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Hip dysplasia is prevalent in roughly a 3rd of sufferers with hip ache in major care () and but is usually missed by clinicians.

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

I used to be treating a runner just a few years in the past with hip ache that didn’t appear to be enhancing and it later emerged she had hip dysplasia. It does require a extra particular method and a few sufferers might go on to have surgical procedure so it’s necessary we will establish dysplasia early within the therapy course of.

That is an space the place I felt I needed to study extra and, in doing so, share it with you. So under is the primary in a sequence of movies on hip dysplasia. It covers:

• Key indicators and signs of acetabular dysplasia
• Typical affected person demographics
• Some scary stats on how lengthy it takes to be identified!
• How dysplasia presentation compares to different situations
• The ‘purple herring’ that always will get misdiagnosed in sufferers with dysplasia

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