Hip Arthritis Getting Worse? New Research Says It Could Be the Bone

Is your hip arthritis getting worse? In addition to cartilage breakdown, your bone could also be deteriorating. A bright spot (or dark spot depending on the imaging sequence used) on the bone on MRI is called a bone marrow lesion (BML, also called a BME which means bone marrow edema). It’s an area in the…read more

New Research: Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Are Different

We all hear the term “arthritis,” and as a result we believe that knee arthritis and hip arthritis are the same disease, just located one joint apart. However, more than a decade of observation and now recent research has taught me that these are two different processes. Understanding this when using regenerative-medicine treatments, like PRP…read more

Hip Replacement Risks Include Disrupting Hip and Knee Alignment

Understandably unaware of Hip Replacement Risks, most people think that getting their hip replaced is like replacing a bad part in their car. They pull into the shop and the surgeon disconnects the old hip, removes it, and then screws in a shiny new one. Problem solved. However, comparing a bad hip to a bad…read more

Hip Replacement Side Effects from MOM Hip Implants Just Keep Piling Up

We just blogged a few days ago about the hip replacement side effects from metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implants, and already there’s a new complication to toss on the MOM hip implant garbage heap. During the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting this week, presenter Dr. Stephen Graves shared research results concluding that the risk of heart…read more

Are Hip Replacement Complications from M.O.M Hip Implants a Roll of the Dice?

We’ve known for a while that “minimally invasive” metal-on-metal hip implants are a gamble! They raise the levels of metal in the blood and cause local genetic instability in the cells, and we see adverse reactions, implant revisions, and even pseudotumors in patients who have had metal-on-metal hip implants. About the only thing you can…read more

5 Questions About Hip Arthroscopy for Hip Impingement

Hip arthroscopy for hip impingement or a labral tear is more invasive than you’ve been led to believe. Add to that a laundry list of side effects and the wealth of research showing poor results, especially in patients with arthritis, and you have to wonder why anyone chooses to go through it. If you are considering hip…read more

Can Your Neck Cause Hip Pain?

On this page: Finding the cause of hip pain How your neck and hip pain are related Cervical stenosis and hip pain “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” —Sherlock Holmes You would think it would be quite easy to…read more

Hip Surgery Results: Little Evidence the Procedure Works

You would think that with the explosion of hip arthroscopy surgeries in the United States and worldwide that we would have excellent research supporting that the procedure is very successful for patients with hip impingement. You would, of course, be wrong. Despite the surgical melee, we don’t have a single high-quality study of excellent hip…read more