Hip pain guide Your Guide to Hip Pain and its Treatment Chronic hip pain can change your life by limiting your ability to walk sit comfortably or perform normal daily activities When hip pain interferes with your ability to do the things you need to do ea
Your Guide to Hip Pain and its Treatment Chronic hip pain can change your life by limiting your ability to walk sit comfortably or perform normal daily activities When hip pain interferes with your ability to do the things you need to do each day it ? s time to seek medical advice Chronic hip pain can change your life by limiting your ability to walk sit comfortably or perform normal daily activities When hip pain interferes with your ability to do the things you need to do each day it ? s time to seek medical advice Hip pain has many causes If you develop hip pain that persists possibly with swelling or tenderness a doctor can help you sort out the possible causes The physician will thoroughly examine you take your health history and order hip X-rays or other imaging to view the joint Here are some key causes of hip pain Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a wearing down of the cartilage that allows the bones to glide smoothly over one another in joints such as the hip It is one of the most common causes of hip pain in people over usually triggering pain in the front of the thigh or the groin As the cartilage wears away the head of the thigh bone rubs directly against the inner hip socket Splinters of bone and cartilage can interfere with normal hip movement Pain in the groin and front of the thigh is the most common symptom of hip arthritis especially when walking or during activities that require twisting such as putting on socks or getting out of a car The pain is caused by the bones rubbing against each other The hip joint also may become swollen and sti ? Hip fractures Older individuals are susceptible to breaking a hip during normal everyday activities if their bones are weak due to osteoporosis Although osteoporosis chie y a ?ects women men over are at risk as well Hip fractures are medical emergencies and require immediate surgery In addition younger active individuals can develop stress fractures of the hip When muscles become fatigued they fail to absorb the shock of impact from jumping and other activities and forces are transferred to the bone itself causing tiny cracks Stress fractures in the hip joint can cause pain Bursitis Bursitis is in ammation of any of the uid- ?lled sacs protecting the body ? s joints after an injury Trochanteric bursitis a ?ects the outer surface of the hip joint producing pain when standing up walking climbing steps or driving Osteonecrosis Insu ?cient blood ow to bone can destroy bone cells a process called osteonecrosis also avascular or aseptic necrosis Years of corticosteroid use to suppress the immune system for di ?erent medical conditions can cause osteonecrosis The hip is the most common site a ?ected by osteonecrosis Tendonitis The tendons ?? rope-like connective tissues connecting muscles to bone at the hip and other joints ?? can become painfully in amed by
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