Hip Conditions
Hip conditions refer to a variety of musculoskeletal problems affecting the hip joint, surrounding structures, or related tissues. These conditions can include injuries, degenerative diseases like osteoarthritis, congenital abnormalities, or inflammatory conditions like bursitis.
Subscribe to the BlogMy Hip X-ray is Bad so this Means I Need My Hip Replaced, Right? Not So Much…
Almost all patients and many physicians still treat x-ray and MRI images like the Oracle of Delphi, yet study after study continues to show that there isn’t great correlation between what we see on these images and pain. The most recent entry in this debate was just published last month and it shows how few…read more
Should You get Hip PAO Surgery?
What the heck is periacetabular osteotomy (Hip PAO surgery)? We have been concerned about the rapid rise in hip labrum and CAM impingement surgeries for FAI. However, this picture above tells a whole new story, one that moves our concern level up several notches A colleague recently sent us this picture of a professional fighter who went…read more Hip Pain after a Hip Replacement: Helping a Patient with Blood Platelets and Stem Cells
Hip replacement pain after one year? ML is a 69 year old woman who we first evaluated in June and who now claims we have performed a “miracle”. I don’t know if I would use the same terms other than we were able to get to an accurate diagnosis of what was wrong. Prior to having a…read more Do you Really Have Hip FAI or CAM Impingement?
A physician discusses how an MRI reading that says the patient has hip FAI or impingement may not correspond to a real diagnosis or the hip impinging and a need for hip surgery. Severe Hip Osteonecrosis and an Obliterated Joint Line
A doctor discusses a patient with severe hip arthritis and avascular necrosis / osteonecrosis treated with a stem cell injection. 
