The hip is an important link in the total musculoskeletal system. Without a strong, free-moving and pain-free hip, the body will compensate for this with the legs or trunk. Hip complaints can therefore also cause a lot of problems in the back, buttocks, groin or pelvis , so that you can no longer perform your daily activities properly. Despite the hip being a very strong joint, the cartilage of the hip joint can wear out or become damaged. Hip complaints can also have many other causes. Finding the right cause is the most important link in drawing up the treatment plan. Therefore, immediately schedule an appointment with one of our podiatrists.
Causes of hip complaints
To resolve hip pain for a long time, you need to find the underlying cause. At VoetPortaal we help you to find the cause of your problems so that we can tackle them permanently.
During the analysis of your complaints, it is important that we find out where the complaints are and what causes them. Hip complaints are often caused by overload, which is almost always initiated by an abnormal walking or movement pattern. Important for these types of complaints is the way of walking and the mobility of the hip. Other reasons are long-term overload and wear.
Symptoms
Hip complaints can include different types of pain. The pain in the hips can be continuous or only occur when you are resting or moving. It is possible that complaints occur both during the day and at night. In addition, it is possible that the pain also radiates to the back, buttocks, legs, groin or genitals.
Common complaints
Hip complaints can be both acute and chronic. Acute complaints have been present for less than six weeks, while chronic complaints have persisted for longer than three months. We also make a distinction between non-specific and specific hip complaints.
Non-specific hip complaints are complaints to the hip for which no clear cause is known.
Specific hip complaints are complaints for which the cause is clear, such as bursitis or a broken hip.
One of the most common hip complaints is groin tendon complaints . This causes pain when you lift your leg and occurs mainly with everyday things.
Treatment hip complaints by VoetPortaal
At VoetPortaal we look together for a solution for your hip complaints. During an intake interview, we analyze your overall posture and movement. After this, the complaints are carefully examined and assessed.
We know from experience that applying manual therapy can often relieve the complaints immediately.
Additional treatments, such as custom-made correction insoles, support and enhance the effect of the manual therapy.
The techniques and application of manual therapy are a specialist part of VoetPortaal. All our therapists have followed a two-year training internally for this. This additional training enables them to assess the coherence of complaints and in many cases to remedy them structurally. This characterizes the effective approach of VoetPortaal. So immediately schedule an appointment with one of our therapists at a practice near you!