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A hip pointer injury is a common sports injury, but it can really happen to anyone. The term "hip pointer" was coined in the 1960s to describe a soft-tissue injury at the top part of the hip.

Hip pain often occurs with running. While some level of soreness is normal after exercising, pain can also mean that you have injured yourself. Hip pain can be caused by injury to your muscles, bone, tendons, or other structures in your hip.

Considering joint replacement? You may be able to improve your chances of avoiding infections and disease flares-ups.

Many older Americans have concerns about elective surgery beforehand, but most who go through with it are satisfied with the outcome, a new survey finds.

It?s not uncommon to experience some form of discomfort in your knees as you get older?about 25 percent of adults are affected by knee pain, which is a 65 percent increase of the last 20 years, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

This study is the first application of multiobjective optimization methods to support decision-making and treatment analysis in knee osteoarthritis that can take into account multiple and conflicting treatment goals.

The most common cause of knee pain can hit you in your 30s as easily as it can in your 60s and 70s. Osteoarthritis, or ?wear-and-tear arthritis,? is the most common cause of knee pain ? and the most common form of arthritis.

A pain management regimen without opioids offered the same pain relief as common prescription opioids, according to two recent studies of common sports surgeries.

Early meniscal surgery is not superior to a strategy of exercise and education with the option of later surgery among young, active adults with meniscal tears, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in NEJM Evidence.

Female astronauts could avoid knee injuries during space flight?and better tests, prevention and treatments could be developed for knee osteoarthritis in women here on Earth?based on newly published research on the sex differences in knee meniscus tissue.