The functioning or movement of hip joint may significantly reduce or become painful resulting in the difficulty or inability of the person to perform daily activities like walking, running, getting up from a chair, or swinging leg around.
Causes:
The functioning of hip joint may reduce due to various reasons including injury to the joint and certain disorders like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout etc.
Symptoms:
It is itself a symptom in which the patient complains about the decrease in the functional activity of the joint in terms of flexibility or movement of the joint.