Why Hip Pain?
Hip pain can be difficult to accurately diagnose. Pain from the hip can be felt in the groin, buttock, side of the hip, and can even be felt radiating down the thigh to the knee.
Osteoarthritis (degeneration of the joint cartilage surfaces) is common in later stages and can be seen on x-ray.
Other causes of pain include:
- acetabular labral tears
- femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI)
- loose bodies
- synovial chondromatosis
- ligamentum teres tears
- gluteus medius tendonitis/tears
- trochanteric bursitis
- piriformis syndrome
- psoas bursitis
- tendon snapping syndromes
- osteoarthritis
- synovitis