Groin Pain vs. Hip Flexor Pain: How to Tell the Difference
You felt it during a sprint, a kick, or a sudden change of direction, and now there is a nagging ache somewhere in the front of your hip or inner thigh that won't fully go away.
You felt it during a sprint, a kick, or a sudden change of direction, and now there is a nagging ache somewhere in the front of your hip or inner thigh that won't fully go away.
Hip pain is one of the most frequently misunderstood complaints in orthopedic medicine, partly because the hip is not always where the pain actually feels like it is coming from.
Hip arthroscopy can successfully treat conditions such as labral tears and femoroacetabular impingement, but recovery is not always immediate and not every patient experiences complete pain relief after surgery.
Hip labral tears can be difficult to diagnose because the labrum is a small, complex structure located deep within the hip joint. MRI is an important tool for evaluating labral pathology, but a normal or inconclusive MRI does not always explain away persistent hip symptoms.
A hip MRI can provide valuable information about a labral tear, but the size or description of a tear on a radiology report does not always tell the whole story.