Hip Pain & Injury Clinics in Canada

Hip pain in athletes is treated by Canadian physiotherapists with targeted hip flexor and glute strengthening, manual therapy for hip joint mobility, and sport-specific movement retraining. Kinesiology tape can support the hip flexors and reduce pain during running or cycling. Hip impingement (FAI), labral tears, and bursitis each require condition-specific rehabilitation programs.

Hip flexor strains and bursitis typically respond in 4–8 weeks of physiotherapy. Hip labral tears can take 3–6 months of conservative management — some require surgical repair followed by 4–6 months of post-op rehab. Hip impingement with physiotherapy-based exercise has good evidence for reducing pain and improving function without surgery in many patients.

Kinesiology tape applied to the hip flexor region (along the iliopsoas and rectus femoris) can reduce muscle tension and pain during running, cycling, and kicking activities. Canadian physiotherapists and athletic therapists commonly use it for hip flexor strains in runners and soccer players. It's most effective in the return-to-sport phase alongside progressive strengthening.

See a sports medicine doctor for hip pain if you have deep groin pain with hip rotation that hasn't improved after 6 weeks of physiotherapy, if you're a young athlete with unexplained hip pain limiting sport, or if there's concern for a stress fracture. Sports medicine physicians can order hip MRI or CT scan to rule out labral tears, impingement, or avulsion fractures.