If you have hip pain or you’ve had one or more falls, you just may not feel as though you have the right balance. Or perhaps you don’t have balance concerns, but you know someone with these symptoms. If so, this is something you or they will want to read. I hate being technical, but sometimes you should know the facts. So here they are:
Hip osteoarthritis (hip OA) is a common musculoskeletal problem in older adults. It’s also a frequent cause of disability and results in nearly 200,000 total hip replacements per year in the United States. That’s a lot of surgeries that might have been prevented.