Hip & Glute Care
Hip Pain & Joint Dysfunction
Hip pain can affect walking, climbing stairs, exercise, and even sleeping comfortably. We assess your hip mobility, strength, surrounding muscles and tendons, and other areas that may be contributing to your symptoms, then build a treatment plan around your findings and goals.
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Understand What May Be Contributing to Your Hip Pain
Hip pain can arise from the joint, muscles or tendons around the hip, or sometimes be referred from the lower back. A detailed assessment helps us understand the factors contributing to your symptoms and determine the most appropriate treatment approach.
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What Causes Hip Pain & Joint Dysfunction
Hip Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis involves changes within the hip joint that can contribute to pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility. Symptoms may be more noticeable after rest, during walking, or with movements such as bending and rotation.
Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
Pain around the outside of the hip can involve the gluteal tendons and surrounding tissues. Symptoms are often aggravated by lying on the affected side, walking, climbing stairs, or prolonged standing.
Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)
Differences in the shape of the hip joint can contribute to pain or restricted movement in some people, particularly during deep hip flexion, rotation, or certain sporting activities.
Labral Tear
The labrum is a ring of cartilage that helps support the hip joint. Labral injuries may be associated with groin pain, clicking, catching, or discomfort during certain movements, although imaging findings do not always correlate with symptoms.
Hip Flexor Tendinopathy
Overload of the iliopsoas tendon, often from repetitive hip flexion in runners, cyclists, or those returning to sport after a break.
Referred Pain from the Lumbar Spine
Nerve irritation or joint issues in the lower back can produce pain that feels like it is coming directly from the hip.
How we treat it
The KINETIKA Approach
We assess hip mobility, strength, movement, and load tolerance, while also examining the lower back and surrounding areas when relevant to understand the full clinical picture.
Where appropriate, hands-on techniques and joint mobilisation may be used to help reduce stiffness, improve movement, and support your exercise programme.
Hip strengthening and neuromuscular control exercises tailored to your goals, whether that is returning to sport, walking without a limp, or sleeping pain-free.
We map your recovery against your lifestyle. If surgery has been recommended, we also guide you through pre- and post-operative rehabilitation.
Take the next step
Book Your Initial Assessment
Tell us what is happening with your hip. We will find the driver and build a plan that gets you back to full movement without pain.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Medically reviewed by the Kinetika Clinical Team · Last reviewed 23 September 2026