Top 3 Causes of Hip Pain (Video)

by | Feb 27, 2018

Top 3 Causes of Hip Pain

Hip pain can be a common complaint with runners, cross fitters, weight lifters, and people who like to get out and play. The key to treating and ending it is to discover the “Root Cause”. In order to get lasting  relief the root cause must be identified so that appropriate treatment can be given. Some of the major causes of pain can include hip arthritis, hip impingement, IT band syndrome, Hip Bursitis, Gluteal Tendinopathy, and greater trochanteric syndrome. Learn the top 3 common causes of Hip Pain and why it is important to learn what the “root cause” of your pain is before you receive any treatment. This is important to understand because many treatments fail because the root cause of the pain was never determined. You can learn more about how to effectively treat and end hip pain here Click here to learn more!

Video Transcript for the hearing impaired.

Hey everybody Dr. Nick Scotto here with
River City physical therapy located
right here in the heart of Jacksonville
today I wanted to talk to you about the
top three most common causes of hip pain
now hip pain usually occurs when you’re
active and move around quite a bit so
you might be a crossfitter
a weightlifter you might be a runner or
a dancer or maybe you’re someone in that
middle age category or older who likes
to stay active and fit playing tennis or
golf and it can affect people of all
ages and people who participate in all
different kinds of sport so but one of
the first most common causes affects
that kind of middle-aged and older
active older population that is hip
arthritis or hip osteoarthritis this is
usually kind of like a painful and stiff
hip usually the pain is felt in the
front and on the side of the hip now
another common cause of hip pain is what
some might call hip bursitis it’s also
be called greater trochanteric syndrome
greater trochanteric bursitis you know
say that three times fast
it’s also been called gluteal
tendinopathy or trochanteric
tendinopathy or glute pain so there’s a
lot of different diagnoses for this but
I like to call it just lateral hip pain
to simplify things so lateral hip pain
kind of encompasses all of those types
of pains and again all of those hip
bursitis greater trochanteric syndrome
gluteal tendinopathy all of that pain is
felt to literally just on the side of
your hip on the outside of your
you usually don’t feel pain elsewhere
and usually that pain occurs when
participating your favorite sport
exercise routine or activity and it most
often affects women middle-aged women
actually now the third one I’m going to
I’m kind of incorporate two different
two different diagnoses are very similar
hip impingement and labral tears in the
hip so hip impingement and labral tears
and hip this is when you get kind of a
pinching sharp sensation when you’re
squatting down and coming back up or
when you’re cutting you feel kind of a
catch or a click in your hip those are
some of the signs of symptoms of a hip
impingement or labor tears
usually affects your athletes including
your dancers or your CrossFitters or
specific sports soccer players
footballers tennis players really
anybody who’s who requires a lot of hip
mobility to move around in their sport
so this this can be a painful condition
and definitely affect your more active
population and keep them from performing
at a high level now all of these three
conditions have one thing in common and
that is they keep people from performing
at their highest level whether they’re a
walker or Runner a crossfitter a
weightlifter a tennis player a soccer
player all of these conditions can be
painful and keep you from performing at
the level you want or maybe you’re just
someone that wants to be able to play
with their kids and grandkids getting up
and off the ground running around with
them but you can’t because you have this
pain that keeps you from doing it and
then particularly with lateral hip pain
it may keep you from sleeping
comfortably so all of these conditions
can be quite painful and debilitating in
our lives so if you have some hip pain
and aren’t sure what’s going on or what
to do about it I would invite you to
give us a call at 904-370-3257 and we’ll
talk to you to see what type of hip pain
you may have and what it might look like
for you to get back to the onto the road
of pain free movement and pain free
living look forward to hearing from you soon.
Dr. Nick Scotto

Dr. Nick Scotto is a leading and trusted physical therapist in Jacksonville, Fl. He founded River City Physical Therapy to better serve the active adults in Jacksonville who want to remain fit, healthy, and happy. Many fitness enthusiasts, runners, and active adults have consulted with Nick looking for a permanent solution to their pain. Through education and specific treatment plans he helps them to heal their body naturally and achieve their goals of returning to the activities they love.

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