Don't Ignore Hip Pain: Impingement Is a Growing Problem Among Young, Active
Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterHip pain is no longer reserved for older adults. More and more young, active people are developing this problem, which often requires surgery to repair. Hip preservation specialists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center see patients from their teens through their sixties who have femoral acetabular impingement, or FAI. "FAI has become much more common in the last 10 years, and in younger people these injuries tend to be sports-related,” said Dr. Thomas Ellis, vice chair of the department of Orthopaedics at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center.