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What are the causes of hip pain?

The hip is the area which attaches the lower body to our upper torso. It consists of a hip joint, a ball and socket joint, and it allows a various range of activities. The ball-like femur, the head of the thigh bone, fits into the socket - acetabulum. The hip labrum is a cartilaginous ring that covers the socket as a shock absorber and helps in providing pain-free movement. Synovial fluid helps to provide lubrication in the hip joint capsule, lessens the friction between the ball and the socket, and reduce the stress around the hip joints, and allows the smooth movement of ball and socket around each other. When you face an accident, and the hip gets injured or undergoes wear and tear, you may feel hip pain or discomfort while bending, moving, rotating your hips, playing sports or doing exercises which involves bending of the body. Hip pain can be associated with redness, warmth and swelling. Pain in the hip can be due to many causes, and it may originate from the hip joint or any other surrounding structures. Hip pain can also be associated with other distant organs.


CAUSES OF HIP PAIN

Arthritis, injuries or other problems may cause hip pain.

Trauma

Arthritis

  • Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)

  • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

  • Osteoarthritis (disease due to joint breakdown)

  • Psoriatic arthritis

  • Septic arthritis

Injuries

  • Tendinitis

  • Bursitis (joint inflammation)

  • Hip labral tear

  • Fracture

  • Dislocation

  • Sprain and strain

  • Inguinal hernia

Pinched nerves

  • Sciatica

  • Sacroiliitis

  • Meralgia paresthetica

Cancer

· Bone cancer

· Leukemia

Other problems

  • Synovitis

  • Osteomyelitis (bone infection)

  • Osteoporosis (bone degeneration)

  • Avascular necrosis (bone tissue death due to limited blood flow)

  • Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease in children (injury in ball-and-socket hip joint)

  • Cyst

  • Rickets (Vitamin-D deficiency)

  • Paget’s disease (bone destruction and regrowth cycle disorder)

  • Piriformis Syndrome

  • A herniated disc in the lower regions of the spine

  • Spinal stenosis (open spaces that are present in the spine become narrow)

  • Burns

  • Shingles

  • Cellulitis (skin infection)

  • Fibromyalgia (a chronic disorder that affects muscles and skeletal system)

  • Flat feet (absence of arches in your foot)


 

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