Weeks 1–2
Pain
Calm the pain down.
Hands-on work and joint mobilization to settle the irritated tissue and get you through a night without waking up on that side.
What We Treat
Hip pain treatment in Holland.
That pinch when you cross your legs to tie your shoes. Aching at night on one side. The hip is often compensating for something else.
Sound Familiar?
Does this sound like you?
- That pinch in the crease when you cross your legs to tie your shoes
- Aching at night, always on the same side
- Getting out of the car in two stages
- A groin ache you have been calling a strain for eight months
- Stairs that feel fine going up and awful coming down
- Sitting through a film and paying for it when you stand
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
Hips are usually compensating for something.
Hip pain comes from a handful of usual suspects: bursitis irritated by repeated load, a labrum that has been pinched by poor joint mechanics, hip flexors that are short and overworking, and glutes that quietly stopped contributing. Very often the hip is not the origin, it is the joint absorbing what the back or the foot is not handling.
That is why a hip stretch helps for an hour. A cause-first evaluation checks the joint itself and the chain above and below it, so the thing you treat is the thing that is actually causing it.
The Honest Truth
A hip that hurts changes how you walk, and that spreads.
If you keep waiting
- Your gait changes, and the knee and back start taking the load
- Glute weakness deepens, which is the exact thing keeping the joint irritable
- Bursitis and labral irritation both get more stubborn with time
If you start this week
- You know the actual cause by the end of visit one
- Hands-on relief starts before you leave the building
- The night pain is usually one of the first things to change
Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built for a hip.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here is what the four phases look like for hip pain.
Weeks 2–6
Prime
Get your motion back.
Restore range at the joint and release the hip flexors that have been holding the front of the hip short.
Weeks 6–10
Perform
Make it strong enough to trust.
Progressive glute and deep hip strengthening, because a hip that is properly supported stops getting pinched.
Weeks 10+
Prevent
Keep it from coming back.
Gait, load and the specific work that keeps this hip quiet through a long walk, a shift or a season.
Most people who come here have already been somewhere else. The difference is not effort, it is the evaluation: we look for what is causing it, then build a plan with an endpoint.
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Aching at night on the same side every time
Cause-first evaluation on visit one, not visit six
Hip Pain
6–12 weeks
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for hip pain.
The sciatic nerve runs from the lower spine through the hip and down the leg, so joint dysfunction or tight muscles in that area can compress or irritate it. It also means the hip is not always the origin, which is exactly why the evaluation looks at the back as well.
Usually not. A hands-on evaluation tells us how the joint is actually moving, which an image cannot. If your history or findings suggest imaging is genuinely needed, we will help you get it rather than guess.
Most people feel meaningful change within 4 to 6 visits. A full plan runs through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform and Prevent, typically over 6 to 12 weeks. You will always know which phase you are in and what is left.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Thu 8am–6pm · Fri 8am–12pm
- (616) 537-6613 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
- One-on-one, every visit
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Typical response: under 2 business hours
Step 1 of 5
Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time.
Visit Us
Care this good, this close.
Ruther Health + Wellness
- 454 Baypark Dr, Suite 10, Holland, MI 49424 (opens in a new tab)
- (616) 537-6613
- Fax: (616) 953-8926
- hello@rutherhealth.com
- Mon–Thu 8am–6pm · Fri 8am–12pm