knee Pain

Are your knees aching from a sudden injury, or have your symptoms developed gradually over time? A common physical complaint, knee pain can occur at any age and may interfere with many aspects of life, from participation in sports to simply getting up from a chair and walking. Any part of the knee — bones, cartilage, muscles, ligaments, and tendons — can be damaged by disease (such as arthritis) or injury. Quick Links:Causes and Prevention Diagnosis Treatment Living With Knee Pai...

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Do Age and Hip Pain Always Go Together?

It's not written in stone that your hips will give out on you as you age. Learn how to avoid hip pain as you get older. Common wisdom holds that as you age, you are destined to face a multitude of ills, including hip pain and possibly hip replacement surgery. In fact, hip replacement surgeries do increase after age 65. Yet this does not have to be your future, say orthopedic surgeons. There are steps you can take to reduce the likelihood of hip pain and surgery as you age. Hip Pain: It’s Not Inevitable “Most people don’t get old and wear...

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Hip Pain and Arthritis: Get the Facts

Hip pain is commonly due to arthritis. Find out how arthritis causes wear and tear on the hip joints and can even lead to hip replacement.  Arthritis is a frequent cause of hip pain and hip replacement. Yet the term arthritis actually covers a number of different conditions, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis. Hip Pain and Osteoarthritis “The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis, so-called ‘wear and tear arthritis,’” says Thomas Parker Vail, MD, professor and chairman of orthopedic...

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Five Common Causes of Hip Pain in Women

 Hip pain in women can be caused by wear and tear, overuse, and a few other sources. Women may be able to use anti-inflammatories for their hip pain. When you tell your doctor your hip hurts, the first thing he should do is confirm that your hip is actually the problem. Women might say they have hip pain, but what they may mean is they have pain in the side of the...

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Hip Pain: What Do Your Symptoms Mean?

When you visit your doctor to find out what you should do about your hip pain, she will probably ask you to describe the kind of pain you are experiencing. Hearing about your symptoms of hip pain will help her determine the cause of your discomfort. “The first question is, where does the hip hurt?” says Steven Stuchin, MD, director of orthopedic surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases of New York University Medical Center and associate professor at the NYU School of Medicine in New York City. Many people are confused about where their...

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Hip Pain

Hip pain can make everyday tasks, including getting in and out of a car or walking up a flight of stairs, nearly impossible. Hip pain can affect people of all ages and be caused by injuries to the hip joints or muscles, or by conditions such as tendinitis, bursitis, or osteoarthritis. Hip Pain Causes and Prevention Arthritis is one of the most common causes of hip pain, but other conditions can also cause sharp pain in the hip area, including sciatica, tendinitis, osteoporosis, or infection. Fracture is another serious cause of hip...

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