What is classified as “hip pain”?
Hip region pain may be felt in a few different areas, the most common being the lateral part of our hip (the outside or ‘pocket area’), posterior glute (mid buttock) or anterior (the front). A hip injury can also produce pain elsewhere in the body. So, just because you are feeling the pain in one of the above areas, does not always mean that the injury is actually coming from that location! Confusing hey!?!
There are many reasons for this, but one of the most common is known as referral pain. Referred pain is ‘pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus/origin’ and this is often related to the two areas having the same nerve supply and the brain getting a little mixed up about its origin.