What is the Hip Joint?

@honeybees - My dad had hip joint surgery and has done very well. He is able to do all the activities he was limited to before and the biggest thing is he doesn't have the ongoing pain.

My uncle also had hip surgery replacement, but was not faithful with his physical therapy exercises after the surgery. I have heard that being consistent with these exercises is key to a good recovery.

He isn't really in a lot of pain but walks with a funny gait ever since he had the surgery done. I can't say this is the only reason people have troubles have a hip surgery, but was certainly the case for my uncle.

My dad, on the other hand, was very faithful and consistent with his exercises and has not had any troubles at all.

My husband is a candidate for a hip joint replacement. Most of his working years have been in construction and he has developed hip joint arthritis in both hips.

He is putting off having surgery done as long as he can. I would think he would get tired of the hip joint pain, but he doesn't want to be laid up for very long.

I think the thought of this is what keeps him from going ahead with the surgery. He has talked to many people who have had this done and hears mixed results.

Some people feel better than they have in years and wish they had it done sooner. Others haven't had such good results, and I think this is another reason why he hesitates to get his hips replaced. He doesn't want to be in worse shape than we was before the surgery.

I had never given much thought to how important my hip joints were until they started giving me trouble. I have osteoarthritis in my hip joint on one side, and can really feel it when I am overactive.

I love to garden, bike and work outside in the yard. I also love to go dancing on the weekends when I have a chance. Every once in awhile when I am dancing away, my hip joint catches.

This has probably made for some interesting moves on the dance floor. I am one of the youngest people there, so I imagine nobody has probably noticed much. Most of them probably have hip joint symptoms similar to mine anyway.

@Starjo - I don't know how much of a difference hip joint destabilization makes when it comes to pain in childbirth.

I've had three kids, and the childbirth experience wasn't the same with any of them. What I did find to be true was as soon as you hold that baby in your arms for the first time, you forget about any of the pain.

There must be some truth to this for some women though. One of my college roommates married the son of a gynecologist. This doctor told his son that his wife had good hips for giving birth.

At the time I thought this was such a funny comment to make, but can see how he would be able to perceive something like that just by looking at a woman. I am sure the way you are built and carry yourself, can make a big difference when it comes to ease of giving birth.

I am glad that a woman's hip joints are designed to loosen up during birth. I am four months pregnant, and this will be my first child. I am scared to death about the pain, but reading this article made me feel a little better.

Does the destabilization of the hip joint really make a big difference? I am hoping that it will cut down on some of the pain. Is it really as bad as my friends say it is?

I have already begun walking a little weird, so I know it must be occurring already. I hope it will continue to soften as I get fatter and more ready to have this baby.

My hip joint gets quite a workout during my exercise routine. I do Latin dancing as a form of aerobics, and all of the dances involve the hips in a major way.

I do a lot of waist and leg rotations. Dances like the salsa, the merengue, and the cha-cha require hip mobility, and people who have problems with their hips cannot do this workout.

My husband has a lot of pain around his hip joint because of an accident in his youth. He has tried to do these dances, but they cause him hip pain after only a few minutes.