Our Hips
Our hips serve a vital function in maintaining our balance and mobility.Each hip is a ball- and- socket joint. The ball is the top of your thighbone (femoral head) The socket is your pelvic bone. Smooth slippery tissue called cartilage lets the ball and socket glide against each other when you move. A thin lining tops the cartilage and make a bit of synovial fluid, which further eases rubbing.
Some illnesses that affect the hip:
* OSTEOARTHRITIS
This is the wear and tear type of arthritis affecting many people in middle age. Cartilage on the ball end of the thighbone and hip socket slowly breaks down and causes grinding between bones.
* RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Here your immune system attacks parts of your body, which can include the synovium This normally thin lining starts to thicken and swell and to make chemicals that destroy or damage the cartilage that covers the bone.
* Sciatica
Too much sitting and too little exercise among other things, might irritate and inflame the sciatica nerve, the largest in te human body. It runs from the bottom of your spine through your hips and down the back of your leg, which is where you feel the pain when it's pinched.
*HIP FRACTURE.
It's a break in the top part of your thighbone
A good first step in any hip pain. Rest, but stop all movements. Ice for 20 minutes at a time, and use a cloth so you won;t damage your ski. Compress the painful area with an elastic bandage, but not too much. Loosen it up if you see the skin turning blue.
Credit: WebMD
Our hips serve a vital function in maintaining our balance and mobility.Each hip is a ball- and- socket joint. The ball is the top of your thighbone (femoral head) The socket is your pelvic bone. Smooth slippery tissue called cartilage lets the ball and socket glide against each other when you move. A thin lining tops the cartilage and make a bit of synovial fluid, which further eases rubbing.
Some illnesses that affect the hip:
* OSTEOARTHRITIS
This is the wear and tear type of arthritis affecting many people in middle age. Cartilage on the ball end of the thighbone and hip socket slowly breaks down and causes grinding between bones.
* RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Here your immune system attacks parts of your body, which can include the synovium This normally thin lining starts to thicken and swell and to make chemicals that destroy or damage the cartilage that covers the bone.
* Sciatica
Too much sitting and too little exercise among other things, might irritate and inflame the sciatica nerve, the largest in te human body. It runs from the bottom of your spine through your hips and down the back of your leg, which is where you feel the pain when it's pinched.
*HIP FRACTURE.
It's a break in the top part of your thighbone
A good first step in any hip pain. Rest, but stop all movements. Ice for 20 minutes at a time, and use a cloth so you won;t damage your ski. Compress the painful area with an elastic bandage, but not too much. Loosen it up if you see the skin turning blue.
Credit: WebMD