• Bursitis typically results from tightness and weakness in and around the outside of your hip. This results in excess stress and compression on the bursa which sits on top of the femur to cushion the surface of the bone for the muscles and tendons running over top of it during normal motion.
  • Osteoarthritis is the wearing away and breaking down of the cartilage that is on the surface of the bones that create your hip joint. There is typically a loss of motion, pain with standing, walking and certain hip motions, as well as weakness of the muscles surrounding the hip.
  • Impingement can occur from an imbalance in the muscles, or tightness in the capsule that results in the hip gliding too far in one direction or the other during motion. It can also occur from the ball having extra bone formation, or the socket being too deep or having boney growth.  Stretching and strengthening of the hip muscles with manual therapy to mobilize the joint and help restore normal tension in the muscles is usually very effective.  If the bone growth is excessive and limiting the range of motion greatly, this can require surgical intervention in order to restore full normal function of the hip joint.