A GP guide to lateral hip pain
How to approach the assessment, diagnosis and management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome.
Need to know:
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome is the clinical diagnosis of lateral hip pain.
It is typically a result of pathology in the gluteus medius and minimus tendons and, less frequently, associated bursae.7-9
Pain is usually associated with compression of the gluteal tendons against the greater trochanter in positions involving hip adduction, such as sitting cross-legged.10
