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Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy: The Hip Pain That Feels Like a Sitting Problem

Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT / Hip Pain, Pain & Recovery

Stretching more, resting more, and waiting for the pain to go away is a common approach people take when dealing with proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Unfortunately, this strategy often does not address the actual problem. The missing piece is usually progressive loading: gradually rebuilding the tendon’s ability to tolerate stress and return to normal activity. Where […]

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Lateral Hip Pain Is Usually Not Bursitis

Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT / Hip Pain, Pain & Recovery

For years, greater trochanteric bursitis has been the go-to diagnosis for pain on the outside of the hip. More recent research tells a different story. If you’ve been told you have hip bursitis, prescribed anti-inflammatory medication, and advised to rest and ice the area, only to have the pain return, there’s a good chance bursitis

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Stretching Your IT Band Is Not Going to Fix Your Hip Pain

Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT / Hip Pain, Pain & Recovery

One of the most common things people do when they develop pain on the outside of the hip is aggressively stretch their IT band and piriformis. It feels logical because the area often feels tight. As a result, stretching seems like the obvious solution. The problem is that most cases of lateral hip pain are

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Why Hip Pain Is So Hard to Diagnose (And What That Means for Your Recovery)

Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT / Hip Pain, Pain & Recovery

Hip pain is one of the most misdiagnosed conditions in outpatient physical therapy, and the reason is straightforward: the hip is not one simple structure. It is a layered system of joints, tendons, bursae, nerves, and soft tissue, and a problem in any one of them can feel almost identical to a problem in another.

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