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Sometimes when I stand up from a squatting postion, like when I want to pet my cat/ feed my cat/ pick up something I dropped, my leg will pop out of its socket. It hurts quite a bit and I feel like I can't move it, but then I can pop it back into place by moving it around (it makes a weird popping noise when I do this) and it stops hurting. Is this normal? or should I talk about it with my doctor?
By socket, I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that you mean your hip. Painless popping joints are different from unstable joints. A joint will pop when fluid is re-distributed from one side of the joint to another. It creates a vacuum and this creates the "pop." That is what happens when you crack our knuckles or pop your cheek with your finger. Its not necessarily a bad or harmful thing. There has to be enough fluid in the joint for this to occur. If a joint is inflamed it may pop with range of motion even though it didn't pop before. Once the inflammation is resolved, the popping goes away too. Another reason for hip
popping is tearing of the labrum, the fibrous ring that holds the ball of the thigh bone (femur) in the pelvis cup (acetabulum) This is typically painful and any painful popping should be investigated by an orthopedic surgeon. I hope that this helps, Good luck.