Answers for your hip.
Clear answers to the questions people ask most about hip pain, injuries and staying active, written for patients and medically reviewed by Dr. Stride, MD.
Reviewed by Dr. Stride, MD · Updated October 2026 · 36 guides
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Should I Go to the ER for Hip Pain?
Go to the ER for hip pain after a fall if you cannot stand or the leg looks shortened or turned out, if a replaced hip suddenly pops out, if a hot swollen hip comes with fever, or if back pain comes with groin numbness or bladder changes.
How to Tell if Your Hip Pain Is Serious
Hip pain is serious if you cannot put weight on the leg, the leg looks shortened or turned out after a fall, the joint is hot and swollen with fever, or the pain is sudden and severe.
Hip Pain After a Fall but No Bruise: Could It Still Be Broken?
Yes, a hip can be broken even without a bruise.
How to Tell if You Tore Your Hip Labrum
A torn hip labrum usually causes deep groin or front-of-hip pain that worsens with sitting, pivoting and deep bending, often with clicking, catching or locking.
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After a Hip Replacement, Can You Run, Golf or Play Pickleball?
Some people do run after a hip replacement, but it is a personal decision to make with your surgeon.
Can a Hip Labral Tear Heal on Its Own?
A torn hip labrum has a limited ability to heal itself, yet many people still avoid surgery.
Can Pickleball Cause Hip Pain?
Yes, pickleball can cause hip pain, mostly through quick side lunges, sudden stops and pivots.
Can't Lift Your Leg to Get in the Car? What Your Hip Is Telling You
Trouble lifting your leg into a car usually means the hip cannot bend far enough or the muscles that lift the thigh are painful or weak.
Cortisone Shot in the Hip: What to Expect
A hip cortisone shot combines a numbing medicine with a steroid.
Do I Need a Hip Replacement? Signs It Is Time
You may be ready for a hip replacement when arthritis pain limits walking, sleep and daily activities, and non-surgical treatments such as therapy, medicine and injections no longer give enough relief.
Groin Pain When Walking: Is It Your Hip?
Groin pain when walking very often comes from the hip joint itself.
Hip Arthroscopy Recovery Time: What Really Happens
Most people use crutches for 2 to 6 weeks after hip arthroscopy, return to desk work within 1 to 2 weeks, and recover over about 4 to 6 months.
Hip Impingement (FAI) Symptoms in Active Adults
Hip impingement usually causes a deep ache or sharp pain in the groin, sometimes toward the outside of the hip.
Hip Pain After a Fall but No Bruise: Could It Still Be Broken?
Yes, a hip can be broken even without a bruise.
Hip Pain but the X-Ray Shows Nothing: What Next?
A normal hip X-ray means your bones look intact, but it does not rule out a problem.
Hip Pain From Cycling: Bike Fit, Bursitis and the Hip Flexor
Cycling hip pain usually comes from bike fit and repetition.
Hip Pain From Golf: Lead Hip, Trail Hip and How to Keep Playing
Golf hip pain usually comes from the rotation the swing demands.
Hip Pain From Sitting at a Desk All Day
Yes, long hours of sitting can aggravate hip pain, especially with impingement, labral tears or gluteal tendon problems.
Hip Pain From Squats: Pinching in the Crease of the Hip
A sharp pinch in the front of the hip at the bottom of a squat is the classic pattern of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), where the hip bones meet too early in deep bending.
Hip Pain in Women: Menopause, Bursitis and What Else It Could Be
Hip pain in women is most often caused by gluteal tendinopathy, the tendon problem usually called hip bursitis, which peaks between ages 40 and 60.
Hip Pain Radiating Down Your Leg: Is It Your Hip or Sciatica?
Hip pain that radiates down the leg can come from the hip joint or from a pinched nerve in the lower back.
Hip Pain: Exercises to Avoid (and What to Do Instead)
The exercises to avoid depend on the cause.
Hip Replacement Recovery Time: Week by Week
Most people walk with a walker before leaving the hospital or surgery center, stop needing it within 2 to 4 weeks, and return to light daily activities in 3 to 6 weeks.
How Long Does a Hip Replacement Last?
Most hip replacements last 20 years or more.
How Long Does Hip Bursitis Last (and Why Won't Mine Go Away)?
With the right exercise program, many people with hip bursitis improve noticeably within about two months.
How to Tell if You Tore (or Pulled) Your Hip Flexor
A torn or pulled hip flexor causes pain at the front of the hip that is worse when you lift your knee, sometimes with bruising or a limp.
How to Tell if You Tore Your Hip Labrum
A torn hip labrum usually causes deep groin or front-of-hip pain that worsens with sitting, pivoting and deep bending, often with clicking, catching or locking.
How to Tell if Your Hip Pain Is Serious
Hip pain is serious if you cannot put weight on the leg, the leg looks shortened or turned out after a fall, the joint is hot and swollen with fever, or the pain is sudden and severe.
Is Hip Pain at Night a Sign of Cancer?
Hip pain at night is rarely a sign of cancer.
Is It Normal for Your Hips to Pop?
Yes, hip popping is often normal.
Is My Hip Pain Muscle, Joint or Bone?
Muscle pain usually follows a specific strain, hurts with one stretch or movement and improves within a few weeks.
Should I Go to the ER for Hip Pain?
Go to the ER for hip pain after a fall if you cannot stand or the leg looks shortened or turned out, if a replaced hip suddenly pops out, if a hot swollen hip comes with fever, or if back pain comes with groin numbness or bladder changes.
Sudden Hip Pain Without an Injury: What Causes It?
Sudden hip pain without an injury is most often a flare of tendon or bursa irritation on the outer hip, an arthritis flare, a labral tear or pain referred from the lower back.
What Does Hip Arthritis Feel Like?
Hip arthritis usually feels like a deep ache in the groin or front of the thigh, with stiffness after sitting and first thing in the morning.
Which Sleeping Position Helps Hip Pain?
For most hip pain, sleeping on the side that does not hurt with a pillow between your knees is a good start.
Why Does My Hip Hurt After Running?
Hip pain after running usually comes from overload of a tendon, muscle or joint structure, and where it hurts is the most useful clue.
Why Does My Hip Hurt When I Lie on My Side?
Hip pain when you lie on your side is most often caused by greater trochanteric pain syndrome, an irritation of the gluteal tendons and the bursa on the outer hip.
Why Does My Hip Hurt When I Stand Up After Sitting?
Hip pain when you stand up after sitting is often start-up pain from early hip arthritis, which stiffens the joint at rest and loosens with movement.
Why Does My Hip Hurt When I Walk?
Hip pain when you walk usually comes from one of three places: the hip joint itself (arthritis, a labral tear or impingement), the tendons and bursa on the outside of the hip, or the lower back.
Yoga and Hip Pain: Poses That Help and Poses That Hurt
Yoga can help many people with hip pain by building strength, balance and comfortable mobility.
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