By: Maggie Gebhardt, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT Prior to having hip labrum or impingement surgery, make sure to ask your physician as many questions as possible before the procedure so that you can make the most informed decision. All surgeons have differing protocols, so it is important to ask your surgeon what their specific recommendations...
By: Maggie Gebhardt, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT The hip joint can be a source of pain for many people and the reason why can often be confusing. The most common thing we think of when it comes to hip pain is arthritis. However, there are many different causes of hip pain not related to arthritis...
Hip osteo arthritis (OA) is a common condition with authors reporting up to a 20% prevalence among adults in the U.S. Hip OA remains the most common cause of hip pain in middle to older aged adults often felt in the front of the hip or groin. This condition often leads to pain and loss...
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and labral tears are a common cause of hip pain. Commonly symptoms are felt along the front of the hip or groin and can be sharp in nature. Researchers have found both FAI and labral tears in patients without symptoms or a loss in function. The reasons for this disconnect between pathology...
Over 350,000 total hip replacements are performed in our country each year. Most commonly these surgeries are performed to improve pain and function in end stage hip osteoarthritis. In prior decades, a posterior or backside approach was common in the replacement. In comparison, an anterior or frontside approach to the hip is more common in...
The rates of surgery for femoroacetabular impingement (aka: FAI, hip impingement) have skyrocketed in recent years. Recent studies have shown that both Physical Therapy and surgery are effective at reducing pain and improving function in people with hip impingement. In our Boulder County Physical Therapy practice we have frequent conversations with patients about this evolving...
Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) or hip impingement is a common condition among athletes. The condition results in abnormal bony contact between the pelvis and thigh bones at the hip joint. Patients demonstrates increased bone growth on the pelvis socket and/or ball of the thigh. Authors continue to question if these changes are pathological and need to...
Over 200,000 Americans undergo a total hip replacement often as a treatment for severe hip osteoarthritis. Patients who enter the surgery in a weakened, less functional state have worse outcomes up to 2 years post operatively compared to their higher functioning peers (Fortin et al. 1999, 2002). This is concerning because the most rapid recovery...
Rates of hip arthroscopic procedure rates for labral tears and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) have sky rocketed over in the last couple of decades secondary to more surgeons being trained in this area, as well as, a higher utilization of MRI testing in patients with hip pain. As we have discussed in prior blogs on imaging...
Arthroscopic hip surgery for hip impingement (FAI) has increased 2600% in the last 7 years despite the significant questions of many authors and experts on this condition. One of the most important questions regarding this condition is the development of cam (bony enlargement of hip) or pincer (bony enlargement of the pelvic socket) prominences in...