The hip is surrounded by powerful muscles; disorders of these muscles and their associated tendons and bursas are frequently seen in athletes. The muscles usually affected include the hamstrings posteriorly; the adductor muscles of the medial thigh; the muscles that cross the anterior aspect of the hip and flex it, notably, the iliopsoas; and on the lateral side, the gluteus medius and minimus (with its associated trochanteric bursa) and tensor fascia lata (and its broad expansion into the iliotibial band). These muscles are important not only for moving the hip but also for stabilizing the pelvis, and thus, once injured, can produce symptoms even with minimal activity. Happily, most disorders of the muscles, tendons and bursas around the hip are self-limited and resolve with rest and other mild treatments.
In this section, the following tendon-related disorders will be considered:
- Hamstring injury,
- Adductor strain,
- Snapping hip syndrome,
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome,
- Iliotibial band syndrome.
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