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A broken hip is a common injury, especially in older individuals with thinning bones. In the United States, hip fractures are the most common broken bone that requires hospitalization; about 300,000 Americans are hospitalized for a hip fracture every year.

Hip pain is surprisingly common in kids, and most often, it is caused by injuries. These injuries while fairly easy to detect in older children and ad...

Nerve flossing targets conditions that involve irritation of the nerves, such as sciatica and piriformis syndrome. Nerve flossing gently mobilizes compressed or irritated nerves through a set of simple exercises.

Use of the pain medication tramadol was linked with a higher risk of hip fractures compared with the use of other pain medications in an analysis of a patient database from the United Kingdom.

New research suggests that physicians evaluating young patients with hip pain should consider more than such patients' physical health. They also ...

The rate of recovery and a patient's length of stay at nursing and rehabilitation facilities are associated with a patient's mobility and their ability to provide self-care when they are discharged following hip fracture surgery, according to a new study from the George Washington Un...

Meniscal tears are common knee injuries. Most often, you hear about athletes who experience meniscal tears, but actually, any individual at any age can tear a meniscus.

To get the relief you need for persistent pain, your doctors have to identify the right cause. Here are a few of the factors that go into diagnosing knee pain.

Osteoarthritis is treatable. You may never be completely pain-free, but you can manage the condition and keep your symptoms under control.

Many people take supplements to support joint health. Some take them to relieve current joint pain, while others take them to prevent pain from developing.