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Article: It's hip to be pain-free.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2007
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Byline: Lori Shontz
ST. LOUIS _ The first time Danielle Giessman's leg started to hurt, the solution was simple. She stopped kickboxing.
But while searching for the source of the pain, she learned that both of her hip sockets were deformed, a condition called dysplasia. As the condition gradually worsened, the pain returned, even when she wasn't doing anything particularly strenuous. Such as ... sitting.
"It got to the point, I'd be at work and it felt like someone was stabbing me in the leg, on my right side in the groin," Giessman says. "I'd stand up real quick and try to get it to go away."
Giessman, a gymnast as a youngster, tennis ...