If you focus on proper form, a consistent mobility and strength routine can significantly improve your hip health. “It’s not ...

Your new hip is a ball and socket joint where the thigh bone (femur) meets the pelvis. A healthy hip has layers of smooth cartilage that covers the ball-shaped end of the femur and socket-part of the ...

The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...

Hip replacement (also known as total hip replacement or total hip arthroplasty) is a surgical procedure that is performed to ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

Hip dysplasia is when the ball and socket of your hip joint don’t fit together as they should. Usually, the ball-shaped end of your upper thigh bone (femur) fits neatly into a socket in your pelvis ...

This occurs when the angle of a joint increases, for example the elbow when throwing a shot put. The take-off knee extends when a high-jumper takes off (the other knee is flexed). Ball and socket ...

These include hinge, ball and socket, planar, pivot, saddle, and ellipsoid joints. A hinge joint is a synovial joint that ...

The hip is where the femur (a.k.a. your thigh bone) meets the pelvis. It’s a ball and socket joint, which means it can flex and extend, externally and internally rotate, and move side to side.

Technically, the hip is a ball and socket joint connecting the thigh bone to the pelvis, but we often think of it more as the region from the top of the pelvis to the base of the buttocks.