Internal snapping hips are very common, especially in young adolescents.
Some are quite innocuous. Some are debilitating.
Understanding it’s mechanism is fascinating.
⬇️ Here is how it occurs, and why conditioning it can work
What’s the snap? 💥
US, surgical and computational studies have suggested it is the Psoas tendon rolling/snapping over the anterior femoral head/hip capsule occurring when the hip is moved from a combined hip flexion, abduction and external rotation (FABER) back to neutral.
