Hip Pain

Are you getting pain around the outside of the hip or buttock? Or pain into the front of the hip and groin? You may even be experiencing some pain travelling down into the thigh? These, are all features of common hip conditions.

Hip pain can affect many aspects of daily life. Often getting out of a chair, getting on and off the floor, stairs, walking for prolonged periods, lying on the affected or sometimes even the unaffected side, getting on and off the floor, sitting cross legged or putting shoes and socks on can all be a challenge.

Your symptoms require an in-depth assessment. We'll often start with you telling me about your experience, followed by a few questions about your problem.

At this point we should have a good idea about what is causing your problem. We are then likely to complete a physical examination. During the physical examination we will work together to really pinpoint your area of pain. Importantly, we will go through the activities you struggling with to see if we can adapt them in some way to improve your pain in your first session. This should also mean you can keep you doing the activity rather than stopping completely.

Once we've done this we can consider a bespoke treatment plan, tailored exactly to your needs. This can be done both in person and online.

In most cases, physiotherapy will be an appropriate first line treatment prior to considering more invasive action like injection or surgery.

• Hip osteoarthritis

• Gluteal tendinopathy

• Femoral acetabular impingement (FAI)

• Adductor tendinopathy

• Hamstring tendinopathy

• Iliotibial band pain

• Bursitis: gluteal, ischial, iliopsoas

• Piriformis related pain

• Labral related pain

• Femoral stress reactions

• Post surgical conditions

• We also need to make sure the pain is not coming from your lower back