Weeks 1–2
Pain
Calm the pain down.
Hands-on techniques calm the irritated bursa or labrum and ease the guarding, starting your very first visit.
What We Treat
Hip pain treatment in Cherry Hill & Burlington.
That pinch when you cross your legs to tie your shoes: hip bursitis, labral tears, flexors too tight to trust.
Sound Familiar?
Does this sound like you?
- That pinch in your hip crease every time you get out of the car
- Crossing your legs to tie your shoes and feeling the catch first
- Rolling onto that side at night and waking yourself up
- A dull ache along the outside of your hip after a short walk
- Climbing stairs one leg at a time because your hip doesn’t trust the load
- Needing a second to steady yourself standing up from a low chair
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
Hip pain is a symptom. Something causes it.
Your hip doesn’t hurt for no reason. And it’s almost never just one thing. It’s usually some mix of four culprits: an inflamed bursa cushioning the outside of the hip. A labrum, the hip’s cartilage ring, that’s irritated and catching. Tight hip flexors pulling the joint out of its ideal position. And glute muscles that quietly weakened, shifting more load onto the joint itself.
None of that shows up on a quick glance. It takes a real, cause-first evaluation to sort out which one is actually driving your pain. That’s why rest, ice, or a generic stretching sheet so often falls short: they treat the symptom, not the source. Find the real cause, and the fix gets obvious.
The Honest Truth
Waiting on a hip doesn’t make it wait on you.
If you keep waiting
- Your low back and knee start picking up the slack, and start hurting too
- Nights get harder, you run out of sides to sleep on
- You shorten your stride to avoid the pinch, which weakens the muscles supposed to support the joint
If you start this week
- You know the actual cause by the end of visit one
- Hands-on relief starts before you leave the building
- You get a plan with an endpoint: a real one, not an open tab of visits
Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built for your hip.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for a hip like yours.
Weeks 2–6
Prime
Get your motion back.
Targeted mobility work restores rotation and reach in the hip joint that’s been guarding itself.
Weeks 6–10
Perform
Make it strong enough to trust.
Progressive glute and hip strengthening rebuilds the stability your joint was missing.
Weeks 10+
Prevent
Return better than before.
Walking, stairs, and getting-up-from-a-chair mechanics get tested under real load before you’re cleared to go all-in: that’s the endpoint, not just another appointment.
Every staff member was professional and pleasant. My physical therapist was knowledgeable, informative, and made me feel comfortable through the therapy process. I made great progress through therapy, and learned how to help myself and continue my progress independently. I wholeheartedly recommend Specialized Physical Therapy.
Shared by Camille I. · Hip pain
Week 1: needed a hand on the door frame to get out of the car
Week 8: back to walking the boardwalk pain-free
Hip pain
8 weeks
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for hip pain.
Usually not, and it’s rarely the first step. Most hip pain improves without imaging, and studies consistently find labral wear and arthritis on scans of hips that don’t hurt at all, so a scan doesn’t always point to the real cause. We start with a hands-on evaluation to find what’s actually driving your symptoms, and if imaging ever becomes genuinely necessary, we’ll help you get it. You don’t have to wait on a scan to start feeling better.
Yes, in most cases movement helps more than rest does. Hurt doesn’t always mean harm, total rest tends to make a hip stiffer and weaker, which sets up the next flare-up. The key is dosing the right movement for your specific hip, which is exactly what a Doctor of PT sorts out at your evaluation, then progresses safely as you improve.
Most patients feel meaningful change within 4–6 visits. A full plan for hip pain runs through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent, typically over 8–10 weeks, depending on how long you’ve been dealing with it. Either way, you get a plan with an endpoint: you’ll always know which phase you’re in and what’s left, not an open-ended string of appointments.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Thu 8am–7pm, Fri 8am–2pm
- Prefer to talk now? Call either office. Cherry Hill 856-424-0993 Burlington 609-880-0880
- Same-week appointments available
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Typical response: under 2 business hours
Step 1 of 6
Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time. Most people are on the schedule same week.
Visit Us
Care this good, this close.
Specialized Physical Therapy – Cherry Hill
Specialized Physical Therapy – Burlington
- 11 Cadillac Road, Burlington, NJ 08016 (opens in a new tab)
- 609-880-0880
- Fax: 609-227-4423
- frontdesk@specializedphysicaltherapy.com
- Mon–Thu 8am–7pm, Fri 8am–2pm