For personal injury victims, hip pain is an often-encountered complaint. The problem with hip pain is that it is not necessarily indicative of a hip injury. Lower back injuries are an overwhelmingly often-encountered injury in a personal injury setting and it is well known that lower back injuries, such as a herniated disc or a sciatic nerve injury, can cause referred pain to the hip.
Referred pain is pain the body perceives or experiences at a location other than the site of the actual injury or abnormality. Therefore, hip pain is not always specifically addressed on a timely basis and sometimes can become a more difficult part of the claim.
