Massage Therapy for Hip Pain

Massage Therapy for Hip Pain

Hip pain can affect walking, climbing stairs, standing, and even sleeping. Tight or restricted muscles around the pelvis, lower back, and upper leg can influence how the hip functions. Treatment is directed toward the muscles that may be contributing to your specific problem. If you’re struggling with this condition, I’d be happy to discuss your symptoms and explain what I can and cannot help you with.

I also help clients with many other musculoskeletal concerns, including joint stiffness, sports recovery, and more.

FAQs

Of course, I can’t guarantee anything. But what I can tell you is that my approach is very different than what you’ve experienced before.

I specialize in Site-Specific Deep Tissue Massage. This allows you and I to spend the time necessary working specifically on the area causing your problems.

Deep tissue is not just heavier pressure. Many therapists treat it that way, but that’s not how I perform it. To properly reach the deeper muscle tissue, I first have to take the time to work through and soften the layers of tissue above it.

That’s one of the reasons I use Site-Specific Deep Tissue Massage. Instead of trying to cover too much of the body at once, we spend our time working specifically on your primary problem area.

As we make progress, we can then broaden the scope and work on other muscles and areas that are contributing to the problem.

Pain is not always felt exactly where the problem originates. Tight or restricted muscles, trigger points, compensation, fascia, and surrounding soft tissue can all influence where discomfort is felt.

This is one reason I don’t automatically assume that the place you point to is the only place that needs attention. What I find when evaluating the area helps determine where the problem may actually be coming from and what needs to be worked on.

I’m feeling for differences in the muscle tissue—areas that are unusually tight, restricted, tender, or simply don’t feel the same as healthy tissue.

I’m also looking for trigger points and paying attention to how the tissue responds while I’m working on it. As an area begins to release, that response gives me additional information about where I need to work next.