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Does This Sound Familiar?

Hip pain can persist after local treatment, exercise, injections or rest. Sometimes the most relevant finding is in the hip; in other cases, movement, loading or sensory information from the back, pelvis, knee, ankle or foot may be contributing.

The Diagnostic First Session looks at the whole pattern rather than assuming one cause from the symptom label. We identify relevant findings, apply appropriate treatment and retest so you can see what changes in the room.

Is This You

  • Your hip pain has not responded to treatment focused on your hip
  • You also have lower back symptoms or a history of back problems
  • You have issues in your knee, ankle or foot on the same or opposite side
  • Your hip pain came on without obvious injury
  • Hip pain is worse on one side and you cannot explain why
  • You have been told you have hip arthritis but the severity does not match what you experience
  • Walking, sitting or certain movements consistently provoke your hip

If any of this applies, the wider movement and nervous-system pattern is worth assessing rather than assuming the painful hip is the only relevant area.

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Why Your Hip Hurts

The hip works as part of a wider system. Load travels between the foot, ankle, knee, hip, pelvis and spine, while the nervous system uses sensory information to coordinate movement and protection.

A previous injury, altered movement strategy or sensitive structure elsewhere can sometimes influence hip function. That does not mean every hip problem begins outside the hip. We assess locally and more widely, then use treatment and immediate retesting to establish which findings are clinically relevant for you.

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Types of Hip Pain We Treat

  • Groin Pain

Pain in the front of your hip, in the crease between your thigh and abdomen. This often involves hip flexor or adductor dysfunction but can be driven by lower back or pelvic issues.

  • Lateral Hip Pain

Pain on the outside of your hip, often around the greater trochanter. Commonly attributed to bursitis or gluteal tendinopathy, but often neurological in origin.

  • Deep Hip Pain

An aching sensation deep in the hip joint itself. This can involve joint receptor dysfunction or referred pain from other areas.

  • Hip Pain With Walking

Pain that appears or worsens with walking. This often involves how forces transfer through your leg and pelvis during gait.

  • Hip Pain With Sitting

Pain that develops when sitting, particularly for extended periods. This may involve hip flexor or psoas dysfunction or sensitisation of hip structures.

  • Referred Hip Pain

Pain felt in the hip that actually originates from your lower back, sacroiliac joint or elsewhere. We identify whether your hip is the source or the symptom.

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The Kinetic Chain and Hip Pain

Your hip does not function in isolation. It is part of a kinetic chain that runs from your foot to your spine and beyond.

Problems in your foot change how you load your leg. This altered loading pattern travels up through your ankle, knee and into your hip. Over time, your hip adapts to the abnormal forces, and dysfunction develops.

Problems in your lower back change how forces transfer down into your pelvis and hip. Spinal dysfunction can refer pain into the hip area. Pelvic asymmetry from spinal problems changes hip mechanics.

Problems on your opposite side create compensation. If your right ankle is dysfunctional, you may overload your left hip. The left hip becomes symptomatic, but the cause is on the right.

This is why hip pain treatment so often fails when it focuses only on the hip. The hip may be where you feel symptoms, but the driver may be above, below or on the opposite side.

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Our Approach to Hip Pain

We assess the hip in the context of your whole movement and nervous-system pattern. This includes the hip and, where relevant, the lower back, pelvis, knee, ankle and foot.

We use functional neurology and P-DTR where appropriate to investigate sensory and motor findings, apply precise inputs and immediately retest movement, strength or comfort. A change on retesting helps identify a useful layer to address; it does not mean every hip problem has the same cause or guarantee a particular outcome.

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The Breakthrough Method for Hip Pain

A comprehensive approach that identifies all the factors affecting your hip.

Step 1

Find the Unclear Signal

We test hip receptor function plus your lower back, pelvis, knee, ankle and foot. We identify all the dysfunction in your kinetic chain that could be contributing to your hip symptoms.

Step 2

Reset the Protective Response

Using P-DTR and other appropriate inputs, we address the findings that appear most relevant and retest them. The primary functional driver may be in the hip or elsewhere in the wider system.

Step 3

Prove the Change

We retest after each relevant input. Some people notice an immediate change in movement, strength or symptoms in the room; the size and duration of that response varies.

Result: The assessment is designed to give you clearer information about the factors affecting your hip and a practical plan. Some clients experience substantial change early; individual responses and the number of sessions required vary.

VERIFIED GOOGLE REVIEWS

What Clients Say

“As movement improved through my ankles, knees and hips, my back pain reduced significantly.”

– Paul Hayes, Google review

“The results were evident within a short period of 5 sessions. My pain level, range of motion, and running ability significantly improved.”

– Matthew Howell, Google review

Why Other Treatments May Not Have Worked

Physiotherapy or chiropractic care may focus mainly on the painful hip and provide limited or temporary improvement for some people. A functional-neurology assessment considers how the brain and body coordinate movement, protection and load, including relevant findings elsewhere in the system.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to stretch my hip flexors more?

Maybe not. Tightness is often your body protecting an area. We identify why it’s protecting first, then range usually returns without aggressive stretching.

No. We don’t replace urgent medical care and we refer out if we see red flags. If you’re awaiting imaging or surgery we can usually help you move, sleep and cope better while you wait.

Some people feel a clear change in 1-2 visits; others need several sessions to unwind older patterns. Either way, we track progress with re-tests so you can see what’s improving.

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47 Dukesfield, Shiremoor, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, NE27 0DR, UK

+44 7921 818285

Ready to Find Out What Is Really Causing Your Hip Pain

If hip pain keeps returning or has not responded to hip-focused treatment, a broader assessment may help identify what is maintaining the problem. Book a £100, 60-minute Diagnostic First Session for a detailed neurological and movement assessment, treatment and immediate retesting where appropriate. You will also receive a written report within 24 hours and an included 30–40 minute Zoom findings call. Based in Shiremoor near Newcastle, with free parking on site.

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