That nagging ache in your knee? The stretching isn’t helping, the new shoes aren’t doing much—and now your back’s acting up, too. Here’s the twist: The culprit might not be any of those joints—it could be your hip. And most people have no idea.
Smita Rao, a physical therapist and clinician-scientist, has seen it again and again: A patient walks in with a referral for knee or back pain, only to discover that the hip is the sneaky culprit.
