Arthroscopic treatment of a common hip problem that leads to arthritis is successful in terms of restoring range of motion, according to results from a recent study. Arthroscopic treatment of a common ...

1 Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education, School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Family Medicine and School of Human Kinetics, ...

A lot of runners have become so preoccupied with their knees that they’ve taken their hips for granted. In a study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine, runners with a variety of ...

Raise your top leg (right) so that your calf and thigh are parallel to the floor, but your knees are still in line with each other. This is hip abduction. In this position, internally rotate your hip ...

Background Increased alpha angle of the hip is associated with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Decreased hip range of motion (ROM) and hip adductor/abductor muscular imbalances are reportedly ...

Motion capture technology has been used to quantitatively assess the range of hip movement in men and women in 12 common sexual positions in order to understand which positions pose the greatest risk ...

A continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is a motorized device that passively moves a joint through a pre-set range of motion. These devices may be used after surgery to reduce joint stiffness and ...

A pitcher’s elbow injury could be linked to movement in the hips, research finds. When the pitcher performs a pitch, much of the stress is focused on a single ligament: the ulnar collateral ligament ...

Glute bridges, 90/90 hip switches, and froggers are good stretches for loosening up cranky hips. But one highly underrated stretch might be missing from your mobility routine: the controlled articular ...