Neurogenic Hip Pain

Patients often complain of "hip pain" with is in fact arising from the spine, pelvis or sacroiliac joint. Distal referral of degenerative back pain is very commonly seen in the hip clinic.

Radiation of spinal or sacroiliac pathology may produce buttock pain.

Radicular pain indicates nerve root entrapment often due to a disc prolapse:-

There are however some conditions causing irritation of nerves adjacent to the hip and true neurogenic hip pain.

Nerve	Syndrome
Sciatic Nerve	Piriformis syndrome
Lateral Cutaneous Nerve of Thigh	Meralgia Paresthetica
Obturator Nerve	Injury / Neuralgia
Iliohyogastric Nerve	Injury / Neuralgia
Ilioinguinal Nerve	Injury / Neuralgia
Genitofemoral Nerve	Injury / Neuralgia
Femoral Nerve	Injury / Neuralgia
Saphenous Nerve	Injury / Neuralgia