THE ADULT HIP PATIENT - VERSION 12 - LIVE FACE TO FACE - A ONE-DAY HYBRID PRACTICAL COURSE

THE ADULT HIP PATIENT
FAI, LABRAL TEARS AND HIP DYSPLASIA

VERSION 12

SYSTEMATIC PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT

A one-day hybrid practical course with Benoy Mathew

DATE:
Saturday 17 October 2026

TIME:
Registration: 08:45–09:00
Course: 09:00–17:00

VENUE:
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
London

TICKET PRICE:
£165

MASTER THIS COMPLEX AND OFTEN CONFUSING AREA

Do you find the differential diagnosis of hip and groin presentations difficult?

Would you like a clearer understanding of how best to assess and manage femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome, acetabular labral tears and hip dysplasia?

Are you frustrated by patients with hip pain who fail to progress or repeatedly return with recurring problems?

This one-day workshop is designed for physiotherapists and other health professionals who work with physically active adults presenting with anterior hip and groin pain.

The course provides a clear, honest and evidence-based approach, combined with more than 25 years of clinical experience, to explore what does and does not work in the assessment and conservative management of the adult hip patient.

A key aim is for you to leave with a structured approach that simplifies the hip and helps you differentiate between intra-articular and extra-articular pathologies.

WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?

This course is suitable for qualified physiotherapists and other health professionals who assess and manage hip and groin pain in young and active adults, particularly those aged 18–45.

ABOUT THE HYBRID FORMAT

This hybrid course focuses on the assessment and management of the adult hip patient.

The theoretical course material will be sent to you approximately 10 days before the face-to-face workshop, allowing you to study the content in your own time.

On the course day, Benoy will focus on practical skills, assessment techniques, hands-on approaches and interactive clinical discussion to maximise the face-to-face learning experience.

A TYPICAL CLINICAL SCENARIO

Emily is a 32-year-old office worker and regular gym-goer. She developed right anterior hip pain 10 months ago, which was diagnosed as a hip flexor strain and responded favourably to physiotherapy. Her pain has now returned since she started cycling to work, and she has been referred back to physiotherapy.

How do you clinically determine whether her symptoms are intra-articular or extra-articular?

Could this be FAI syndrome, hip dysplasia or labral pathology?

What are her treatment options?

What is the best rehabilitation strategy?

When should you consider a surgical referral?

Like many clinicians, you may see patients such as Emily presenting with anterior hip and groin pain in private practice, sports medicine clinics or primary care settings.

The hip and groin region is often viewed as a “black box” because of its complex anatomy and overlapping pain-referral patterns.

Whether your patient is a weekend warrior, yoga enthusiast or competitive triathlete, accurate diagnosis and management of hip and groin pain can be challenging.

Conditions such as hip impingement syndromes, labral tears, chondral lesions and hip dysplasia are increasingly recognised as causes of hip and groin pain in physically active adults aged 18–45. Although various treatment methods have been reported, there remains a lack of consensus regarding the role of conservative management.

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM ATTENDING?

By attending this course, you will gain:

• An overview of the complex interaction between the groin and the hip joint, including femoroacetabular impingement, hip dysplasia, labral lesions, extra-articular pathologies and tendinopathy.

• A detailed and systematic approach to physical examination using a novel evidence-based tool: the layering concept for the assessment of the adult hip patient.

• A clearer understanding of differential diagnosis in patients with hip and groin pain.

• An evidence-informed approach to the conservative management of hip pain, including hip impingement syndromes and complex presentations.

• Practical experience of progressive exercise therapy, including hip stabilisation, load-management principles, dynamic mobility and longer-term rehabilitation planning for patients with FAI syndrome, labral tears and hip dysplasia.

• Practical experience of evidence-informed manual therapy techniques and their integration with exercise therapy.

• Opportunities to integrate theory, current evidence and treatment tools through case studies and interactive discussion.

COURSE TIMETABLE

REGISTRATION
08:45–09:00

MORNING SESSION
09:00–12:20

• Welcome and introduction

• The adult hip patient
Overview of common pathologies and diagnostic challenges

• Practical assessment of the hip
The layering concept for hip assessment:
– Neuromechanical layer
– Contractile or myogenic layer
– Inert layer
– Osteochondral layer

• Acetabular labral tears: diagnostic focus
– Labral-tear classification and clinical relevance in the active population
– Evidence-based clinical tests: sensitivity, specificity and clinical utility
– Special tests and beyond
– Imaging correlation: understanding imaging reports and their implications for conservative management
– Differentiating labral pathology from FAI syndrome, hip dysplasia and extra-articular mimics
– Surgical-referral criteria: when conservative management is not enough

LUNCH
12:20–13:00

AFTERNOON SESSION
13:00–17:00

• Conservative management of intra-articular hip pathologies
FAI syndrome, labral tears and hip dysplasia

• Practical session: evidence-informed manual therapy for hip pathologies
– Joint mobilisation and distraction techniques for the hip: rationale and application
– Integrating manual therapy with exercise: sequencing and clinical decision-making

• Rehabilitation: early-stage exercise therapy and motor control
– Neuromuscular control and early hip-stabilisation exercises
– Motor-control principles: addressing movement dysfunction in intra-articular hip pathology
– Dynamic mobility and foundational movement exercises for the hip
– Patient education and self-management strategies during the early rehabilitation phase

• Case studies

• Questions and answers

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Each activity will include both theoretical and practical components.

Please bring shorts or suitable clothing for the practical sessions.

Pre-reading articles and video content will be sent approximately 10 days before the course.

The day is structured with a strong focus on clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning. It will also cover manual therapy, integrated hands-on approaches and early-stage exercise therapy.

Please note that advanced and athletic rehabilitation is covered separately in the companion Athletic Hip course.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• Pre-course theoretical learning material
• One-day face-to-face practical workshop
• Practical assessment and treatment sessions
• Case-based learning and interactive discussion

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Benoy Mathew, MSc, MCSP, PGCert MSK US

Advanced Practice Physiotherapist
Lower Limb Specialist
MSK Sonographer
Shockwave Specialist Tutor: Radial and Focused Shockwave Therapy
Lead Editor: Hip and Knee Pain Disorders

Benoy is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist and MSK Sonographer working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and in private practice at YOS Health in London.

He has worked as a physiotherapist for more than 25 years, with the last 15 years specialising in hip and groin pathologies. His typical caseload consists of complex second-opinion cases involving patients who have failed to improve with traditional rehabilitation.

Benoy is passionate about applying research evidence in clinical practice.

More than 4,000 participants have attended his courses over the last 12 years. He is Head of MSK Education at Venn Healthcare and a visiting lecturer at Brunel University.

He also teaches regularly on running injuries and has delivered multiple courses through the Physiotutors platform.

Benoy is the lead editor of the internationally bestselling textbook Hip and Knee Pain Disorders (2022). He is also a CSP media spokesperson for lower-limb injuries.

REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY

Refunds can be requested up to six weeks before the course date. A £50 administration fee will be deducted from the refund.

Any booking fee charged by the ticket platform is non-refundable.

Alternatively, you may transfer your place to a replacement attendee at any time.

Unfortunately, if a cancellation request is received less than six weeks before the event date, we will be unable to provide a refund, irrespective of the reason for cancellation.