One of the really neat things about being a bipedal mammal is that our largest joints, the hips, have a spectacular range of motion. Within the hip are a variety of muscles, tendons and bones that all ...

Dear Reader: Your hip has several fluid-filled sacs, called bursae. They cushion the hip joint. When one of these sacs becomes irritated or inflamed, the condition is known as bursitis. My patients ...

Trochanteric bursitis is hip pain caused by inflammation of the fluid-filled sac, or bursa, on the outer edge of your hip. You have about 160 bursae around your body. Bursae provide a cushion between ...

If you find you’re wincing or groaning from a sharp or achy pain in your hip, you could have an inflammatory condition known as hip bursitis. But that doesn’t mean you’re destined for chronic pain.

Bursitis is a condition in which the joints become tender and painful. It occurs when bursae, small sacs filled with fluid that cushion the joints, become inflamed. Studies have found that ...

This week we are going to discuss one of the trickiest forms of hip pain around—the gluteus medius tear. Not a very common occurrence, gluteus medius tears are quite insidious and often appear to be ...