Dr. Langdon Hartsock, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics at MUSC, discusses hip pain in younger adults. He focuses on clinical evaluation for such patients, offering guidelines for identifying the seriousness of hip pain. Dr. Hartsock emphasizes that persistent pain is a good indication that a physician should be seen. To conclude this bones and joints podcast, he points to common causes of significant hip pain and describes diagnoses and treatments for such pain.