Your hips are the powerful hinge at the center of nearly every movement you make, so when one starts to ache, pinch, or stiffen, it is felt in almost everything you do. Hip pain can make walking feel labored, turn stairs into an obstacle, and even disrupt your sleep when you cannot find a comfortable side to lie on. Left alone, it tends to quietly narrow how much you move and how well you rest.
At Mast Health, we treat hip pain as part of a connected system that includes the lower back, pelvis, and legs, because that is so often where the real trouble begins. By finding what is throwing your hip off balance and correcting it, we help calm the pain and protect the joint. Our approach is drug free, noninvasive, and focused on restoring the easy, confident movement your hips are built for.
Once we know what is driving your pain, Dr. Nenos works to correct the alignment and movement patterns pulling the hip out of balance. Restoring smooth, even motion to the joint is what takes the abnormal strain off it and allows the surrounding tissue to calm down.
Hip pain is often tangled up with the lower back and pelvis, and the spot that hurts is frequently not where the problem starts. We evaluate the hip together with the spine, pelvis, and legs to trace your pain to its true source rather than treating the symptom alone.
Relief is only part of the goal, so we also focus on rebuilding the strength and stability that keep the hip healthy. This helps protect you from the same problem returning and lets you walk, bend, and stay active without guarding the joint.
Hip pain is often met with rest and anti inflammatory pills, which may quiet a flare but leave the underlying mechanics untouched. Chiropractic care looks at why the hip is being loaded unevenly in the first place. Book a visit at our N Dale Mabry clinic and let our team find what is really driving your hip pain.
Many Tampa patients are surprised to learn how closely the hip, pelvis, and lower back work together, and how often hip pain traces back to one of its neighbors. By restoring balanced alignment and motion across that whole region and easing the muscles that pull the joint out of track, we relieve the strain at its source. Schedule your appointment and get back to moving comfortably.
Do not let hip pain limit your steps or your sleep. We offer same day scheduling and weekend appointments for Tampa patients dealing with acute hip pain.
The hip is one of the largest and most stable joints in the body, but it never works in isolation. It sits at the crossroads of the pelvis, the lower spine, and the legs, and it depends on all of them moving well to do its job smoothly. When the pelvis is tilted, the lower back is restricted, or the muscles around the joint are tight and imbalanced, the hip is forced to move in ways it was not designed to, and that uneven loading is behind a great deal of chronic hip pain.
This is why focusing only on the hip so often falls short. You can rest and ice the joint, but if the pelvis and lower back keep pulling it off track with every step, the irritation returns as soon as you get moving again. Restoring balanced motion and alignment across the whole region is what relieves the abnormal stress on the hip and lets the joint and its surrounding tissues settle.
At Mast Health, Dr. Nenos evaluates the hip together with the pelvis, lower spine, and legs, along with the way you walk, to find the true source of your pain. From there he uses targeted, gentle methods to restore proper alignment and motion, addressing the cause of your hip pain rather than just calming the joint for a day. Because he treats the whole picture, the relief tends to last.
Hip pain can come from the joint itself, the surrounding muscles and tendons, or from the pelvis and lower back nearby. Pinpointing the cause is the first step toward real relief. The drivers we see most often in Tampa include:
When the pelvis or lumbar spine is out of balance, the hip absorbs the uneven load, one of the most common and overlooked sources of ongoing hip pain.
Inflammation of the bursa or tendons on the outer hip produces pain that can make lying on that side or climbing stairs especially uncomfortable.
Years of wear can thin the cartilage in the hip joint, leading to stiffness, reduced motion, and a deep ache with activity.
Tight or weak muscles around the hip and glutes change how the joint moves and can pull it into painful patterns over time.
Long hours on your feet, running, and repetitive activity can gradually irritate the joint and the soft tissue around it.
A previous injury to the hip, back, or leg that healed with altered mechanics can quietly overload the joint for years before it flares.
Dr. Nenos treats hip pain by addressing the whole region, not just the joint that hurts. Calming the hip matters, but correcting the alignment and mechanics around it is what keeps the pain from returning. A hip care plan typically includes:
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Precise, gentle adjustments that restore proper alignment and motion across the hip, pelvis, and lumbar spine, taking the uneven load off the joint and the tissue around it.
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Hands on work that releases the tight glute, hip, and thigh muscles pulling the joint out of balance, improving how it moves and easing the irritation.
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A targeted program that strengthens the glutes, core, and hips, improves how you move, and rebuilds the stability that protects the joint and keeps the problem from coming back.
When you are looking for a chiropractor in Tampa, the difference is in the expertise. Dr. Nenos is not just a practicing chiropractor. He teaches chiropractic technique at the National University of Health Sciences and is one of the Tampa Bay area’s only board certified chiropractic neurologists. That means every patient receives academic level precision and a depth of diagnostic skill you will not find at a typical clinic, all from one doctor who personally treats you at every visit.
As one of the Tampa Bay area's only board certified chiropractic neurologists, Dr. Nenos brings a level of diagnostic skill that is rare in a community clinic, which sharpens how he reads your movement and mechanics.
We are in Fountain Oaks Plaza at 6800 N Dale Mabry Hwy, easy to reach from Carrollwood, Northdale, Town 'N' Country, Westchase, Lutz, and Temple Terrace.
A painful hip should not have to wait until Monday. We are open Saturdays and Sundays and offer same day scheduling for urgent needs.
Dr. Nenos personally evaluates and treats you at every visit, from your first assessment through your last adjustment.
Have questions before booking your first visit? You are not alone. Below are answers to the questions we hear most often from new patients at Mast Health. If you do not see yours, call us at (813) 807-7463 or stop by our Tampa clinic at 6800 N Dale Mabry Hwy and we will be glad to help.
Yes. A great deal of hip pain comes from how the joint is loaded by the pelvis, lower back, and legs. By correcting the alignment and movement patterns across that region and easing the muscles that pull the hip out of balance, chiropractic care helps relieve the pain and protect the joint, often without medication.
Much hip pain develops gradually from mechanics rather than a single injury. A tilted pelvis, a restricted lower back, or tight and weak muscles around the joint can slowly overload the hip until it becomes painful, even though the hip itself was never directly hurt.
Sometimes, yes. The hip, pelvis, and lower spine are so closely connected that pain in one region often originates in another. A thorough evaluation helps determine whether your pain is coming from the hip joint itself, the surrounding muscles, or the lower back, so care targets the right source.
Hip pain following a significant fall or injury, pain with an inability to bear weight, or a hip that is severely swollen or deformed should be evaluated promptly, and we will refer you for imaging or a specialist when your symptoms call for it.
You do not have to brace against every step or lose sleep over a hip that will not settle. If hip pain is limiting how you move, addressing the mechanics behind it with conservative chiropractic care may be exactly what you need. It is a natural, noninvasive way to take the strain off the joint and rebuild the comfortable, confident movement your hips are meant for.
Book your visit with Mast Health in Tampa to get a clear evaluation and a plan built for your hip. Weekend appointments are available, and we are glad to welcome new patients with and without insurance.