Mar 16, 20231 min read

Lateral Hip pain

Lateral hip pain?😩

🦵🏻Pain on outside of the hip joint, on side pocket area is called Lateral hip pain

💁‍♀️Age- 40 onwards, mostly females affected more than men

💡It is also called Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS)

It comprises of

Bursitis- Soft tissue sac gets inflamed and causes pain on the bone greater trochanter.
Tendonitis- inflammation in tendon from age, loading, injury/trauma
Repetitive stresses on all of the above structures related to compensations from lower back or other areas.

🧐Causes-

It can be because of load on the tendons, from exercises such as running, sitting cross legged, degeneration/ overuse of tendons or injury/trauma, low back pain , hip arthritis , or hormonal changes.

🤔Symptoms-

Pain on cross legged sitting
Pains on lying down on that side particularly at night
Activity related pains- Running, walking, stairs, one legged activities , carrying baby on the hip
Getting in and out of car or bath

🕵️‍♀️Investigation -