Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

Your muscles are usually strong enough to keep your intestines in their proper place. But sometimes, abdominal tissue can push through a weakened spot in your muscle. If this occurs in the wall of ...

Femoral neck fractures and peritrochanteric fractures are equally prevalent and make up over 90 percent of proximal femur fractures. Femoral neck fractures are intracapsular fractures. The capsule is ...

A femoral hernia occurs when tissue pushes through a weak spot in the muscle wall of the groin or inner thigh. Symptoms can include a tender or painful lump, groin discomfort, abdominal pain, and more ...