This article focuses on hip pain in adults. The hip is a large "ball-and-socket" joint. The "socket" is a bone in your pelvis called the acetabulum and the "ball" is the head of your femur.

Medically reviewed by Grant Hughes, MD If you experience knee pain after sitting with your legs bent, it may be caused by ...

When the muscles around this key joint aren’t firing on all cylinders, it can throw off your entire stride, leaving you stuck ...

We measured bone mineral content (BMC) and bone area at the lumbar spine, total body, and proximal femur. Proximal femur scans were also analysed for bone geometry and structural strength using the ...

The pain may also extend into your thigh or buttocks ... Surgical dislocation and osteochondroplasty—Your surgeon cuts an incision on your hip. They carefully cut your thigh bone to bring it out of ...

a torn ACL—sorting out knee pain can seem complicated. The knee is composed of two joints: the tibiofemoral joint, between the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shin bone), and the patellofemoral ...