NEW ALBANY — Baptist Health Floyd has been awarded the Advanced Joint Replacement Certification with Distinction by the ...

New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health has earned a seal of approval from the Joint Commission for total hip and knee replacements, according to an April 18 report from NewBedfordGuide.com. The ...

There are a lot of important aspects when it comes to recovery after surgery, especially a major one such as hip replacement ...

Hip resurfacing can be a solid alternative to total hip replacement for athletes who want to stay active, research shows.

The hip is a major joint in the body. It is important for weight bearing and movement. Some factors that can affect hip health include age, weight, pregnancy, and injury. Sometimes, a person’s ...

The warmth helps muscle to become more pliant, and the buoyancy of water eases pressure on the new joint. One interesting study compared the post-surgical recovery of hip-replacement patients who ...

Objective We aimed to determine hip and lower-leg muscle strength in people after ACL injury compared with an uninjured control group (between people) and the uninjured contralateral limb (between ...

mgh.harvard.edu Objectives Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of immobility and joint replacement, two strong risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). We aimed to examine the relation of knee, ...

Lower back and hip pain share some similar causes, including sprains, strains, pinched nerves, arthritis, and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Each condition also has unique causes that can affect the ...

Range of motion (ROM) is a measurement of the distance and direction a joint ... of your hip pain with medication, weight loss, or surgery is a sure way to ameliorate your pain and thereby increase ...