Expert Advice , on Exercising To Help, With Chronic Hip Pain.br 'Newsweek' reports that hip pain can lead br to loss of motion range, decreased strength br and pain when walking or running. .br Holly Soper-Doyle, a chartered physiotherapist br at Integrum Physiotherapy, stressed br the importance of individualized training. .br According to Doyle, who is also a clinical specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the best solution is physical therapy. .br A physical therapist would be able to br recommend a personalized exercise routine br that focuses on an individual's specific needs. .br You need to ensure you exercise br at the level you can manage, br for example can you balance br on one leg with good stability br and perform a single leg heel raise br or squat with good hip and knee control, Nell Mead, hip specialist and br physiotherapist in London, via 'Newsweek'.br If not you need to start br strengthening double leg first, br then progress to step-stance br strengthening, and then single leg, Nell Mead, hip specialist and br physiotherapist in London, via 'Newsweek'.br Nell Mead, a hip specialist and physiotherapist br in London, told 'Newsweek' that some basic br exercises could help alleviate or prevent hip pain.br One of the things that often happens very br early on when your hip starts to hurt is that br the powerful hip flexors at the front of your br hips tend to tighten up, and the glutes at br the back start to get weak and underactive, Nell Mead, hip specialist and br physiotherapist in London, via 'Newsweek'.br One of the things that often happens very br early on when your hip starts to hurt is that br the powerful hip flexors at the front of your br hips tend to tighten up, and the glutes at br the back start to get weak and underactive, Nell Mead, hip specialist and br physiotherapist in London, via 'Newsweek'.br Rebalancing this relationship br is often a useful tactic, Nell Mead, hip specialist and br physiotherapist in London, via 'Newsweek'.br Zoe Chivers, Interim Director of Support and br Services at Versus Arthritis, warns that all br exercises should be approached with caution. .br As a general rule of thumb, always start br by exercising very gently, build up gradually, br and work within your pain limits.