Hip Impingement or Bone Shaving Surgery Grows Popular - NYTimes.com

Hip Impingement or Bone Shaving Surgery Grows Popular - NYTimes.com: "Hip Procedure Grows Popular Despite Doubt
By GINA KOLATA
Published: November 15, 2

It is one of the most popular operations in sports medicine. It comes in various forms, all with the same name: Hip impingement or bone shaving surgery. World-renowned athletes have had the operation — the Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez had it about two years ago and the sprinter Tyson Gay had it last summer.

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Alex Rodriguez has had the bone shaving surgery.
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The sprinter Tyson Gayis among the athletes that have had hip impingement surgery.
But some sports medicine researchers are asking: where is the evidence that shaving bone helps? Might the bumps or irregular shapes they call impingement be just normal variations? Does the shaved bone grow back?"

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