Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Severe hip arthritis can cause pain and difficulty walking. Many people who have these debilitating symptoms because of hip arthritis will elect to undergo ...

I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient with severe osteoarthritis of the hip. Total joint rooms ... femoral head, or ball to the ball and ...

She would say, ‘at least this hip problem is not life threatening’. After mum’s joint replacement surgery ... which gave me confidence to get the ball rolling. I practiced what I preach to my patients ...

University of North Carolina professor Michael Gross, PT, PhD, FAPTA, explains that the hip is where the thigh bone meets the pelvis; a juncture that forms the ball-and-socket joint. There are two ...

As total joint replacement surgical technology has improved over the past, but a vital part of care — infection prevention methods — have largely remained stagn ...

Extension of the hip joint occurs when the femur moves backwards, which happens in the preparation for a kick in football, or in the back leg as a gymnast performs a split leap. Ball and socket ...