MSK - Hip pain assessment 'consider the patients age when thinking about pathology in the hip joint'

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Richard and Emma welcome back FCP ambassador and physio Ed Baker to discuss hip pain assessment. Ed discus's his assessments of patients that present in his clinics with hip pain. Ed discus's history taking , physical examination and potential pathology's of the hip joint. Ed, then discus's a case of hip osteoarthritis and how he applies his assessment skills to this case.
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