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INJURY TITLE
| Hip Impingement |
INJURY OVERVIEW
| This is an injury where the outer cartilage lip of the hip joint can get pinched between the thighbone and the pelvis. |
INJURY IN-DEPTH INFORMATION
| The ball like end of the thighbone sits in a socket in the pelvis and strictly speaking this is called the ‘hip joint’. The integrity of this joint improved with structures like ligament and other soft tissues. There is also a cartilage lip on the socket part of the joint that helps to make the joint more stable.
Various factors can cause this cartilage to get trapped in between the ball like end of the thighbone and the socket on the pelvis. The ball like end of the thighbone can be shaped incorrectly or there could be an excess of the cartilage. Both of these will leave the cartilage vulnerable to getting pinched and this will cause pain, usually felt at the front of the hip and into the groin. |
COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
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HOW IS IT ASSESSED
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GENERAL TREATMENT
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WHICH HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO CONSULT
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PHYSIO X |
MEDIC X |
PODIATRY |
Put an ‘X’ next to each health professional that most commonly deals with this injury.
i.e. tennis elbow would be Physio and Medic as injections are common, whereas for muscular LBP it would be Physio and not Medic as they would just refer them to a Physio.