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Another possible cause of hip pain is inflammation of the muscles and tendons that surround the hip joint.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Your hip joint supports basic functions of balance and movement in the body, such as holding up body weight and enabling upper leg movement.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Provide sensation and control muscle movement in and around the hip joint
Blood vessels: Deliver nutrient-rich blood to the hip's structures
How Hip Pain in Women Presents
Problems with structures within or surrounding the hip joint can cause hip pain.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Always favoring one side can exacerbate this imbalance by causing your hip muscles on the other side to shorten up even more in response, which can further limit your hip joint mobility, according to Dr. Scantlebury.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined above
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“Hip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20joint. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
hip joint
noun
: the ball-and-socket joint comprising the articulation between the femur and the hip bone
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