Hip pain is often driven by dysfunction elsewhere, particularly your lower back, pelvis or opposite leg. We find the true source and resolve it.
Specialist hip pain treatment using Functional Neurology and P-DTR. Based in Shiremoor, Newcastle.
| 17 years clinical experience | 5-star Google reviews | Free taster session | Free parking on site | Sessions available this week |
Your hip is where your leg connects to your pelvis, and your pelvis connects to your spine. Forces from the ground travel up through your leg into your hip. Forces from your trunk travel down through your pelvis into your hip. It is a junction point where problems from above and below converge.
Because of this position, hip pain is rarely just a hip problem. Lower back dysfunction affects how load transfers into your hip. Pelvic asymmetry changes hip mechanics. Knee or ankle problems alter how you use your hip. Old injuries to your opposite leg can create compensatory stress on your hip.
When your brain receives unclear information about any of these areas, it may create protective responses that manifest as hip pain. The hip becomes the victim of dysfunction elsewhere.
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.
Pain on the outside of your hip, often around the greater trochanter. Commonly attributed to bursitis or gluteal tendinopathy, but often neurological in origin.
An aching sensation deep in the hip joint itself. This can involve joint receptor dysfunction or referred pain from other areas.
Pain that appears or worsens with walking. This often involves how forces transfer through your leg and pelvis during gait.
Pain that develops when sitting, particularly for extended periods. This may involve hip flexor or psoas dysfunction or sensitisation of hip structures.
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.
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.
We assess your hip in the context of your entire kinetic chain. We test the hip itself, looking for receptor dysfunction in the joint, surrounding muscles and related structures. But we also test your lower back, pelvis, knee, ankle and foot.
We look for patterns. Which areas have dysfunction? How do they relate to your hip symptoms? Where is the primary driver versus secondary compensation?
When we identify dysfunction, we correct it using P-DTR techniques. Often, addressing problems distant from the hip produces immediate change in hip symptoms. A foot correction changes how you load your hip. A lower back correction removes referred pain. An opposite leg correction eliminates compensation.
If any of this applies, your hip pain is likely driven by dysfunction in your kinetic chain that has not been identified.
A comprehensive approach that identifies all the factors affecting your hip.
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.
Using P-DTR techniques, we correct dysfunction wherever we find it. Often the primary driver is not in the hip itself. When we address it, hip symptoms resolve.
We immediately retest after every correction. You feel your hip move more freely, with less pain. Change is immediate and measurable.
Result:
Many people feel significant change in their first session. Simple cases often resolve in one to three sessions.
What Clients Say
“My hip pain turned out to be caused by an old ankle injury. Treating the ankle resolved my hip. No one else had made that connection.”
— Client, Newcastle
“I had been told my hip was arthritic and there was nothing to do. Sam found neurological dysfunction and my pain reduced significantly.”
— Client, North Tyneside
Many come to us after physiotherapy or chiropractic provided only temporary relief for hip problems. We find why—often neurological dysfunction elsewhere.
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.
47 Dukesfield, Shiremoor, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, NE27 0DR, UK
+44 7921 818285
If your hip pain has not responded to hip-focused treatment, the driver is probably elsewhere in your kinetic chain. We test everything, find the true source and resolve it. Book a free taster session and get clarity on your hip symptoms. Based in Shiremoor, Newcastle. Serving North Tyneside and surrounding areas. Sessions available this week. Free parking on site.
