| Hip arthritis is more common in people who are | | | | hard to accurately determine the overall progression |
| overweight. It mostly affects people who are over | | | | of hip arthritis. |
| 50 years. Weight loss normally tends to reduce the | | | | The most common symptoms of this disease include |
| symptoms associated with this disorder. There is a | | | | stiffness in the hip and walking with a limp. You may |
| genetic predisposition to this condition and this means | | | | also experience pain and difficulties when walking. |
| that it tends to run in the family. Another factor that | | | | Physical therapy is one of the ways used to treat |
| has been said to contribute to developing this | | | | this disease. Strengthening of the muscles around the |
| disorder is traumatic injuries to the hip. Fractures to | | | | hip joint can help to relieve the burden on the joint. |
| the bone around the joint can also lead to this | | | | Weight loss is another way that can help overcome |
| condition. | | | | this disorder. When you are overweight, you exert |
| Signs and symptoms of this disorder normally tend to | | | | more pressure on the hip joint and this aggravates |
| progress as the condition worsens. The symptoms | | | | the condition. The less weight that the joint has to |
| do not however progress steadily with time and | | | | carry, the easier and less painful it becomes to move |
| therefore there may be periods in which a patient | | | | the joint. Anti-inflammatory medications and surgery |
| may go without showing any serious symptoms. | | | | are the other available treatment methods for hip |
| Sometimes the weather can also have a bearing on | | | | arthritis. |
| the symptoms. This fluctuation in symptoms makes it | | | | |