What We Treat

Hip pain treatment in Shreveport.

The pinch when you stand up from a chair. The ache that wakes you when you roll onto that side. It’s fixable, and it starts with an evaluation that finds the cause, not a guess.

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Sound Familiar?

Does this sound like you?

  • A pinch in the front of your hip every time you get out of the car
  • An ache on the outside of your hip that makes sleeping on that side impossible
  • Pain that travels into your buttock or down the back of your leg
  • Stairs you now take one at a time
  • Stiffness that turns putting on socks and shoes into a project
  • A hamstring that tightens up every time you pick up the pace

Two or more? Keep reading.

Why It Happens

Hip pain is a symptom. Something causes it.

Hip pain comes from more places than most people expect. An irritated bursa on the outside of the hip. A tight IT band or piriformis muscle pulling on the joint or pressing on the sciatic nerve. A hamstring strain that never fully healed. Wear in the joint itself. And sometimes the pain you feel in your hip is actually coming from your low back.

Each of those needs a different plan, which is why a generic stretching sheet so often falls short. Your evaluation sorts out which one is driving your pain. And if you’re recovering from a hip replacement, traditional or anterior approach, we build your plan around that surgery.

The Honest Truth

Waiting on a hip doesn’t make it wait on you.

If you keep waiting

  • Your knee and low back start picking up the slack, and start hurting too
  • You change how you walk to avoid the pain, and the limp becomes a habit
  • You move less, and the muscles that support your hip get weaker

If you start this week

  • By the end of your evaluation, you know what’s driving the pain
  • Treatment can start at your very first visit
  • You get a plan with an endpoint: a real one, not an open tab of visits

The sooner you start, the sooner you know exactly what you’re dealing with.

How We Fix It

The same four phases. Built for your hip.

Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for a hip.

Phase 1

Pain

Calm the pain down.

Hands-on techniques, including dry needling for tight muscles like the piriformis, take the edge off so you can move again.

Phase 2

Prime

Get your motion back.

Joint mobilization and targeted stretching restore the hip motion you’ve been guarding.

Phase 3

Perform

Make it strong enough to trust.

Progressive strengthening for your glutes, hips, and core rebuilds the support the joint was missing.

Phase 4

Prevent

Return better than before.

Walking, stairs, and the movements you care about get tested before you’re done, with gait retraining if your stride changed: that’s the endpoint, not just another appointment.

Related Conditions

Pain rarely stays in one place.

Compensation patterns often show up nearby. Here’s what else we treat.

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Low Back Pain

Pain that starts in your back and shows up in your hip.

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Knee Pain

When the hip stops doing its share, the knee often pays for it.

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Arthritis

Stiff, achy joints that make the first steps of the day the hardest.

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Questions, Answered

What people ask before booking for hip pain.

Yes. Pain from the low back can travel into the buttock and down the leg, which is why sciatica is often mistaken for a hip problem. Your evaluation checks both your hip and your back, so we treat the true source, not just the spot where you feel it.

Yes. We work with patients recovering from both traditional and anterior approach hip replacements. Your plan follows your surgeon’s guidelines as you rebuild strength and confidence walking.

No. Louisiana allows direct access to physical therapy, so in many cases you can start without seeing a physician first. If you do have a referral, bring it with you. Questions before then? Call us at (318) 222-7442.

New patient evaluations typically last about 60 minutes, and follow-up sessions typically run 45 to 60 minutes. We verify your insurance benefits before your first visit, so you know what to expect.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back during office hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Mon–Fri, 7:45 AM–5:00 PM
  • (318) 222-7442 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • Often seen within 24 hours

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