Hip Pain?

[PressesPeople]

I had a similar hip pain, which I nullified by shortening the distance between my feet while squatting. Thing is, when I first started squatting, I was using my hip's inflexibility as a sort of "stretch reflex" (which obviously it wasn't). So basically, I was crashing bones into each other in order to shoot out of the bottom of the squat. But upon realizing this was the problem, I shortened my stance a little bit and most importantly, pointed my feet out more. Also, for some reason, it really helped to decrease the pain once my squat got high. Almost as if the high weight caused a growth stimulus of cartilage where the bones were originally grinding.

[Steve Hill]

There will be a period of recovery / rehab depending on what the findings are. Usually, there will be some growth on the neck of the femur that will have to be removed. In addition, the labrum will not heal on its own - it must be repaired. Some people (myself among them) can go for some time with reduced activity and be relatively pain-free, though there is a risk in delaying treatment as early onset osteoarthritis in the joint is possible.

If you search the forum for labrum and look for posts by me you can find more detail.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Matt Reynolds just posted about hip pain as well. Search for him.