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Hip Pain Treatment in
Mont Albert North, Melbourne
It aches when you sit too long. It flares on the stairs. It wakes you up when you roll onto it at night. Let's find out what's actually driving it.
Hip pain has a way of quietly taking over. It might have started as a niggle during training. Or it came on gradually, building through a long day, a run, or a heavy lifting session. Now it's there in the background most of the time, limiting what you can do and how hard you can train.
At Health & High Performance in Mont Albert North, Melbourne, we work with active people dealing with hip pain across a wide range of presentations. Whether it's lateral hip pain, deep groin pain, gluteal tendinopathy, or hip impingement, our approach is the same: understand what's actually loading the hip, and address that directly.
Why Hip Pain Is Rarely Straightforward
The plantar fascia is a load-bearing structure. Like a tendon, it responds to stress by adapting and getting stronger. But when the load placed on it consistently exceeds its current capacity to handle that load, it becomes irritable and painful.
The hip is one of the most load-tolerant joints in the body. It's designed for it. But it relies on a coordinated system: the glutes, hip flexors, deep hip rotators, and the trunk all contribute to how the joint is loaded with every step, squat, and stride.
When any part of that system isn't doing its job, the hip compensates. Over time, that compensation concentrates load on specific structures: the gluteal tendons at the side of the hip, the labrum deep in the joint, the hip flexor tendons at the front, or the joint itself. Pain follows.
This is why the hip pain that settles with rest tends to come back when training resumes. The load pattern that caused the problem is still there. Rest quieted the signal. It didn't change the mechanics or rebuild the capacity.
Our Approach to Hip Pain Rehabilitation
Thorough Assessment: Understanding the Full Load Picture
Hip pain presentations vary significantly, and the management needs to reflect the specific structures involved. Our assessment examines not just the hip itself but the whole kinetic chain: how load is generated and transferred through the trunk, pelvis, hip, and lower limb, and where the breakdown is occurring.
We use the AxIT System to objectively measure hip and glute strength, limb-to-limb symmetry, and load tolerance. Combined with a detailed movement assessment, this gives us a clear, data-informed picture of what's driving your pain rather than a generic diagnosis.
Targeted, Progressive Programming
Once we understand what's driving your pain, your program is built to address it specifically. That means targeted loading of the structures that need capacity, mobility work for areas that are limiting movement, and a progressive plan that systematically builds toward the demands of your training, sport, or daily life.
No generic hip exercises. A specific, periodised approach with clear criteria to advance through each stage.
Return to Full Activity
Whether your goal is getting back to training without your hip limiting you, returning to a sport, or simply moving through your day without pain, return to full activity is built into your program from the start. We set the target early and build toward it with intention.
Integrated Team Approach
For hip presentations that are complex, long-standing, or involve structural pathology identified on imaging, we work closely with your GP, sports physician, or orthopaedic specialist to ensure your management is fully coordinated. Surgery is rarely the first answer for hip pain. But where it is indicated, we'll make sure you're going in well-prepared and coming out with the best possible rehabilitation outcome.
Who We Help
We work with active people whose hip pain is limiting their training, performance, or quality of life:
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Runners and triathletes dealing with lateral hip pain or gluteal tendinopathy that flares with load
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CrossFit athletes and gym-goers whose hip pain is limiting squatting, hinging, or loading through the lower limb
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AFL, soccer, and field sport athletes managing hip flexor, groin, or labral presentations
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Office workers and desk-based professionals whose hip tightens through the day and limits what they can do outside work
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Anyone who has had hip pain for a long time, tried the standard stretching and strengthening routines, and is still not right
Why Choose Luke Nelson for Hip Pain Treatment in Melbourne?
Luke Nelson is a Sports Chiropractor with 20 years of clinical experience, a Masters in Sports Science, and a post-graduate diploma in Sports Chiropractic. As a certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, Luke brings a performance and load management lens to hip pain rehabilitation that goes well beyond symptom management and generic mobility work.
Luke has worked with Olympic runners, Ironman triathletes, and athletes across a wide range of disciplines. That breadth of experience at the elite level directly shapes the way he approaches every hip presentation, regardless of whether you compete professionally or just want to train and move without limitation.
Our clinic in Mont Albert North includes a full on-site rehabilitation facility, including assessment tools, rehab equipment, a treadmill with video motion analysis, and a high-performance gym, so your assessment, programming, and rehabilitation all happen in one place.
Book Your Hip Pain Assessment in Melbourne
If your hip has been limiting you longer than it should, or keeps coming back no matter what you try, it's time to get a clear picture of what's actually going on.
Our clinic is located in Mont Albert North, easily accessible from Balwyn, Box Hill, Kew, Doncaster, Surrey Hills, Hawthorn, and surrounding Melbourne eastern suburbs.
Online consultations are also available for patients across Victoria and Australia.
Ready to find out what's driving it and get a plan to fix it?