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Hip dysplasia is prevalent in roughly a 3rd of sufferers with hip ache in number one care (O’Brien et al. 2022) and but is frequently overlooked by way of clinicians.

I’ve a confession to make. I’m a type of clinicians.

I used to be treating a runner a couple of years in the past with hip ache that didn’t appear to be bettering and it later emerged she had hip dysplasia. It does require a extra particular way and a few sufferers would possibly move directly to have surgical operation so it’s necessary we will determine dysplasia early within the remedy procedure.

That is a space the place I felt I sought after to be informed extra and, in doing so, percentage it with you. So beneath is the primary in a chain of movies on hip dysplasia. It covers:

• Key indicators and signs of acetabular dysplasia
• Conventional affected person demographics
• Some frightening stats on how lengthy it takes to be recognized!
• How dysplasia presentation compares to different prerequisites
• The ‘purple herring’ that frequently will get misdiagnosed in sufferers with dysplasia

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