Specialist Hip Physiotherapy

Let our expertise give you piece of mind

Hip pain can be incredibly limiting. It can affect how you walk, sleep, exercise, work and even how confident you feel moving through everyday life. When something this central to movement isn’t working properly, everything else is affected.

Because hip pain can come from tendons, joints, labrum, muscles or biomechanics, the key to successful recovery is understanding exactly what is causing the pain — not just where it hurts.

At Solent Specialist Physiotherapy, your hip is assessed by clinicians who specialise in hip conditions and manage them every day — not generalists applying generic treatment plans.

Why hip problems need specialist care

The hip is one of the most complex joints in the body. Pain around the hip can come from:

• Tendons such as the gluteal tendons

• Joint cartilage and osteoarthritis

• Labral tears and bony shape changes (FAI)

• Muscle, ligament or nerve irritation

• Referred pain from the spine or pelvis

Many of these conditions feel similar, but require very different management. Without an accurate diagnosis, people often end up in cycles of short-term relief, flare-ups and frustration.

Specialist hip assessment allows us to identify what structures are actually involved and guide treatment accordingly — so you are not guessing or wasting time on the wrong approach.

Common hip problems we help with

We regularly treat people with:

• Gluteal tendinopathy and trochanteric bursitis

• Greater trochanteric pain syndrome

• Hip osteoarthritis

• Labral tears and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)

• Acetabular dysplasia (shallow socket)

• Muscle and tendon injuries

• Post-surgical hip rehabilitation

• Sports-related hip pain

• Hamstring tendinopathy

• Referred pain from the lower back or pelvis

If you are unsure what is causing your hip pain, a specialist assessment can bring clarity.

If you’d like to understand your knee problem in more depth, you’ll find detailed patient guides on osteoarthritis and tendinopathy within our resources-just click on each condition above. These explain what’s happening inside your hip and how recovery is supported.

What makes our hip service different

At Solent Specialist Physiotherapy, your hip care is led by highly experienced specialist clinicians who work at advanced level within the NHS and private practice.

We prioritise accurate diagnosis from the very first appointment. This means understanding whether your pain is driven by tendon overload, joint degenerative change, labral instability, muscle strain or tear, biomechanics or nerve sensitivity — so your treatment is targeted and effective.

Where appropriate, we can:

• Request and interpret X-ray, ultrasound or MRI to better understand what is happening inside your hip

• Correlate scan findings with your physical examination and symptoms. We don’t just read reports — we are experts at correlating the images with how your hip moves, loads and feels, so decisions are based on the whole picture, not just a scan.

• Use injection therapy to support rehabilitation when indicated. This is always used to support recovery, not replace it — helping calm pain and inflammation so you can rebuild strength and confidence in your hip.