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Hip pain when walking is common. Causes include damage to the muscles, tendons, bones, or nerves around the hip, and chronic conditions such as arthritis.

Doctors use bone density testing to see how strong a person s bones are. These tests can show if a person has low bone density and may be at risk of o...

Pain on the outer (or lateral) part of the knee can be caused by an injury. It may also be the result of inflammation in a band of tough fibrous tissue that runs down the outside of the thigh, and attaches to the front of the tibia (shin bone). Pain in this area may also be caused by arthritis.

Some individuals experience knee pain when going down stairs. It can be mild and occur periodically, or the pain can be excruciating and frequent. There are different causes of this feeling.

Before an elective orthopedic surgery, such as on your knee or hip, you may have questions about  prehab, or exercise programs you can do before surg...

An emerging technology could zap your post-op pain away  little or no opioids needed. The technique is called percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulati...

Among patients with normal renal function at baseline who are treated with a high-dose antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC) spacer and systemic antibiotic therapy after resection of a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following a primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA), 14 percent develop acute kid...

Gout is a common type of inflammatory arthritis that causes sudden and severe swelling, pain, and stiffness in a joint. It typically occurs in the joint in the big toe. However, it also often affects the knee.

A new online program enhanced by text messages to help people with knee osteoarthritis exercise has been found to improve knee pain, physical function and quality of life, new research reveals.

A new study by Henry Ford Health System published in Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery may signal a first step toward eliminating the use of opioids to relieve pain after knee surgery.