Acupuncture can help your Hip Pain

Hip pain occurs for many reasons, and at any age could be from injury to the tendons, muscles or joints, from overuse or underuse, due to hormonal changes in menopause, sports injuries, and aging. Acupuncture can help you manage your pain and in some cases relieve it and support you to find your way to help yourself and get further help you may need.

Acupuncture in the bigger picture

Many patients come to acupuncture when they start with pain. Acupuncture treats by

• Trigging release of natural painkillers (endorphins)
• Reduce inflammation and improve blood flow. 
• Relax tight muscles around the hip and back
• Help recovery from injury and surgery
• Help long term and chronic pain
• Holistically support the whole system
• Help and advice

Holistic Care

In my practice I treat and support patients to help be able: for example to do the exercises the physio has prescribed, have the confidence to go back to the GP and ask for further investigations, support patients alongside other treatments and surgeries that may be needed, to help with rehabilitation in mind and body.

Traditional acupuncture is a good tool to aid hip pain recovery, as we asses your whole system looking at how hip pain may have started and how affecting other parts of your system. Such as pain in the other leg, hip and back due to twisting and putting too much weight on the good side. Arm and shoulder pain from using sticks and crutches. Weight gain, worries about diabetes. Loss of fitness, not being able to work or drive, can cause stress and worry.

Acupuncture treats Holisticly so we start at the hip and look after all of your systems to ensure health and wellbeing. We have the time to get you on the right track again, supporting your recovery in Body, Mind and Spirit

Types of hip pain

Front of hip / groin pain

Often means a problem inside the hip joint.

• Osteoarthritis (wear and tear of cartilage)
• Hip labral tear (cartilage ring injury)
• Hip impingement (bones rubbing abnormally)
• Hip flexor strain / tendon issues

Typical symptoms:

• Deep ache or sharp pain in groin
• Clicking, catching, or stiffness
• Worse with walking or twisting 

Outside (lateral) hip pain

Usually a soft tissue problem, not the joint itself.

• Bursitis (inflamed fluid sacs)
• Gluteal tendon irritation
• Greater trochanteric pain syndrome

Typical symptoms:

• Pain on the outer hip
• Worse when lying on that side or walking

Back of hip / buttock pain

Often comes from nerves or the lower back, not the hip joint.

• Sciatica or nerve irritation
• Piriformis syndrome
• Lower back issues (referred pain)

Typical symptoms:

• Deep buttock pain
• Pain may travel down the leg (burning/tingling)

Menopausal Hip Pain

• Is very real and very common. It’s not “just aging”; it’s largely driven by hormonal changes, especially falling oestrogen.
• Menopause joint pain, also known as menopausal arthralgia, is a common symptom experienced by women during the menopause.
• Menopausal arthralgia can affect various joints, including the hands, knees, hips, or spine. Women may experience aching, stiffness, and swelling in the joints.
• Acupuncture can help and support, to reduce pain and encourage patients to get more help such as HRT if appropriate, DEXA scan for osteoporosis, physio, exercise and confidence to be assertive about getting the help they need.

Acupuncture Treatment

For information, treatment and care for your Hip Pain and contributing factors. Contact Hannah Charles Lic Ac MBAcC at:https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/contact/

Hannah Charles is a founder member of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC)

The BAcC is an advocate for traditional acupuncture professionals and maintains the highest professional standards to protect the general public. BAcC members are registered on an accredited register, regulated and approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Health & Social Care (PSA). For More information, see the website:https://acupuncture.org.uk

Acupuncture Supporting Hip Pain