It sounds like you might have a condition called femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). With FAI, the top of the femur (thigh bone) pinches the rim of the hip socket. The area that gets compressed is referred to as the acetabular rim. This type of impingement occurs most often when the hip is flexed and internally rotated.

Hip pain with limitations on full hip motion in an active adult requires special attention -- especially if you are in your 20s or 30s. Early diagnosis and treatment is imperative to avoid degenerative changes in the hip joint later in life. There are many possible causes of this type of hip pain. Given your description, one of the most likely would be femoroacetabular impingement (FAI).

Injecting a numbing agent and an antiinflammatory drug into the bursa can have significant results in just one or two treatments. Most physicians will try as many as three injections but only if the patient is continuing to get pain relief.

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS), also known as hip bursitis is a common cause of hip pain. But the pain pattern it creates is very similar to many other musculoskeletal conditions. It can take some time (up to several years for some patients) for an accurate diagnosis to be made.

Pain in the groin or buttocks with a loss of hip motion requires special attention. Early diagnosis and treatment is imperative to avoid degenerative changes in the hip joint later in life. There are many possible causes of this type of hip pain. In this article, surgeons from the Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Clinic focus on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) as a cause of hip pain leading to hip osteoarthritis.

More and more people are experiencing hip pain. Whether you are a sports athlete or an aging adult, protecting your hip joints is important in preventing hip pain. This is especially true for a condition called greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS); also known as hip bursitis.

It's not uncommon for women to lag behind men when it comes to having elective surgery such as a total hip or total knee replacement. Women tend to worry more about taking care of their families after surgery. The unknown factors of how long it will take to get back up on their feet and independent can hold them back.

Total joint replacements (especially hip and knee replacements) are fairly common in adults over the age of 65. They are rare (but not unheard of) in patients older than 100 years old. In those patients, it's often a matter of what's referred to as nonelective surgery. In other words, they probably broke their hip and have to have the surgery.

While it's not possible without seeing your mother and mother-in-law and their charts, it sounds like your mother had a traumatic hip fracture and it could be that your mother-in-law had a fatigue or stress fracture. In your mother's case, the break was sudden and harsh, and depending on where the location around the hip, may have caused a good deal of damage.

Fatigue fractures, also called stress fractures, are caused by overusing a limb. The muscles become unable to absorb the shock to the limb (usually the leg) and the bone itself begins to take the brunt of it. Because the bone isn't built for this, it eventually cracks. However, the elderly can also develop fatigue fractures but they aren't caused by over use, rather they are usually caused by insufficiency, meaning there isn't enough muscle to help protect the bones.