Podcasts Health Tough to Treat Hip Pain In A Golfer: Why It's Not Going Away

Hip Pain In A Golfer: Why It's Not Going Away

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 8 a.m.

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In this short episode, Erica highlights the importance of center of mass by assessing a semi-competitive golfer with hip pain. He suffered an avulsion fracture of his iliopsoas tendon with resulting surgery. Two years later, he became symptomatic in his hip after golfing for consecutive days.\\xa0

Hip pain is quite common in golf because of the rotary nature of the sport, but you have to wonder why this happened. Here\\u2019s what you need to consider: After someone has an injury or even surgery, they will generally offload that side of their body. This is understandable, but the majority of people do NOT regain their center of mass because they have not trained this way.\\xa0

Golf is a sport of weight shifts and finding center with a narrow base of support. This short episode highlights why this is crucial and where his real driver was. Spoiler alert, it wasn\\u2019t his hip!

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A glance at this episode:

  • [2:39] The golfer\\u2019s history and his previous surgeries
  • [3:57] Erica\'s assessment and differential diagnosis
  • [6:08] The treatment plan and exercise progression
  • [8:30] What the patient\\u2019s primary and secondary drivers were

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