Now they plan to recruit almost 300 patients suffering from hip or knee pain to see if it works for them too.

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Kransky, a former North Dakota prison guard, sought hip replacement to relieve arthritic pain.

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The company had embraced Landis even after being caught by surprise when Landis revealed earlier this summer that he had been fighting tremendous pain in his hip and would seek a hip replacement after this cycling season was over.

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While Joe Ledley is playing through the pain barrier as he needs hip surgery.

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Frequent icing, physical therapy and massage therapy helped her neck and hip, but didn't do much for the pain in her head.

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As does the trend - noticed by orthopaedic surgeons - of leaving patients in pain for longer before they are entitled to hip or knee replacements.

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My longtime neighbor dislocated her hip, and through the walls of our apartment building, we could hear her shrieking in pain.

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