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The Function of Hip Joint by FrisArvz Posted Wed 01 Jul 2009 8:50pm In the healthy hip joint the femoral head is continually in close and stabile contact with the socket during all movements. The stability of the healthy hip joint is provided by by numerous supporting structures around the hip joint, including a thick joint capsule, a system of joint ligaments built in the joint capsule, and a ligament inside the hip joint Read on »

Hip Joint Pain: Talk To Your Doctor About It by Lucy J. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 28 Apr 2010 11:15pm If you have hip joint pain, you may need to see a doctor. There are several things that could be causing your pain but it’s always... if you can find some relief. Many of us don’t consider it, but if you injure your leg, it is easy to understand how it could affect your hip joint. The bones grind together Read on »

FDA Wants Data on Older Medical Devices – Hip joints, dental implants and spinal surgery screws by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 12 Apr 2009 11:51pm without agency approval to remain on sale without a thorough evaluation. The devices include metal hip joints, dental implants and screws used for spinal surgery, an FDA notice Read on »

GROIN PAIN causes & natural cure: HERNIA, PROSTATE, INJURIES, HIP JOINTS PROBLEMS by Tatjana-Mihaela Posted Mon 16 Feb 2009 1:59am It is very common that people feel pain and discomfort in the groin area: it is the place were the abdomen ends and legs begin. Men have more sensitive groin area and they more often develope health problems there, due to the difference in anatomy (more sensitive position of sexual organs) and at least in the younger days more intensive physical ac ... Read on »

Do you want to improve your sex life? Then get a new joint—hip or knee that is by NOHC Patient Expert

Posted Sun 07 Jun 2009 11:26pm Sexual relations are a legitimate but often embarrassing subject so patients shy away from the discussion. I have decided to address sexual relations through the following question and answer format. The illustrations are available by contacting the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago or the American Arthritis Foundation Will I be able to r ... Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 7: Limb Length Discrepancy After Total Hip Replacement Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm . Most commonly, contractures or shortening of the muscles surrounding the hip joint and pelvis make the involved legfeellonger even when they are really the same length. Also... a necessary part of the surgery because it also provides stability to the new hip joint. Your surgeon takes measurements of your leg lengths on x-ray prior to surgery. Your surgeon Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 13: Swelling and Bruising After Total Knee and Total Hip Replacement by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm · You may have swelling and bruising around the knee or hip and down into the lower leg after your total joint replacement. · Bruising... exercises or when you are resting. · For the first two to three weeks after your surgery, ice your knee or hip for 20 minutes every hour and also after Read on »

Original Research: Running Barefoot May Be Safer for Your Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints by Michael Nirenberg Posted Sun 10 Jan 2010 6:01pm and Rehabilitation found that barefoot running puts less damaging torque on our hip, knee, and ankle joints than wearing supportive running shoes. The study was written by D. Cassy Kerrigan... that the effect of the typical modern-day running shoes is to increase joint torques at the hip, knee, and ankle. This doesn’t mean every running shoe will increase torque, but given Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 6: Surprising Statistics About Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm (from The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 89-A, Number 12, December 2007) · The upward trends in the utilization of total hip and knee... from 1971 to 2003, representing a greater than 400% increase in the incidence of total knee replacement (as compared with a 55% increase in total hip replacement during the same Read on »

Pass a joint save a hip? by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 03 Sep 2009 10:19am When I was going through chemotherapy lots of people offered me pot. People you would never expect suddenly knew where to score. Turns out that I didn't need it but now I'm wondering if I should have taken advantage. Since I finished active treatment I've been on Femara which has done a marvelous job of helping keep cancer away. Femara has it' ... Read on »