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A teenager suddenly accelerates during a football match, swings a leg to kick the ball and immediately feels a sharp pain near the front of the hip. Another young athlete pushes out of the starting blocks and hears a faint crack around the pelvis. A gymnast lands from a jump and can no longer walk without limping.
These incidents are often assumed to be pulled muscles....
Groin pain in a young athlete is often blamed on a pulled muscle. Sometimes that assumption is correct. In other cases, however, the pain is coming from a vulnerable growth area at the front of the pelvis rather than from the groin muscles themselves.
One possible cause is anterior superior iliac spine apophysitis, commonly known as ASIS apophysitis. This overuse injur...
A nagging pain at the front of the hip can turn an ordinary run into a constant calculation: Should you shorten your stride? Slow down? Stretch it out? Stop altogether?
Many runners initially assume that front-of-hip pain is simply a “tight hip flexor.” Sometimes it is. However, the front of the hip contains muscles, tendons, growth centres, cartilage, bone, nerves, an...
Front-of-hip pain in a teenage athlete is often dismissed as a pulled muscle. The athlete may continue training, assuming the soreness will disappear after a few easier sessions. Instead, the pain becomes more noticeable during sprinting, kicking, jumping, or changing direction. Eventually, even walking quickly or climbing stairs may hurt.
In some young athletes, the p...
When people begin considering maxillomandibular advancement surgery, one of their first practical questions is often about braces. Some patients already have fairly straight teeth and wonder why orthodontic treatment would be necessary. Others are concerned that wearing braces could add another year or two to an already demanding surgical process.
The answer is not the...