Massage for Hip Pain. Does it Work? Everything you Need to Know.

Published: Sep 30, 2021 | Tag: Hip Pain

We all know that feeling after getting a massage. Relaxed, released and just a general sense of well-being. Even our chronic hip pain might settle down….for a bit.

Maybe for a day or two, or even a week. But just like clockwork, it returns. And right back to our massage therapist Hans or Esmeralda we go.

This is what we’re told to do. It seems that almost every well-respected physical therapist and fitness guru recommends “trigger-point” therapy or “deep tissue work” for hip pain. But eventually, we have to start thinking for ourselves. If any of this stuff actually worked and made permanent changes to your hip pain, why do we have to keep doing it?

Can Massage help hip pain?

Based on the introduction to this article, you would think I’m some type of anti-massage martyr. That’s not true. I just think it’s important to understand what massage can do for our hip pain and what it cannot.

I speak from personal experience. In my early-to-mid twenties I lived with chronic hip pain. Every morning before work and every evening after work, I would sit on a softball or lacrosse ball for 5-10 minutes. This went on for months until I started questioning this habit.

The solution isn't found in constant passive treatment, but in building resilience through movement and loading.