It May Be Impingement, Not Arthritis

Pain in your hip may signal excessive bone in the joint. Heres how to tell, and how you can treat it.

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Textbook illustrations of hip joints show perfectly shaped bones moving in smooth harmony. Unfortunately, reality can throw you a curve, giving you hip joints with too much bone in a key location where the ball of the femur sits within the cup of the pelvis (acetabulum).
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