Episode 9 - 1 in 2 Physios Miss This Common Hip Condition. Let's Fix That

Half of all physiotherapists are missing it. Are you?In Episode 9 of Straight from the Hip, Benoy and Callum tackle one of the most under-diagnosed conditions in active adults — hip osteoarthritis. Not in your 70-year-old patient shufflingtowards a hip replacement. In your 35-year-old male athlete. Your 42-year-old female runner. The patients who are quietly losing capacity, reducing their activity, and drifting towards inactivity — while being told it's tight hip flexors or weak glutes. This episode dismantles the myths, challenges the guidelines, and gives you the clinical tools to catch hip OA earlier — because earlier recognition means better outcomes, full stop. What you'll take away:•      Why the NICE guideline age cut-off of 45 is a guideline— not gospel•      The key subjective and objective features of early hipOA in active adults•      How to separate symptomatic OA from radiological OA(and why imaging may not change a thing)•      How hip OA, GTPS, and tendinopathy coexist — and what'sactually driving the presentation•      The labelling debate: when a diagnosis empowers, andwhen it terrifies•      Three clinical scenarios that actually warrant imaging Stop waiting for the limp and the walking stick. The patients you're missing look nothing like that.