Hip Pain Treatment in Omaha
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HIP PAIN • CAUSES & TREATMENT
Is your hip pain coming from the hip or the spine?
Hip pain can begin in the joint, surrounding muscles or tendons. It can also be felt around the hip when a problem in the lower back refers or radiates pain. Finding the source matters because a stiff hip, a sore tendon and an irritated spinal nerve call for different care.
At Life Source Chiropractic in Omaha, hip pain care connects the hip, pelvis and lower spine to support more comfortable walking, stairs and daily movement.
What causes hip pain?
Hip joint stiffness and degeneration
Pain in the groin or front of the hip, especially with stiffness, can involve the hip joint. Osteoarthritis and degeneration may reduce motion and make walking or putting on shoes difficult. The location is a clue, rather than a diagnosis by itself.
Tendons, muscles and the outside of the hip
Pain on the outside of the hip can involve the gluteal tendons and nearby tissues, often called greater trochanteric pain syndrome. It may hurt with stairs or lying on that side. A muscle strain or repetitive loading can also contribute to local discomfort.
Hip pain care in Omaha
Let’s understand what is causing your symptoms and find a plan that supports more comfortable movement.
Dr. Jason Wiese has cared for Omaha-area patients since 2006. Our office is near 156th and Maple.
Contact Us →How can lower-back problems feel like hip pain?
The hip region sits close to the pelvis and lower spine, and pain can be felt away from the structure causing it. This is why the most painful spot does not always identify the source.
Radiating pain from a lumbar nerve root
A disc-related problem or narrowing around a nerve may cause symptoms into the buttock or leg. Sciatica can include shooting pain, burning, tingling or numbness. Learn more about back pain and radiating leg pain.
Referred pain from spinal or pelvic joints
A lower-back or pelvic joint and surrounding muscles can produce an ache near the hip without nerve-root irritation. Local hip pain and referred pain may also occur together. Connecting joint motion and tissue tenderness with the symptom pattern helps distinguish these contributors.
What treatments are right for hip pain?
The Paragon Method coordinates care around the source. Restricted hip or pelvic movement may fit manual care and exercise; persistent tendon pain may fit SoftWave therapy; and appropriate spine-related symptoms may call for decompression.
Chiropractic and manual care for hip and pelvic mobility
Best suited to: mechanical discomfort associated with restricted hip, pelvic or spinal movement.
Chiropractic care and joint mobilization aim to improve comfortable motion. Hip-focused manual therapy can improve pain, stiffness and function in some patients with hip osteoarthritis.[1] The goal is better movement, not reversal of cartilage loss.
Shockwave therapy for local hip tendon and soft-tissue pain
Best suited to: selected persistent complaints in the tendons and tissues around the outside of the hip.
shockwave therapy in Omaha uses acoustic waves as a non-invasive option for suitable soft-tissue concerns. Focused shockwave paired with exercise has improved pain and function in chronic greater trochanteric pain syndrome.[2]
The study involved a specific focused shockwave device and protocol. It supports the treatment category without promising identical results from every SoftWave treatment. Tissue-focused care is often paired with progressive loading and strengthening.
Spinal decompression for spine-related hip and leg pain
Best suited to: selected lumbar disc or nerve-root symptoms felt around the buttock, hip region or leg.
Non-surgical spinal decompression applies controlled traction to the spine. Combining decompression with rehabilitation can improve short-term pain and function in some patients with lumbar radiculopathy.[3]
Decompression addresses a suitable spinal source. A local hip tendon or arthritic hip joint needs care directed to that area instead.
Targeted exercise for hip strength and walking
Best suited to: building tolerance for stairs, walking and getting up from a chair.
Gradual hip strengthening and comfortable mobility work help the joint and surrounding tissues handle daily activity. Tendon-related pain may need progressive loading, while stiffness may call for range-of-motion work. Exercise supports the gains made with manual or tissue-focused care.
What symptoms can help distinguish the source?
- Groin pain with reduced hip motion: may involve the hip joint.
- Tenderness on the outside of the hip: may involve gluteal tendons or surrounding tissues.
- Buttock pain traveling down the leg: may come from the lower spine or a nerve.
- Tingling, numbness or weakness: deserves assessment for nerve involvement.
Hip pain: common questions
Can chiropractic care help hip pain?
Manual care may help selected mechanical hip complaints and restricted movement. Hip, pelvic or spinal mobility work is often paired with strengthening to support walking and daily activity.
Can hip pain actually come from the lower back?
Yes. Lower-back joints and muscles can refer pain toward the hip, and an irritated lumbar nerve root can cause radiating symptoms around the buttock or leg. A hip condition can occur at the same time.
Can Shockwave therapy help pain on the outside of the hip?
It may be considered for selected tendon and surrounding soft-tissue complaints. Studies of focused shockwave combined with exercise have found improvement in chronic greater trochanteric pain syndrome. Device, protocol and individual response matter.
When would spinal decompression be used for hip-region pain?
When symptoms around the hip or buttock come from an appropriate lumbar disc or nerve-root problem, spinal decompression may be considered. It targets the spinal concern rather than hip cartilage or a local hip tendon.
Can treatment reverse hip arthritis?
No. Care does not regrow cartilage or remove bone spurs. Improving comfortable motion and strength may help manage pain, stiffness and daily limitations.
When to seek urgent medical care: Inability to bear weight after a fall, a hot or swollen hip with fever, or sudden severe hip pain needs prompt medical evaluation. New progressive leg weakness or bladder or bowel changes also requires urgent attention.
Hip pain care in Omaha
Dr. Jason Wiese has cared for Omaha-area patients since 2006. Life Source Chiropractic is at 15475 Ruggles St, Suite 110, Omaha, NE 68116, near 156th and Maple, convenient to West Omaha, Elkhorn and Bennington.