How is hip pain related to the pelvic floor?

The hip joint is controlled by a lot of muscles that surround the hip and pelvic girdle. Some hip muscles sit within the pelvis and are continuous with the pelvic floor muscles, whereas other hip muscles sit outside of the pelvic floor, but have significant control over how the pelvic floor is functioning.

When the hip isn’t functioning properly, it can cause more tension to be placed on the pelvic floor, and when the pelvic floor isn’t functioning properly, it can cause more pressure to be placed on the hip. These compensation patterns can give rise to pain.

How can pelvic floor PT help with managing symptoms of hip pain?

Pelvic floor therapists are the best providers to manage your hip pain! Pelvic PTs can assess and treat all of the hips muscles through external and internal assessments and treatments. 

Pelvic floor physical therapists can perform hands-on manual treatments, instruct on individualized exercises and teach lifestyle modifications aimed at addressing the root cause of your hip pain. The key to treating hip pain is to identify compensations that could be putting more pressure on the hip and thus causing pain.
"​It felt so good to have a doctor actually care about the total outcome and really establishing the root cause rather than jumping to resolution of an individual symptom. I didn't realize I was in so much daily pain until it was resolved."

​What is the Vivid difference?

At Vivid Women’s Health your Doctor of Physical Therapy will:
  • Find the root cause of your symptoms.
  • Address how your pelvic floor and hip is functioning with your whole body; it isn't just Kegels.
  • Treat your for one-hour with hands on treatments.
  • Be with you one-on-one for the entire session; no aides or techs.​​​
  • Treat you with compassion in a private, stress free environment.

Would you like to see how Vivid can help?