Most people experience some pain after a hip replacement. Pain usually ranges from mild to moderate and may radiate to the thigh. Doctors call post-hip replacement surgery pain in the thigh femoral ...

This is Your Quick Training Tip, a chance to learn how to work smarter in just a few moments so you can get right to your workout. There are more than 650 muscles in the human body, but only a handful ...

The powerhouse muscles of our hips and thighs drive us forward, ensure we land safely, and help keep our knees and feet in proper working order. To handle such a big job, hamstrings, quadriceps, and ...

Connected to the hip bone, the thigh bone, also known as the femur, is the largest bone in the human body, and makes up one quarter of your height. The femur is very durable – it’s almost as hard as ...

At first, it seemed like an exercise injury. But it wouldn’t go away. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “My hip hurts most of the time now,” the 20-year-old woman explained to Dr. Samantha Smith, a ...

Everyone can benefit from hip conditioning, even if you don’t have any hip concerns. Stretching and strengthening these muscles can help build stability and flexibility. Many people have weak or ...

Muscle strains are the most common cause of groin pain. Pain on the right side of the groin can also result from a urinary tract infection (UTI), a femoral hernia, a ruptured ovarian cyst, or ...

Challenging a longstanding practice of casting both legs in children with hip and thigh fractures, a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows that such fractures heal just as well in single-leg ...