Are you Dealing with Hip Impingement?

At Shift Physical Therapy, we specialize in providing relief to those dealing with chronic hip impingement and would love the opportunity to help those wanting to regain their freedom of movement without surgeries, injections, or wasting time with ineffective treatments.

Common Symptoms

• Pinching pain during squats

• Groin pain or discomfort in the outside of the hip, thigh, low back, or buttocks.

• Sharp, stabbing pain when squatting, sitting and standing, or performing athletic moves like running, "cutting," jumping, twisting, pivoting, or moving side to side.

• Loss of motion or a stiff feeling when rotating your leg inward and/or lifting your leg.

• Pain that increases after sitting for long periods or leaning forward.

Can pelvic floor physical therapy help?

Absolutely! Here at Shift Physical Therapy, we can help improve symptoms by:

Modifying your daily, job-related, and sports activities. Your physical therapist will recommend and discuss specific positions and activities for you to avoid or modify. These will be designed to protect your hip. They may recommend limiting how often you bend at the hip to avoid further hip damage. To minimize tension on the hip, your physical therapist will teach you safe, controlled movements.

Improving lower-extremity muscle flexibility and joint movement. Stretching tight muscles. Stretching the hip directly can reduce abnormal forces that cause pain with motion. Stretching other body regions (trunk, leg, ankle, or foot), also may decrease stress at the hip.

Joint mobilization. Your physical therapist may gently move your hip to help ease the pain. This may improve your ability to stretch or extend your hip joint.

Improving the strength of your lower extremities and trunk. Strengthening the hips and trunk can reduce abnormal forces on the already injured joint. Your physical therapist will help you develop movement strategies to compensate for the injured hip joint.

Improving lower-extremity balance and coordination. Your physical therapist will prescribe exercises to help improve balance and coordinate movements. These can minimize forces and stress on the hip joint.

Home exercise program. Your physical therapist will design a specific home exercise program based on your needs and goals for you to do on your own. These will help you to stay strong and healthy safely, once your physical therapy visits have ended.

Functional training. Once your pain, strength, and motion improve, you will be able to slowly return to more demanding activities. Based on your unique needs and goals, your physical therapist will create a series of activities for you to do. They will help you learn how to use and move your body correctly and safely during your daily, work, and sports activities.

Are you needing a little more help?

If you are needing a little more help, we set aside time in our schedule where you can talk directly with a healthcare professional who specializes in urinary incontinence and helping women get back to running and jumping without symptoms.

We offer this as a courtesy to our clients so can get your questions answered before committing to booking an appointment. If you a ready to take action, let’s chat. Schedule a consultation now.