Pain or discomfort in the hip joint—where the thigh bone meets the pelvis—can range in intensity from mild to severe and is common in women, especially women who are middle-aged or older.

Hip pain can occur due to various reasons, from injuries, muscle strain, or underlying health conditions, like arthritis. Both men and women can experience hip pain, but it could be more prevalent ...

Medically reviewed by Laura Campedelli, DPTFact checked by Nick BlackmerGroin pain in females is commonly caused by muscle ...

People should contact a doctor about hip pain that affects sleep or daily activities or lasts longer than 2 weeks. People with severe pain, difficulty walking, or loss of feeling should seek ...

Sharp pain that doesn’t improve after a couple of weeks may be a sign of a serious condition, such as a severe muscle tear, ligament injury, fracture, or hip strain. Sudden dull pain.

It often involves the sex organs. Sometimes the pain is tied to prob­lems with the intestines or the urinary bladder. Women with chronic pelvic pain experience discomfort anywhere below the belly ...

with up to 23% of the world’s adult population suffering from chronic lower back pain. A recent study showed that lower back pain prevalence increases with age (wahoo!) and is higher in women ...

While hip osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis is well defined,1 the diagnosis of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is not. The aim of this study was to clinically define GTPS. Methods Forty one ...

Most studies of associations between obesity and subsequent chronic kidney disease ... and mean waist:hip ratios were 0.96 in men and 0.89 in women. During follow-up (9.3 years), CKD developed ...

Sharon Lamb's condition quickly deteriorated hours after being discharged A grandmother due to have a replacement hip died in her husband's arms after suffering chronic pain, an inquest has heard.

For people with severe symptomatic hip osteoarthritis ... the mean age of participants was 67.6 years, and half were women. The average duration of hip pain was a median of 1.7 years.

Conclusions In this population-based study of middle-aged men and women, leisure time physical activity showed no consistent overall relationship with incidence of severe knee or hip OA ...