Also commonly referred to as hip impingement, femoroacetabular impingement is a painful condition that occurs in the hips of adolescents and young adults. Two bones fit together to make up this “ball and socket” joint including the head of the femur (ball), which is...
Sports Hip
Keeping Up with the Count: Hip Health in Dancers
Dancers and other performing artists place demands on their hips that are unlike those of other athletes. Movements push the range of motion of their hips to extreme ends from an early age. They must have the flexibility for turnouts, leaps, or grand battements, and...
Hip Injuries in Young Athletes
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon and associate director of clinical research, Henry B. Ellis, M.D., presented this as part of Coffee, Kids and Sports Medicine education series. Watch the full lecturePrint the PDF Ellis provided a detailed discussion of the history and...
Apophysitis of the Hip or Pelvis
The professionalization of youth sports has led to an epidemic of overtraining. With that comes an increase in injuries caused by overuse. Unlike injuries from overuse in adults, like carpal tunnel syndrome, pediatric overuse injuries occur at areas of the bones...