a hospital or call 911 if: Your hip pain is caused by a fall or other injury. Your hip is misshapen, badly bruised, or... Read more »Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Coxa plana; Perthes disease Treatment The goal of treatment is to keep the ball of the thighbone inside the socket. Your doctor may call this "containment."... Read more »Osteoarthritis: Surgery
...series detailing knee arthroscopy surgery.Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty)When osteoarthritis becomes so severe that pain and immobility make normal functioning impossible, many people become... Read more »Osteoporosis: Treatment
...HighlightsGlucosamine and ChondroitinA combination of glucosamine and chondroitin may help reduce moderate-to-severe knee pain, according to long-awaited results from a national study. The... Read more »Images
Hip fractures occur as a result of major or minor trauma. In elderly patients with bones weakened by osteoporosis, relatively little trauma, even walking, may result in a hip fracture.... Read more »
Medications
...pain/redness/swelling of the arms or legs bone/pelvis/hip pain signs of infection (e.g.,... Read more »
Related News
Resurfacing Hips
November 13, 2006DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Before his recent surgery, Sonny Falcone admits he could barely do his job as strength and conditioning... Read summary »
Linking Fibromyalgia to the Brain
January 15, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fibromyalgia patients may finally have some answers as to what causes their disease. Researchers in France used single photon... Read summary »
Study: Glucosamine doesn't help hip arthritis
October 03, 2008According to a new study, the popular joint supplement glucosamine doesn't help people who suffer from osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. Researchers in... Read summary »
FDA approves tapentadol for acute pain
November 23, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved tapentadol immediate-release tablets for the relief of moderate to severe acute pain in... Read summary »
12 ways to ease osteoarthritis pain
December 17, 2008Experts from the American Arthritis Society have compiled this list of 12 ways to ease the pain of osteoarthritis (OA). These specialists say that OA... Read summary »
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