Your hip joints are ball-and-socket joints positioned where your thigh bone meets your pelvis. The hip joint is involved in many types of movement. It is also one of the largest joints in the body, ...

A free lecture about joint replacement surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the University of Arizona Medical Center. The talk, “Outcomes and Evidence on Joint Replacement Surgery,” is ...

Arthritis means "joint inflammation." It causes pain and swelling in the body's joints, such as the knees or hips. There are many types of arthritis, but osteoarthritis is the most common. Also known ...

Hip joint pain when walking can turn even the simplest activities into daunting tasks, overshadowing the freedom of movement we often take for granted. Understanding how to ease the discomfort can ...

Your hip joints are where the upper leg bones connect to the body. You can have pain in one or both hips when you’re sitting. This is because the hip joint bends and supports most of your body weight ...

The McLean Rehab Department is sponsoring the second series of lectures for the public on keeping your joints healthy. All lectures will be held in McLean Village, 100 Sarah Lane behind the Health ...

Total joint replacement surgery, also called joint arthroplasty, is most commonly done on knees, hips, and shoulders. The procedure can also be done on ankles and elbows. Your surgeon will remove the ...

The British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 907 (May 18, 1878), pp. 704-705 (2 pages) ...

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement) or hammered into the bone so they could eventually attach ...

Toxic synovitis is a temporary condition that causes hip pain in children. It’s also known as transient synovitis. Toxic synovitis mainly occurs in children between the ages of 3 and 8. It’s two to ...