HIP PAIN or ARTHRITIS

Hip pain is a common complaint that can be caused by a wide variety of problems. The precise location of your hip pain can provide valuable clues about the underlying cause.

Problems within the hip joint itself tend to result in pain on the inside of your hip or your groin. Hip pain on the outside of your hip, upper thigh or outer buttock is usually caused by problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons and other soft tissues that surround your hip joint.

Hip pain can sometimes be caused by diseases and conditions in other areas of your body, such as your lower back. This type of pain is called referred pain.

Arthritis:

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (formerly known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis)

Osteoarthritis (disease causing the breakdown of joints)

Psoriatic arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)

Septic arthritis

Injuries:

Bursitis (joint inflammation)

Hip fracture

Hip labral tear

Inguinal hernia

Sprains

Tendinitis

Other problems:

Avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue due to limited blood flow)

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (in children)

Osteomyelitis (a bone infection)

Osteoporosis

Synovitis

Fracture
 

Depending on the condition that's causing your hip pain, you might feel the discomfort in your:

Thigh

Inside of the hip joint

Groin

Outside of the hip joint

Buttocks
 

Joint mobilization, Shock Wave Therapy, Short Wave Diathermy (SWD)I, Interferential Current, TENS, Stretching and Strengthening Exercise, Posture Correction.