Car Accidents. Anyone who has experienced even the mildest fender bender gets a taste of the shock and trauma one car colliding with another causes the body. Upon impact, the instinctive reflex is to brace oneself for protection from the shock. However, locking the legs upon impact combined with the force of the collision puts tremendous stress on all of the joints. This is a common cause of hip labral tear injuries, where trauma to the joint’s cartilage results in it tearing. The elderly are the most at risk, but any age is vulnerable to this type of injury after a car accident. All the adrenaline coursing through the body after an auto collision can mask the pain that normally accompanies this injury, and the hip labral tear may not be diagnosed until well after the accident occurred.
