Distal Femur Fracture: A break in the femur (thigh bone) near the knee joint. Locked Lateral Plating: A surgical technique that uses a plate with locking screws to stabilize a fracture on the ...

Atypical Femoral Fractures (AFFs): A specific type of fracture that occurs in the femur (thigh bone) with minimal or no trauma, often associated with long-term bisphosphonate therapy ...

When the muscles around this key joint aren’t firing on all cylinders, it can throw off your entire stride, leaving you stuck ...

There are three main bones in the leg. The femur is the long bone in your thigh that connects your hip to your knee; it’s also your body's longest and strongest bone. There are two bones in your ...

Bursae (plural of bursa) cushion bones and other tissues. Trochanteric bursitis affects the pointed upper, outside edge of the femur (the thigh bone), called the greater trochanter. It happens ...

Many patients find working with a physical therapist to be extremely helpful. Patients are often back to a normal routine within six weeks.

In the 1950s, when they were discovered, the Ushikawa fossils were identified as parts of a human humerus (upper arm bone) and femur (leg bone), believed to be over 20,000 years old ...