PHYSICAL THERAPY
How We Treat Hip Pain in The Flathead Valley
Your treatment plan is built around your symptoms, your goals, and what you need to get back to doing. All decisions are made in a team approach. At Physio Forge, treatment may include:
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Hands-on treatment — Dry needling, manual joint mobilization, cupping and soft tissue work to help reduce pain, improve mobility, and make movement more comfortable.
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Mobility work — Targeted exercises to restore motion where limitations may be contributing to your hip symptoms.
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Corrective exercise -- Exercise with focus on the skill of movement, addressing appropriate timing and neuromuscular recruitment of the hip and pelvis muscles.
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Progressive strengthening — Building strength and capacity through the front/back of the hip, leg and trunk muscles so you can confidently return to the activities that matter to you.
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Return to activity — Progressively rebuilding tolerance for lifting, running, hiking, work, recreation, or whatever your normal life demands.
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Education with a Clear plan — Helping you understand the cause of your pain, what you can safely do, and how to manage flare-ups without unnecessarily avoiding movement. Informed patients have better outcomes.
The goal isn't just to make your hip feel better in the clinic. It's to help you move better, get stronger, and return to the things you want to do with confidence.
Common Hip Related Conditions We Treat
Extra-Articular Hip Pain
Issues with structures outside of the joint, such as the 19 different muscles attaching all around the hip, as well as numerous ligaments and tendons. Many "itis's" fall under this category, tendonitis, bursitis, ITBand syndrome, etc
Fractures/Trauma
Fracture and trauma rehabilitation, common are femoral fractures, neck of the femur and acetabular fractures from falls, crashes, etc
Intra-Articular Hip Pain
Issues internal to the joint space such as osteoarthritis, degeneration or structural like labral tears often causing stiffness, difficulty walking and lack of mobility
Post Operative Care
Expert level rehab with the same provider each treatment offering consistent monitoring and progress each visit
Hip Impingement
Groin or front-of-hip pain with bending, squatting, sitting long periods, or twisting often with stiffness or a catching feeling. It often happens because the ball, the socket, or both have a shape that makes extra contact during movement
Preventative Strengthening
Stronger hips typically have less pain and reduced future injury risk, check out our Move Better and Live Better Fitness Programs
Get Back to the Things You Want to Do
Every visit is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. We’ll identify what’s limiting you and build a plan to get you back to what you enjoy.