A dog’s hips carry the load of a lifetime of running, playing and jumping. And unfortunately, faulty hip joints are a common condition for many dogs. While genetics are an underlying cause of abnormal ...

Many animals and people experience chronic joint pain. In dogs, a common source of joint pain is hip dysplasia, a developmental defect of the hip joint. Implantation of gold into the soft tissues ...

Pet insurance often covers treatment, but there are exclusions.

Nothing can break a dog's spirit – but hip dysplasia can sure ruin your best friend's mobility and make life very painful. That's why the funky-looking Hipster rehabilitation brace could end up being ...

Arthritis and hip dysplasia can have devastating effects on our four-legged friends, especially when these maladies occur at an early age. It is heartbreaking seeing a young dog, full of life and ...

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wisdom Health Genetics, the world leader in pet genetics and maker of the WISDOM PANEL™ dog DNA test, announced today the publication in BMC Genomics of a study ...

A study comparing a new method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method ...

Hip dysplasia occurs when the two bones that come together in the hip joint — the pelvis and femur bones — are out of alignment. The condition can cause misalignment, movement, and flexibility issues ...

Hip dysplasia is when the ball and socket of your hip joint don’t fit together as they should. Usually, the ball-shaped end of your upper thigh bone (femur) fits neatly into a socket in your pelvis ...

Hip dysplasia is a condition in which your hip socket doesn't completely cover the ball of one of your thigh bones. Your hip is the biggest ball-and-socket joint in your body. The ball of your thigh ...