Tears of the Acetabular Labrum

Does the patient give a history of excessive twisting or a fall while running just prior to onset?

• persistent, often progressive, hip pain while running?

• anteromedial snapping or clicking?

• intermittent hip instability?

• intermittent hip locking?

• decreased internal rotation of the hip?

Is the pain relieved by injecting anesthetics and corticosteroids into the hip joint?

Is pain elicited by moving the hip from flexed, abducted and externally rotated to extended, adducted and internally rotated ?

Is pain elicited by moving the hip from extended, abducted and externally rotated to flexed, adducted and internally rotated?