172: Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)

2026-06-10

🎙 Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau) Til and Whitney unpack why the old “trochanteric bursitis” diagnosis is almost always wrong—and what that means for your hands-on treatment. ✨ Topics discussed include:• The shift from bursitis to tendinopathy: only about 8% of lateral hip cases involve true bursitis; the majority are gluteus medius/minimus tendinopathies compressed under the IT band• Why women are affected at a 4:1 ratio—declining estrogen, wider pelvis geometry,...

🎙 Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)

Til and Whitney unpack why the old “trochanteric bursitis” diagnosis is almost always wrong—and what that means for your hands-on treatment.

✨ Topics discussed include:
• The shift from bursitis to tendinopathy: only about 8% of lateral hip cases involve true bursitis; the majority are gluteus medius/minimus tendinopathies compressed under the IT band
• Why women are affected at a 4:1 ratio—declining estrogen, wider pelvis geometry, and IT band bowstringing
• Why direct deep pressure on the greater trochanter can backfire—neural sprouting, pain prediction, and the GPR83 pathway
• Smarter treatment: targeting gluteus maximus and TFL to reduce IT band compression, rather than trying to “loosen” the band itself
• Simple assessment tools: the 30-second single leg stance, the shoelace test, and the bilateral night pain pattern
• Stretching caution: why aggressive IT band stretching increases the very compression you’re trying to relieve

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