Once the hip hinge becomes your default movement pattern, maintaining a neutral spine posture will be much easier when lifting or bending forward. Moving in this way will spare your spine from the ...

The hip is a ball-and-socket joint, built for mobility in multiple directions. The knee, on the other hand, is a hinge joint that primarily moves forward and back.

Unlike a hinge joint, such as the knee, the hip allows for a huge range of motion in three planes—flexion and extension, abduction and adduction, and internal and external rotation.

The hip joint can withstand repeated motion and a fair amount of wear and tear. As the largest ball-and-socket joint in the body, its structure allows for fluid movement. Whenever you use the hip ...

Knee, elbow, and finger joints are all examples of hinge joints. Hinge joints are protected by cartilage and synovial fluid, a gel that assists with lubricating motion in the body.

The knee, a hinge joint, is far more complex than the hip: the femur rolls and glides over the tibia in a process called translation, which lessens strain.

The hip joint, a ball-and-socket structure cushioned by cartilage, is one of the body's largest weight-bearing joints. It’s key to your mobility. But when it’s strained, ...

Hip joints last many years, but high-impact activity or obesity may shorten their lifespan. Some people have to get a second hip replacement if the first one begins to deteriorate.

Low back pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, affecting up to 80% of people at some point in their lifetime. Not surprisingly, it is the most common ailment I treat in my ...