Today we're diving into hip osteoarthritis, especially the link between hip joint loading in younger years and the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis later in life. What causes hip osteoarthritis in athletes? How can clinicians and athletes work together for healthy, happy hips?
Dr Josh Heerey—physiotherapist and Research Fellow at La Trobe University's Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre—has thought deeply about the answers to these questions through his clinical and research career, and he joins us to explain more.
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RESOURCES
More on the prevalence of hip morphology in athletes: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2021.9622
Physiotherapist-led treatment for hip-related pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31732651/
Unravelling the relationship between cam morphology and hip OA: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30175856/

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