Abductor tendon problems are a common source of Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) that fails to respond to conservative treatment, often described erroneously as “recalcitrant trochanteric bursitis”. The gluteus medius is the more frequently involved [...]
Subspine impingement is just a variation of FAI, specifically the pincer type. The anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) is a bony prominence just above the front of the acetabulum. It is a site of [...]
Most things that pop, click, and snap around the hip are actually outside the joint, commonly tendons and muscles that flip back and forth. The adage, if you can hear it, it’s the iliopsoas [...]
Laterally based hip pain is often blamed on trochanteric bursitis. This is characterized by tenderness over the outside edge of the hip area. Typically, this is associated with pain when trying to lie on [...]
The labrum is important for protecting the articular cartilage. The labrum has excellent healing capacity and tears can be repaired with successful results. The articular cartilage has less recuperative ability, and thus with most [...]
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a bony abnormality of the hip joint that can lead to painful cartilage damage (both labrum and articular cartilage) among adolescents and adults, and subsequently leads to osteoarthritis. (Related Study: Femoroacetabular [...]
Piriformis syndrome is a diagnosis that probably gets overlooked and overused in equal proportions. It is characterized by buttock pain exacerbated with sitting and is usually associated with sciatica characterized by radiating nerve pain [...]
The first hip arthroscopy was performed in Nashville in 1990. Dr. Byrd was asked to evaluate a teenage boy with loose fragments in his hip left over from a previous fracture of the acetabulum [...]
Once someone develops symptoms associated with FAI, it is unlikely that the problem will just get better and go away. However, that does not mean that surgery is always the best first line of [...]
Most things that pop and snap around the hip are not coming from the joint itself. Hip joint problems may cause sharp stabbing pain, catching, or a sense of locking, but the two most common [...]
