What We Treat

Hip Pain treatment in Burleson.

That pinch when you cross your legs to tie your shoes: hip bursitis, labral tears, flexors too tight to trust. It's fixable, and it starts with a cause-first evaluation, not a guess.

Hip bursitis Labral tears Tight flexors Talk to a Specialist

Sound Familiar?

Does this sound like you?

  • Tying your shoes means crossing your leg and bracing for the pinch
  • Getting out of the car after a long drive takes an extra second
  • Sleeping on that side isn't an option with this hip anymore
  • Climbing stairs, that ache flares on the way up, not down
  • Standing up from a low chair or couch takes real effort now
  • Favoring one side when you walk, without meaning to

Two or more? Keep reading.

Why It Happens

Hip Pain is a symptom. Something causes it.

Hip pain often comes from the labrum, the cartilage rim that stabilizes the joint, the bursa, a cushioning sac that can get irritated, or tight hip flexors compensating for glutes that aren't pulling their weight.

When the muscles around your hip don't share the load evenly, the joint itself absorbs impact it wasn't built to absorb. A cause-first evaluation sorts out which of those is actually driving your pain.

Physical therapist guiding a patient's bent knee toward the chest to assess hip flexion and mobility

The Honest Truth

Waiting on it doesn't make it wait on you.

If you keep waiting

  • Your knee and low back start compensating for the hip you're favoring, and start aching too
  • Getting up from low chairs and out of the car keeps getting harder
  • You start avoiding stairs, floors, and anything that bends at the hip

If you start this week

  • You know exactly what's driving the pinch in your hip by the end of visit one
  • Hands-on work starts easing the irritated joint before you leave the building
  • You get a plan with an endpoint, not a limp you've learned to live with

You're the one who gets down on the floor with the grandkids without a second thought. Which is exactly why you haven't mentioned how hard it is to get back up. Nobody regrets starting early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting this long.

How We Fix It

The same four phases. Built for hip pain.

Every plan has an endpoint. Here's what the four phases look like.

Weeks 1–2

Pain

Calm the hip down.

Hands-on techniques calm the irritated joint and take the edge off, starting your very first visit.

Weeks 2–6

Prime

Get your hip moving again.

Targeted mobility work restores the range of motion that's been quietly guarded since this started.

Weeks 6–10

Perform

Build a hip strong enough to trust.

Progressive strengthening builds the glute and core stability that was missing in the first place.

Weeks 10+

Prevent

Return better than before.

Real-world squatting, stairs, and walking get tested under load before you're cleared to go all-in, that's the endpoint, not just another appointment.

Amazing doctor and staff! Always there to help in any way and then some. I love the family feeling you get there and the interest everyone has not only in you the patient but your family and friends. The doctor even went as far as helping me find a piece of exercise equipment on marketplace for my home. Burleson, Texas is very fortunate to have Dr. Pepper Physical Therapy in their town!

Julie G. · Hip Pain

Before: feeling like just another appointment on the schedule

After: a doctor who helped her find home workout equipment, because he cared that much

Hip Pain Google review

Related Conditions

Pain rarely stays in one place.

Compensation patterns often show up nearby. Here's what else we treat.

1

Hip Replacement Surgery

A new hip is the start of the comeback, not the end of it: recovery decides how well it actually moves.

Learn More 2

Knee Pain

Stairs make you think twice: runner's knee, ACL/MCL recovery, that ache on every squat.

Learn More 3

Low Back Pain

The hip and low back share the same muscles, so pain in one often traces back to the other.

Learn More

Questions, Answered

What people ask before booking for hip pain.

Usually not, and it's rarely the first step for hip pain. 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.

In most cases, yes, and movement helps more than rest does. Total rest tends to make the hip stiffer and the surrounding muscles weaker, which sets up the next flare-up. The key is dosing the right movement for you, 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 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.

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–Fri: 8 AM–5 PM
  • (817) 904-5070 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • Same-week appointments available

5.0 · 250+ Google reviews

Typical response: under 2 business hours

Step 1 of 5

So we know who to look for when you walk in.

Visit Us

Care this good, this close.

Dr. Pepper Physical Therapy

Take Me There Call Us