Hip pain rarely starts in the hip. Tight, overactive hip flexors and weak glutes — both extremely common in office workers — change the way the joint loads with every step, leading to nagging groin pain, lateral hip pain, or deep buttock ache.
Our assessment looks at the whole chain: lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint, hip joint capsule, glute and core strength, and walking mechanics. Imaging is sometimes helpful but rarely the whole picture — many people with hip arthritis on MRI walk pain-free, and many people with painful hips have clean imaging.
Treatment is layered. Manual therapy unloads the irritated structures, targeted strengthening (think glute medius, deep external rotators, and core) restores the support the joint needs, and graded exposure to the movements that hurt rebuilds confidence.
If your hip pain includes sharp pinching in the front, clicking, or pain that refers into the groin, get it assessed early. Femoroacetabular impingement and labral issues need a more specific plan than general 'hip strengthening.'
