OTHER ACUTE PROBLEMS INTHE HIP

There aren’t many other acute hip problems. Andthose are so obvious that, as with hip pointers, itwould be surprising if you had to be persuaded tosee a doctor. Fractures fall into that category, as doother, less well-defined problems with the hip jointitself. As a general rule, if you have a serious hipjoint injury you’ll experience substantial loss ofmotion, and you won’t be able to bear weight on thejoint. It will hurt, a lot, deep in the hip. These injuriesshould be seen by a physician.