Our Pediatric Sports Medicine team put together these videos to provide information for you.
What is Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)?
The hip is a ball and socket joint. The ball is the femoral head and the socket is formed by the acetabulum. The acetabulum is ringed by a strong fibrocartilage called the labrum.
Femoroacetabular impingement is a condition where the bones of the hip are abnormally shaped. Because they do not fit together perfectly, the hip bones can hit or impinge against each other during hip flexion and cause damage to the hip. Over time, this can result in the tearing of the labrum and degeneration of the joint socket.
How do I know if I have FAI?
People with Femoroacetabular impingement usually have pain in the groin area. Stabbing or achy pain usually occurs with deep hip flexion and squatting activities. Because athletically active people may work the hip joint more vigorously, they may begin to experience pain earlier than those who are less active.
How is FAI diagnosed?
The Johns Hopkins All Children's Sports Medicine team, will examine your hip with specific tests to help diagnose femoroacetabular impingement. X-rays and Magnetic resonance imaging may be needed to help identify this condition. Injecting dye into the joint during the MRI may make damage show up more clearly.
What are my treatment options?
Femoroacetabular impingement can sometimes be initially treated with anti-inflammatory medication and avoiding activities that cause symptoms. If symptoms are not relieved with conservative measures, arthroscopic surgery may be needed. Using cutting edge techniques, we can place a small camera into the hip joint. Damage to the labrum can be repaired, and any deformity can be reshaped to prevent impingement.
Correcting the impingement lesion can reduce symptoms and prevent future damage to the hip joint.
Care after surgery?
Return to activity can be expected 4-6 months after surgery.
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Hip Pain?
If your child has hip pain and you’re concerned he or she may have an ACL tear,
call 727-76SPORT to schedule an appointment with our Sports Medicine physicians, who will determine a diagnosis and recommend further treatment.
Need Surgery?
If your child has been diagnosed with an ACL tear and you would like to schedule a consultation with one of our orthopaedic surgeons, call Children’s Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates, L.L.P. at
727-898-2663. Surgical treatment for sports injuries at Johns Hopkins All Children’s is provided by the surgeons at COSSA.
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Dr. Warnick is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He sees patients in the St. Petersburg and Tampa locations of Children's Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates (COSSA), L.L.P., the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care location in Sarasota, and at IMG Academy where Johns Hopkins All Children’s provides sports medicine and general health services.
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