
Hip Impingement
Hip pain due to impingement is a very common complaint in the sportsperson. The most likely positions that cause hip impingement are repetitive flexion, swinging the leg away from and across the midline of the body (i.e. abduction and adduction), and rotation or pivoting. Sports which increase the likelihood of injury are hockey, tennis and all football codes, but in recent years the increased popularity of high impact sports including running, obstacle races such as “tough m