Pain on the outside of the hip that wakes you at night is usually a tendon problem, not bursitis. What the evidence says helps, and when a scan is worth having.

There is a meaningful and poorly understood distinction between a chiropractor or physiotherapist trained to undergraduate level and a practitioner who has completed post-doctoral board certification in orthopaedic and neuromusculoskeletal medicine alongside postgraduate academic training in pain science. That distinction is not self-assigned. It is credential-specific, examination-based, and directly relevant to how complex presentations are assessed and managed. I hold the