A 1-month-old girl is referred to your orthopaedics clinic because a pediatrician heard a click on examination of her left hip. The baby, a first-born, is the product of a full-term gestation and a ...

Your hip is a deep ball-and-socket joint where your thigh bone fits securely into your pelvis. When you have hip instability, your thigh bone may feel like it doesn’t fit into the hip socket securely.

Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, is a disorder of synovial joints. It occurs when damage triggers repair processes leading to structural changes in a joint. There are 2 main ...