Hip Pain Treatment in Costa Mesa, CA

Groin pain that is worse with hip flexion, rotation, or a deep squat raises the hip joint, the labrum, or the hip flexors as questions. Pain on the outer hip, tender over the gluteal tendons and worse when you lie on that side or stand on one leg, is often a tendon problem. Buttock pain is the least specific of the three.

Buttock pain can be lumbar, sacroiliac, deep hip rotator, or the hip joint referring backward. Pinching the spot and deciding is how people get the wrong plan. The region tells you where to start the exam.

The sacroiliac joint can refer into the buttock and sometimes the groin, and it can hurt with transitional movements such as standing up or rolling in bed. A single tender point next to the joint is not a diagnosis. A cluster of provocation tests is used, and even that cluster is read with the lumbar exam, not instead of it.

Dr. Tara Kohen, D.C. will not tell you every buttock pain is the SI joint. If the tests do not gather around that joint, the label is dropped. Lower back pain patterns, especially extension or flexion intolerance, are compared on the same visit so a lumbar driver is not renamed as pelvic.

Lumbar referral is more likely when spine motion changes the buttock pain and the hip joint moves relatively freely. Hip joint pain is more likely when rotation of the hip reproduces the groin or buttock pain and the spine does not. Nerve tension testing is added if the pain travels below the knee.

Both a lumbar scan and a hip scan can show age-related changes at the same time. The exam decides which one matches today's pain. Treating the film with the larger sentence is not a method. Functional Restoration Institute would rather be specific and occasionally uncertain than confidently wrong.

Gait and postural analysis looks at whether you drop the pelvis on one leg, shorten the stride, or turn the foot out to protect a side. Those habits can persist after the joint is calmer and keep reloading it. They are findings, not character flaws.

Corrective exercise then trains the hip and trunk in the pattern you failed, often a single-leg task or a hinge that does not provoke the groin. Neuromuscular Rehabilitation is the pillar for that piece. Joint care, if used, is there to make the exercise possible.

You will point to groin, buttock, or outer hip, then move the spine and the hip separately so the two are not blurred. Provocation tests for the pelvis are done as a group. You should hear which region led and which was set aside.

Exercise starts once that split is clear enough to load something safely. The office is out of network and can provide a superbill if you use an HSA or FSA. No one will claim the sacroiliac joint was your problem simply because the buttock was the part that hurt.

The usual drive is the 55 south to the 73, then toward Mission Viejo and La Alameda. From the Westside, some people prefer the 405 south to the 73. About 16 miles and 25 to 40 minutes. The address is 26400 La Alameda, Suite 100, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. Parking on site. Open Monday through Thursday, 9 to 6.

Afternoon returns to Costa Mesa on the 55 are slow. A morning visit is kinder to a fresh neck exam and to your schedule. Call (949) 312-1754. If you work a retail shift at South Coast Plaza, bring that standing schedule to the history. It changes how we dose a plantar fascia or low back plan.

Shoulder pain, neck pain, and knee pain cover a lot of the training and work injuries. Whiplash after a freeway crash needs a careful exam and, often, coordination with other clinicians. Functional movement screening is useful for people who train hard and still cannot explain a recurring tweak.

Gut and hormone questions are welcome in the same practice. Food sensitivities and hormonal imbalance each have their own explanation so we are not pretending a adjustment will answer them. The Costa Mesa chiropractor page is the overview.

Out of network, superbill, HSA/FSA. No referral. Bring imaging if a physician already ordered it after a crash. Do not wait on a lawyer to be examined if you are hurting, and do not expect us to manage the legal side of a claim.

The doctors are Drs. Sani and Tara Kohen. Biographies are on the about page. The clinic itself is on the office page. The complimentary consultation is 20 minutes if you want to compare this model with a high-volume office closer to Harbor Boulevard.

Costa Mesa is physically split. The Westside and the streets around the LAB and the action-sports shops mean standing, lifting, and a younger training culture. The Eastside and Mesa Verde are more residential. South Coast Plaza adds retail shifts on hard floors. The 55 freeway is the spine of the commute for people heading inland. Neck and low back complaints often belong to that freeway. Shoulder and knee complaints often belong to training or to a job on your feet. We ask which Costa Mesa, because the city is not one ergonomic story.

Action sports and gym culture also mean people arrive having already tried a lot of soft tissue. If you have had months of massage without a change in the movement that hurts, say what was actually done. ART and IASTM are specific tools. They are not a more expensive version of a general rub, and they are not always the right next step.