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Til and Whitney discuss the misdiagnosis of lateral hip pain and provide insights on effective treatment strategies.

🎙 Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau) Til and Whitney unpack why the old “trochanteric bursitis” diagnosis is almost always wrong—and what that means for your hands-on treatment. ✨ Topics discussed include:• The shift from bursitis to tendinopathy: only about 8% of lateral hip cases involve true bursitis; the majority are gluteus medius/minimus tendinopathies compressed under the IT band• Why women are affected at a 4:1 ratio—declining estrogen, wider pelvis geometry, and IT band bowstringing• Why direct deep pressure on the greater trochanter can backfire—neural sprouting, pain prediction, and the GPR83 pathway• Smarter treatment: targeting gluteus maximus and TFL to reduce IT band compression, rather than trying to “loosen” the band itself• Simple assessment tools: the 30-second single leg stance, the shoelace test, and the bilateral night pain pattern• Stretching caution: why aggressive IT band stretching increases the very compression you’re trying to relieve 🌱 Sponsor Offers:• Jane App — Practice management built for health and wellness practitioners. Thinking Practitioner listeners get a free first month; enter code THINKING1MO at…

People in this episode

Host: Til Luchau

Guest: Whitney Lowe

Topics covered

• lateral hip pain
• bursitis
• tendinopathy
• treatment techniques
• assessment tools
• IT band compression

Keywords

• trochanteric bursitis
• gluteus medius
• IT band
• treatment
• assessment
• pain management

Sponsors

Jane App, Deep Roots Massage & Bodywork, ABMP

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