Hip Symptoms

It  is hard to neglect the symptoms of a hip fracture. After the fracture occurs, the individual will most likely have severe pain in the hip or lower groin area, and will likely have a difficult time walking or being weight bearing.

Falls cause the highest amount of hip fractures in older adults. As you get older, your bones naturally lose some strength and rigidity, and are more likely to break, even from a minor fall.

Roughly 27 million people in the United States are afflicted with osteoarthritis of a joint, and approximately 80% of the population will exhibit some symptom of osteoarthritis by the age of 65.  While any joint is susceptible, weight bearing joints such as the knee and hip, are the most frequently exposed to the disease.

Osteoarthritis is commonly described as the degeneration of articular cartilage; the tissue that cushions either side of two bones at the joint.  As the disease progresses, the cartilage itself becomes thinner and in some cases may completely wear away. As this happens, it creates a bone on bone friction in the joint, which is often very uncomfortable.

Examples of overuse injuries are irritation of the large sac that separates the hipbones from the muscles and tendons of the thighs and buttocks which are referred to as trochanteric bursitis, and irritation of the tendons in the hip causing tendinitis.