HIP PAIN TREATMENT MANCHESTER

Helping people manage hip and gluteal pain through personalised osteopathic treatment, rehabilitation and progressive return to activity.

Struggling With Hip or Gluteal Pain?

Hip and gluteal pain can affect walking, running, gym training, sleeping and everyday movements such as climbing stairs or getting up from a chair.

Symptoms can develop following a sporting injury or sudden increase in activity, but they may also appear gradually due to repeated loading, prolonged positions or changes in how the hip and surrounding muscles are functioning.

Pain may be felt around the outside, front or back of the hip, and can sometimes extend into the buttock or upper thigh. Because several different structures can produce symptoms around this region, identifying where the pain is coming from is an important part of assessment.

At Corrective Pain Relief in Manchester City Centre, we assess the hip alongside the pelvis, lower back and wider lower-limb mechanics to help identify factors that may be contributing to your symptoms.

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What Causes Hip & Gluteal Pain?

Hip and gluteal pain can arise from several different structures and does not always have one single cause.

Symptoms may develop following injury or repetitive loading, while in other cases changes in joint function, muscle capacity, training demands or referred pain from another area may contribute.

🦴 Hip Joint Irritation

The hip joint itself can become painful or restricted, sometimes producing discomfort around the groin, front of the hip or surrounding tissues.

🍑 Gluteal Tendinopathy

The gluteal tendons can become sensitive when repeatedly exposed to loads beyond their current capacity. Pain is commonly felt around the outside of the hip and may be aggravated by walking, running, stairs or lying on the affected side.

🏃 Sports & Training-Related Overload

Running, Hyrox, strength training and other repetitive activities can increase demand through the hip and surrounding muscles, particularly following sudden changes in training volume or intensity.

💪 Muscle Strains

The gluteal muscles, hip flexors, adductors and other muscles surrounding the hip can become painful following sudden movements, heavy loading or repetitive exercise.

🔄 Mobility & Strength Factors

Reduced hip mobility or changes in strength and capacity around the hip, pelvis and lower limb may influence how load is distributed during movement and exercise.

⚡ Referred Pain

Pain experienced around the hip or buttock does not always originate from the hip itself. The lower back, sacroiliac region and nervous system can sometimes produce symptoms felt around the hip, buttock or upper leg.

Identifying the likely source of symptoms and the factors contributing to them helps guide an appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plan.

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Common Symptoms of Hip & Gluteal Pain

Symptoms can vary depending on the structures involved and the underlying cause. Pain may be felt around the front, side or back of the hip and can sometimes extend into the buttock or upper thigh.

🦴 Pain Around the Hip

Pain may be felt around the front, side or back of the hip, depending on which structures are contributing to your symptoms.

🍑 Pain Around the Buttock

Aching, tightness or discomfort may be experienced through the gluteal region and can sometimes be aggravated by prolonged sitting, walking or exercise.

🚶 Pain With Walking or Stairs

Walking longer distances, climbing stairs or repeatedly loading the affected side may aggravate symptoms, particularly when the muscles and tendons around the hip are involved.

🛌 Pain When Lying on Your Side

Pain around the outside of the hip may become more noticeable when lying on the affected side, particularly in presentations involving the gluteal tendons.

🏃 Pain During Sport or Exercise

Running, squatting, lunging, strength training and other activities that repeatedly load the hip may reproduce symptoms or make them more noticeable afterwards.

🔄 Stiffness or Restricted Movement

The hip may feel stiff or restricted during movements such as squatting, bending, rotating the leg or bringing the knee towards the chest.

Symptoms such as significant trauma, inability to bear weight, progressive weakness or numbness, unexplained severe pain or rapidly worsening symptoms may require further medical assessment.

Hip & Glute Injuries During Sport & Exercise

Hip and gluteal injuries can develop through repetitive loading, sudden changes in direction or increases in training intensity. Reduced mobility, strength deficits and insufficient recovery may also contribute to symptoms.

Activities such as padel involve repeated lunging, rotation and lateral movement, placing demands on the muscles surrounding the hip.

Similarly, climbing and bouldering require a combination of hip mobility, stability and strength, particularly during high steps and controlled movements on the wall.

For those participating in personal training and gym-based exercise, movements such as squats, lunges and deadlifts may aggravate existing symptoms when training demands exceed current capacity.

At Corrective Pain Relief, assessment considers the affected structures alongside mobility, strength and activity demands. Treatment and progressive rehabilitation aim to improve function and support a gradual return to exercise.

