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ACETABULAR LABRAL TEARS SYMPTOMS, CAUSES,
TREATMENTS

• What is a labrum?
• The labrum is a soft tissue structure located
  around the edge of the hip socket (acetabulum).
• The hip labrum plays an important role in
  providing hip stability, proprioception (ability
  to sense position and motion), the distribution
  of hip forces and joint lubrication
• Risk factors for labral tears
• Risk factors for labral tears include repetitive
  movements such as deep flexion and or rotation
  of the hip.
• Abnormal hip shape (cam, pincer and dysplasia)
  can predispose patient to labral tears

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• Typically occur in from late teenage years, young
  adults participating in sports through to
  adulthood.
• High risk sports for labral tears
• The common sports include Australian Football,
  gymnastics, dancing, marital arts, water polo,
  hockey, power lifting, wicket keeper playing
  cricket and Yoga.
• Mechanism of injury
• The mechanism of injury can include a twisting,
  pivoting, excessive movement / stretching of the
  hip (flexion abduction external rotation. Flexion
  adduction and internal rotation), repetitive
  deep squatting or lunging.
• In the presence of abnormal shape (cam, pincer
  and dysplasia), a labral tear can occur even
  more easily with these movements.
• In particular, in the presence of cam or pincer
  impingement, abnormal / premature abutment
  occurs with the acetabular labrum predisposing to
  a labral tear.
• What happens if you do not treat the symptomatic
  labral tears?
• Labral tears can significantly reduce hip
  stability, putting more stress in the hip
  muscles and hip cartilage.
• Untreated symptomatic labral tears left untreated
  can contribute to the progression of cartilage
  damage and premature osteoarthritis of the hip
  joint.
• What are the symptoms of a labral tear?

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• Management of a hip labral tear
• The management of a symptomatic hip labral tear
  will need a thorough assessment of the history,
  examination and MRI scan of the hip.
• If the hip continues to cause pain in the groin,
  lateral hip and or buttock despite a trial of 3
  months conservative management, consideration of
  hip preservation surgery in the form of a hip
  arthroscopy should be considered.

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