Snapping Hip Syndrome

Definition:
A condition in which you hear a snapping sound or feel a snapping sensation in your hip when you walk, run, get up from a chair, or swing your leg around. Snapping hip syndrome is classified by location of the snapping either articular or intra-articular.

Symptoms
  • Audible snapping or popping noise
  • Pain or discomfort in the hip
  • Pain often decreases with rest and diminished activity
  • Weakness in the hip
Causes
  • Repeated hip flexion (ballet dancers, gymnasts, horse riders, track and field athletes and soccer players, military training, or any vigorous exerciser)
  • Excessive weightlifting or running, the cause is usually attributed to extreme thickening of the tendons in the hip region
  • Snapping hip syndrome most often occurs in persons who are 15 to 40 years old
  • Muscle imbalance
Treatment
  • ROM and stretching
  • Hip stabilization exercises
  • Lower extremity strengthening
  • Core stabilization exercises
  • Posture program
  • Gait program
Snapping Hip Syndrome Phase I

Purchase Phase

  • Lotus
  • Adductor Straddle
  • Child Pose
  • Kneeling Hip Flexor
  • Prone Thomas Stretch
  • Single Leg Bridge
  • Hip IR ER Rotation With T-band
  • Prone Hip Extension Adduction Abduction T Band
  • Stationary Bike
  • Gait II

Snapping Hip Syndrome Phase II

Purchase Phase

  • Step Overs
  • Step Downs
  • Restorative Shoulder Quadrant
  • Sit Up Squat
  • Single Leg Balance
  • Kettle Bell Swings

Snapping Hip Syndrome Phase III

Purchase Phase

  • Bridge Marching
  • Glute Med Wall Sit
  • Step Overs In Mase
  • Single Leg Squat And Touch
  • T Band Defensive Slides
  • Speed Skaters
  • Lunge Walk Med Ball Rotation
  • 3-Dot Squat 2 Hands