Learn how to strengthen the ball and socket joint of the hip to feel stronger and more comfortable walking, squatting, ...

IMAGE] Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College ...

Explores the anatomy and functions of human joints, categorizing them into three main types: fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial. It details the characteristics and subtypes of each joint type, ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

E. Scott Paxton, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics, became the first surgeon in the state to perform a partial shoulder replacement using Stryker’s ...

Some 150,000 artificial joints a year go into Australians’ bodies. But they’re no easy fix. What’s it like to get a new one?

AC joint separations sound like a dislocation of the shoulder. However, they are not an injury of the ball and socket joint at all but rather an injury of the joint between the collarbone and ...

Stretching is often a quick fix for shoulder stiffness. To address the root cause, here are four targeted exercises that not ...

Commonly found among male athletes who participate in cutting and pivoting sports, such as soccer, football, basketball and ...