Hip Pain
Hip pain and stiffness can make walking, sitting, climbing stairs, exercising, and everyday activities difficult. Limited hip mobility can also change how you move and place additional stress on surrounding areas.
At Spine Align Chiropractic & Wellness in Huntsville, AL, we evaluate your symptoms, movement, and functional limitations to develop an individualized treatment plan focused on improving comfort, mobility, and function.
What Can Cause Hip Pain?
Hip pain can involve the joint itself as well as the muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues surrounding the hip. Symptoms may develop gradually from repetitive stress or degenerative changes or occur following an injury.
Common contributing factors may include:
- Osteoarthritis and degenerative changes
- Muscle or tendon irritation
- Reduced hip joint mobility
- Overuse or repetitive activity
- Sports or work-related injuries
- Muscle weakness or imbalance
- Problems with lower-extremity movement or mechanics
Because pain around the hip can also originate from the lower back or other structures, an examination can help determine what may be contributing to your symptoms.
Our Approach to Hip Pain Treatment
Treatment is personalized based on your examination findings, symptoms, activity level, and functional goals.
Depending on your individual needs, care may include:
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave therapy may be used for certain tendon, muscle, and soft-tissue conditions around the hip. Acoustic pressure waves are applied to targeted tissues to stimulate a biological response and support tissue recovery.
Therapeutic Exercise
Individualized exercises may be used to improve hip mobility, strength, stability, and lower-extremity movement. Exercise can also help restore function for walking, stairs, work, and recreational activities.
Chiropractic Care
When appropriate, chiropractic care may be used to address mobility restrictions involving the hip, pelvis, lower back, or other areas that may influence movement and function.
Physiotherapy
Therapeutic ultrasound, electrical muscle stimulation, manual therapy, and other supportive treatments may be incorporated when appropriate to address discomfort, muscle tension, and soft-tissue involvement.
Treatment Focused on More Than Hip Pain
Hip problems can affect how you walk, sit, stand, exercise, and perform everyday activities. Our approach considers both your symptoms and how well you're able to move and function.
Treatment may focus on helping you:
- Walk more comfortably
- Improve hip range of motion
- Sit and stand with greater ease
- Climb stairs more comfortably
- Improve strength and stability
- Perform work and household activities
- Return to exercise and recreational activities
Is the Pain Coming From Your Hip or Lower Back?
Pain felt around the hip or buttock doesn't always originate in the hip itself. Certain lower-back conditions can cause symptoms that extend into the hip, buttock, or leg.
An examination can help determine whether symptoms appear to originate from the hip, lower back, or another source and which type of care may be appropriate.
When Should Hip Pain Be Evaluated?
Consider an evaluation if hip pain or stiffness persists, repeatedly returns, affects walking or other activities, or is accompanied by reduced mobility or function.
Significant trauma, inability to bear weight, severe or rapidly increasing pain, obvious deformity, marked swelling, redness or warmth, fever, or other concerning symptoms should receive appropriate medical evaluation.
Hip Pain Care in Huntsville, Alabama
Spine Align Chiropractic & Wellness provides personalized conservative musculoskeletal care for hip pain in Huntsville, AL. Our approach focuses on identifying factors that may be contributing to your symptoms and developing care aimed at improving comfort, mobility, strength, and function.
Spine Align Chiropractic & Wellness
7914 Memorial Parkway SW, Suite E-18
Huntsville, AL 35802
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