Hip Pain

Hip pain can follow you from the car to the couch to the bed, and getting up and moving can start to feel like work.

About hip pain

Discomfort can be felt in the hip, groin, buttock, or upper thigh and may affect walking, standing, or sleeping.

How the hip works, and why it hurts

The hip is a deep ball-and-socket joint that carries your weight with every step. Cartilage lines the joint, a ring of tissue called the labrum deepens the socket, and tendons and bursae around the outside help the muscles glide. Because pain can be felt in the groin, the outer hip or the buttock, and can also be referred from the low back or knee, it helps to work out where it is coming from.

Common patterns

These are some of the patterns people describe:

• Arthritis: a groin ache, morning stiffness and less ease turning the leg in or out.
• Outer hip pain: soreness on the side of the hip, often worse lying on that side, linked to tendon or bursa irritation.
• Catching or pinching: a sharp pain or click with pivoting or deep bending.
• Referred pain: hip or buttock pain that actually starts in the lower back or sacroiliac joint.

What tends to make it better or worse

Long sitting, stairs, hills, sleeping on the sore side and sudden increases in walking or running tend to aggravate hip pain. Staying active within comfort, changing positions often and strengthening the hips and core under a professional is usually helpful.

When to see a provider first

Please get checked by a qualified healthcare provider before booking if any of these apply:

• You cannot put weight on the leg, or the pain started after a fall.
• You have sudden severe pain, or the leg looks shortened or turned out.
• You have reduced blood supply to the head of the thigh bone (the hip).
• The joint is hot, red and swollen, especially with a fever.
• You have calf pain or swelling, which can be a blood clot.
• You have had hip or other surgery recently and your surgeon has not cleared you.

Why people choose High-Pressure Cryotherapy (HPC) for hip pain

HPC is a drug-free approach. There are no drugs, no needles and no incisions, and sessions are quick, so it fits into a normal day.

• Drug-free, needle-free and incision-free.
• Treatment takes about 3 to 6 minutes per area.
• Your first visit includes a free consultation, and same-day appointments are often available.
• We only treat if we think we can help.
• It can be used alongside your existing care plan.

What a visit looks like

Every visit starts with a free consultation. We ask about your history, where it hurts and what you have already tried. A first visit usually takes 10 to 20 minutes including the consultation. Treatment itself takes about 3 to 6 minutes per area.

We recommend four to five sessions, then we reassess together. If there is no meaningful improvement, we suggest seeing a qualified healthcare provider. Results vary, and we only treat if we think we can help.

How High-Pressure Cryotherapy (HPC) may help

High-Pressure Cryotherapy (HPC) uses high-pressure carbon dioxide (CO₂) to rapidly cool the skin over a specific treatment area. For hip pain, treatment is applied over the painful area and takes a few minutes. Many people tell us the hip feels less sore or moves more comfortably afterward, which may make walking, stairs and getting in and out of the car easier. Results vary, and we only treat if we think we can help. If you would like to find out whether HPC may help your hip pain, the consultation is free and same-day appointments are often available. It cannot change the underlying cause of hip pain, but it treats the area that hurts and may help many people manage inflammation and symptoms.

Every treatment begins with a free consultation. Typical treatment takes about 3–6 minutes per area. HPC is not a substitute for medical care and does not replace a diagnosis.

A drug-free, needle-free option

Treatment around the hip stays on the surface of the skin. There are no needles, no medication and no incisions.

No drugs. No needles. No incisions. No downtime. And we only treat if we think we can help.

Talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment.

Watch a treatment

Real New York Cryogen treatment footage. Treatment area, comfort, and results vary by patient. A free consultation helps determine whether this is a fit.

Inside a treatment

Real New York Cryogen treatment photos. Treatment area, comfort, and results vary by patient.

Frequently asked questions

This page is educational and is not medical advice. Individual results vary.