How Is Hip & Gluteal Pain Assessed?

Every patient receives a thorough assessment to help identify the likely source of their symptoms and the factors contributing to them. Hip and gluteal pain can arise from several different structures, and symptoms experienced around the hip or buttock do not always originate from the hip itself.

Our assessment process is designed to build a clear understanding of your symptoms, movement patterns, activity demands, lifestyle and treatment goals so that recommendations can be tailored to your individual needs.

1️⃣ Understanding Your Symptoms

We begin by discussing when your symptoms started, where the pain is located, which movements or positions aggravate it and how it affects your everyday activities.

We may also discuss your medical history, work, exercise, sporting activities, training load and any recent changes that may have contributed to your symptoms.

2️⃣ Physical Examination

The hip and surrounding muscles and tissues are assessed for mobility, tenderness, strength and function.

Where appropriate, specific orthopaedic tests may be used to help differentiate between potential sources of hip and gluteal pain.

The lower back, pelvis and sacroiliac region may also be assessed where symptoms suggest these areas could be contributing.

3️⃣ Functional Assessment

Where appropriate, we assess movements relevant to your symptoms and goals. This may include walking, squatting, lunging, single-leg movements or other activities related to your work, training or sport.

This can help identify how the hip and wider lower limb respond to load and provide useful markers for rehabilitation.

4️⃣ Diagnosis & Treatment Plan

Following your assessment, we’ll explain our findings, discuss the factors that may be contributing to your symptoms and outline an appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plan based on your individual goals.

Where symptoms or examination findings suggest that further investigation may be appropriate, we can also discuss diagnostic imaging or onward specialist referral.

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How Osteopathy May Help

Treatment is always tailored to the individual and the demands placed upon the lower leg.

Depending on your symptoms and clinical findings, treatment may include:

Osteopathic manual therapy
Joint mobilisation and manipulation
Soft tissue treatment
Medical acupuncture or dry needling
IASTM / Gua Sha where appropriate
Hip mobility exercises
Gluteal and lower-limb strengthening
Progressive tendon-loading rehabilitation
Movement and activity modification
Training and workload management
Return-to-running or sport rehabilitation

Our goal is not simply to reduce pain, but to improve hip function, build strength and capacity, and restore confidence in everyday movement, exercise and sport.

Frequently Asked Questions

What causes hip and gluteal pain?

Hip and gluteal pain can have several causes, including muscle strains, tendon problems such as gluteal tendinopathy, joint irritation, training-related overload and reduced strength or mobility.

Symptoms experienced around the hip or buttock can also sometimes originate from the lower back or surrounding structures, which is why assessment is important.

Why does the outside of my hip hurt when I lie on it?

Pain around the outside of the hip, particularly when lying on the affected side, can be associated with gluteal tendinopathy or greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS).

Compression of sensitive tissues around the lateral hip can aggravate symptoms, although other conditions can produce pain in a similar area.

Can hip pain come from my lower back?

Yes. Problems affecting the lower back, surrounding joints or nervous system can sometimes produce pain felt around the buttock, hip or upper leg.

Assessment can help determine whether symptoms are more likely to originate locally from the hip or whether another area may be contributing.

Can I continue exercising with hip pain?

This depends on the cause and severity of your symptoms. Complete rest is not always necessary, and appropriately modified exercise may form an important part of rehabilitation.

Activities that consistently aggravate symptoms may need to be temporarily reduced or adjusted while strength, mobility and load tolerance are progressively rebuilt.

How long does gluteal tendinopathy take to recover?

Recovery varies depending on how long symptoms have been present, their severity, activity levels and individual contributing factors.

Tendon-related conditions can take time to improve, and progressive strengthening and load management are often important parts of rehabilitation.

Can osteopathy help with hip pain?

Osteopathic management may include manual therapy, joint mobilisation, soft tissue techniques, medical acupuncture or dry needling where appropriate, alongside mobility work, strengthening and progressive rehabilitation.

Treatment is tailored to the findings of your assessment and the activities you want to return to.

When should hip pain be investigated further?

Further investigation may be appropriate when symptoms follow significant trauma, there is difficulty bearing weight, symptoms are severe or progressively worsening, or the examination suggests another condition may be contributing.

Where clinically appropriate, Corrective Pain Relief can arrange referral for diagnostic imaging or specialist assessment.

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