Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you find you’re wincing or groaning from a sharp or achy pain in your hip, you could have an inflammatory condition known as ...

Your hips are one of the largest weight-bearing joints in the body. Responsible for all movement in the lower leg, as well as supporting and stabilizing the upper body, happy hips are crucial for ...

Dear Reader: Your hip has several fluid-filled sacs, called bursae. They cushion the hip joint. When one of these sacs becomes irritated or inflamed, the condition is known as bursitis. My patients ...

When I first pulled my hamstring muscle while doing sprints at 16, I was in pain and also so confused. Before every soccer practice or game, my team completed a pretty lengthy stretch sesh, which ...

Dear Doctors: I started using the rowing machine at our gym a few months ago. It’s a good workout, but the outside of my left hip has started to ache. A friend says he experienced the same thing, and ...

Certain yoga poses, like the butterfly, and stretches, including those using a foam roller, can loosen tight hip muscles. Share on Pinterest A feeling of tightness across the hips comes from tension ...

Hip stretching and other exercises can alleviate tight hips, a problem when tension builds up in the hip flexors and other muscles around the hips. Tight hips can result from inactivity and prolonged ...

Q: I started using the rowing machine at our gym a few months ago. It’s a good workout, but the outside of my left hip has started to ache. A friend says he experienced the same thing, and it was ...

Trochanteric bursitis is hip pain caused by inflammation of the fluid-filled sac, or bursa, on the outer edge of your hip. You have about 160 bursae around your body. Bursae provide a cushion between ...

Doc please help me! I have pain on the outside of my left hip. I was running about 40 miles a week but now I am severely limited. I saw my Sports Doc on Long Island (did not want to go all the into ...

Sudden hip pain, shooting pain, a dull ache — all can be symptoms of issues involving your hip. The hip joint contains the ball of the thigh bone and the pelvis socket. It’s held in place with strong, ...