Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College ...

George Trujillo has always been physically active. His favorite sports? Skiing and skiing. “Summer and winter,” he said. He also loves biking, hiking, mountain climbing, dirt bikes, and motorcycles.

I used to be that annoying person who prided myself on never going to the doctor, who relished my apparent immunity to ...

With increasing life expectancy, frailty and hip fractures will correspondingly increase in numbers, now at more than 300,000 fractures per year and projected to rise to more than 500,000 by 2040. Hip ...

Modern hip replacements are nearly twice as likely as older hip replacements to last at least 25 years, suggests a study ...

A simple 10-meter walking test before surgery may help clinicians and patients identify the optimal timing for hip replacement and set realistic expectations for recovery. Study: Preoperative Gait ...

Her soccer days were long over, but Kim Kaslick, 55, of Summerville still carried a lingering reminder of a significant injury that resulted in her left leg being shorter than the right. When she went ...

UnityPoint Health – Trinity Bettendorf and Moline have earned a Blue Distinction Center+ (BDC+) designation for knee and hip ...

Ekiti, Ekiti State, has emerged the first public hospital in the state to perform a total hip replacement surgery.