Your hip tightens up during your golf swing.
You feel a pull in your groin when you run.
Getting out of the car is uncomfortable. Lunges don’t feel right. Pickleball starts hurting after the first few games.
Eventually, you start modifying what you do.
Shorter workouts.
Fewer rounds of golf.
No running.
No lateral movements.
That’s when hip or groin pain stops being an inconvenience and starts changing your lifestyle.
Hip Pain Isn’t Always Coming From the Same Place
The hip is surrounded by powerful muscles that control movement through your pelvis and legs.
Pain can come from muscles, tendons, joints, or surrounding structures. Sometimes what feels like hip pain can even be related to what’s happening in your low back.
That’s why simply treating the spot that hurts isn’t enough.
Your Hip Affects the Rest of Your Body
The hip plays a major role in almost every athletic movement.
Running.
Squatting.
Swinging a golf club.
Changing direction on a tennis or pickleball court.
When your hip isn’t moving well, another part of your body often compensates.
That’s one reason we look at the entire movement pattern rather than focusing only on the painful area.
How We Treat Hip and Groin Pain
Treatment depends on what’s contributing to your symptoms.
Your plan may include Sports Medicine Acupuncture, electroacupuncture, ATP Resonance BioTherapy®, soft tissue therapy, cupping, mobility work, and corrective exercises.
We want to decrease pain, restore normal movement, and address the muscular imbalances contributing to the problem.
Your Hip Shouldn’t Make Your Decisions for You
You shouldn’t have to decide whether to play golf based on how your hip feels that morning.
You shouldn’t have to give up running because every stride hurts.
And you shouldn’t have to stop doing the activities that keep you healthy because you’re afraid of making something worse.
If hip or groin pain is limiting what you can do, schedule a complimentary consultation and let’s figure out why.