Hip & Groin Pain

Hip pain involves any pain in or around the hip joint. This pain may be felt directly over your hip, in your groin, or, it may even radiate down your leg into your thigh, knee, and as low as your heal. Similarly, pain felt in the hip can also be referred from another source. Common pain referral points for the hip are often the result of a problem in the lower back or pelvis.

We at Peak understand that hip and groin pain can significantly impact everyday activities including sitting, getting out of a chair, sleeping, walking, climbing stairs & running. Our physiotherapists are experts at assessing hip and groin pain, and provide you with the most accurate diagnosis and implement the most efficient treatment strategy to get you back to what you want to do – sooner!

Hip and Groin Pain can vary considerably in its presentation and description. Most commonly hip pain will present as:

• Pain inside the leg or groin area
• Pain on the outside of the hip wrapping around to the buttock, & it can be either
• a local sharp pain, or, a general dull ache.

Hip and groin pain can be a limiting factor with many activities:

• Stiffness or tightness in moving the hip,
• Difficulty with weight baring – standing, walking or running,
• Discomfort when sitting, especially cross-legged,
• Pain getting up from a chair or in/out of the car, and
• Difficulty sleeping, or pain with lying on your affected side.

There are many structures & causes of hip pain. Below are a few commonly seen pathologies that could be causing your hip pain:

• Adductor Tenosynovitis/Tendinopathy (aka Groin Strain)
• Hip flexor and hamstrings origin tendon problems
• Femoro-acetabular Impingement (FAI)
• Gluteal Muscle Tendinopathy
• Greater Trochanteric Bursitis
• Inguinal Hernia
• Labral Tears
• Osteitis Pubis
• Osteoarthritis of the hip
• Snapping or clicking hip
• Stress fractures to the neck of femur

Be it returning to normal walking or making that side-step for the try-line, we at Peak will be able to tailor a structured rehabilitation program to enable you to make the most efficient recovery and return you to the activities you enjoy sooner! Most importantly, we will give you the tools, we will teach you, how to prevent the pain from recurring.

We at Peak have a specialist interest in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment for all hip and groin conditions, as well as post-surgical rehabilitation. Our targeted ‘hands on’ approach, coupled with our comprehensive exercise based treatment, is guided by the results of a thorough physical examination, looking at:

• Entire lower limb (Hip, Knee, Ankle & Foot), lumbar spine, pelvis & SIJ
• Hip muscle (deep and superficial), strength and endurance
• Deep Abdominal, core and pelvic floor muscle control
• Lower limb biomechanics in your chosen activity (how you run, cycle or swim).