The iliac crest can be damaged because of a traumatic experience such as a car accident or a bad fall, causing you to feel pain in your hip area or lower back. Weak muscles.

Previous authors reporting on the morbidity of iliac crest bone graft harvest have reported overall complication rates up to 49%. [1,2,3,4] ...

Q: I have a stress fracture on the anterior aspect in the growth plate of my iliac crest. Rest does not seem to be healing it after 4-5 weeks. Do you think there is a chance I might need surgery?

DISCUSSION. Avulsion fractures of the anterior superior iliac crest in open apophyses are rare injuries, occurring in younger patients aged 11–23 years. 1– 7 They are more common in boys (a ratio of ...

He broke a bone called the iliac crest. If you look at a skeleton straight on, those are the bat-wing-like bones that flare out at the waist. So, really, it’s more the pelvis than the hip. When you’re ...

Q: Hip Aches - Iliac Crest: I have been running for about 8 months now and have worked my way up to five mile jogs from half mile jogs back in January. For the last month or so my hips (the top ...