Emergency signs first. Call 911 now if:
- After a fall, there is pain in the groin or upper thigh and the person cannot stand or put weight on the leg (possible broken hip)
988 is the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: confidential, any hour, by call, text or chat, including when you are worried about someone else. This page cannot see or answer an emergency.
Practice the hip conversations
Two conversations: the surgeon offers a date, and Mom says it’s just old age. Say it here first.
How this works, and what it cannot do
- The other person is scripted, not an AI. Every line was written in advance. Doctor lines are practice, not medical advice.
- A phrase-checker in your browser reads your answer. It is a mirror, not a judge, and can miss a good answer worded differently.
- Nothing leaves your device. No audio is recorded, no model is called, nothing is sent.
- Everyone here is invented. Names and stories are made up for practice.
Choose a conversation
Next stops
Make your visit sheetWhere it hurts, a week of pain and walking, what you tried. One page, kept on this device.Take the hip pain screenerSort your pain pattern on our homepage before the visit.Mechanical or inflammatory? arthritisrisk.comTen questions that sort the pattern of joint pain and point to the right specialist.If surgery comes up: surgeryprocess.comPlain-language guides for before, during and after orthopedic surgery.
Sources
- AAOS OrthoInfo: Total Hip Replacement (what it can and cannot do; complications such as infection in under 2% of patients) (checked 2026-09-29)
- AAOS OrthoInfo: Hip Osteoarthritis (early treatment is nonsurgical) (checked 2026-09-29)
- National Institute on Aging: Taking Someone to a Doctor’s Appointment (checked 2026-09-29)