{"podcast":{"title":"The Thinking Practitioner","slug":"the-thinking-practitioner-958450","podcast_index_feed_id":958450,"rss_url":"https://www.thethinkingpractitioner.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.thethinkingpractitioner.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/6037716/ttp_cover_art_1400x1400px_20191001al.jpg","author":"Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe","episode_count":175,"summary":"For the practitioner who’s never stopped being curious. Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe bring together leading researchers, master clinicians, and big questions from across bodywork, massage, and manual therapy — exploring not just what we do with our hands, but why it works and how to do it better. Smart, grounded, and genuinely useful conversations for the somatic arts and sciences. For professional practitioners in bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedics, sports massage, physical therapy, and osteopathy — as well as yoga, strength and conditioning, and allied professions. This podcast is not medical or treatment advice.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T18:19:44.451763+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thinking-practitioner-958450"},"episode":{"title":"172: Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)","slug":"172-lateral-hip-pain-stop-blaming-the-bursa-with-whitney-lowe-til-luchau","published_at":"2026-06-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thinking-practitioner-958450/172-lateral-hip-pain-stop-blaming-the-bursa-with-whitney-lowe-til-luchau","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thinking-practitioner-958450","url":"https://www.thethinkingpractitioner.com/e/172-lateral-hip-pain-stop-blaming-the-bursa-with-whitney-lowe-til-luchau/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3ekd4vjfurp6vdns/TTP_172_audio_20260529b13kn.mp3","summary":"🎙 Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau) Til and Whitney unpack why the old “trochanteric bursitis” diagnosis is almost always wrong—and what that means for your hands-on treatment. ✨ Topics discussed include:• The shift from bursitis to tendinopathy: only about 8% of lateral hip cases involve true bursitis; the majority are gluteus medius/minimus tendinopathies compressed under the IT band• Why women are affected at a 4:1 ratio—declining estrogen, wider pelvis geometry, and IT band bowstringing• Why direct deep pressure on the greater trochanter can backfire—neural sprouting, pain prediction, and the GPR83 pathway• Smarter treatment: targeting gluteus maximus and TFL to reduce IT band compression, rather than trying to “loosen” the band itself• Simple assessment tools: the 30-second single leg stance, the shoelace test, and the bilateral night pain pattern• Stretching caution: why aggressive IT band stretching increases the very compression you’re trying to relieve 🌱 Sponsor Offers:• Jane App — Practice management built for health and wellness practitioners. Thinking Practitioner listeners get a free first month; enter code THINKING1MO at checkout: https://a-t.tv/jane• Deep Roots Massage & Bodywork — Carefully crafted, small hands-on CE workshops in Keene, NH. Save 10% with code THINKING: https://deeprootsmb.com• ABMP — Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. Thinking Practitioner listeners save at https://www.abmp.com/thinking• Books of Discovery — Explore their collection at https://www.booksofdiscovery.com and save 15% with code THINKING• Advanced-Trainings — Try one month free of Til Luchau’s A-T Subscription with code THINKING: https://a-t.tv/subscriptions/• Academy of Clinical Massage — Grab Whitney’s free Asse…","meta_description":"🎙 Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau) Til and Whitney unpack why the old “trochanteric bursitis” diagnosis is al…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2925,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-thinking-practitioner-958450/episodes/172-lateral-hip-pain-stop-blaming-the-bursa-with-whitney-lowe-til-luchau/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thinking-practitioner-958450/172-lateral-hip-pain-stop-blaming-the-bursa-with-whitney-lowe-til-luchau.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}