If you have hip or thigh injury, physiotherapy can help you heal from the pain, regain motion and flexibility and relieve stiffness. Hip Pain Most complaints of hip pain are either on the outer side of the hip bone, deep in the groin or in the inner thigh muscles. Pain on the outer side of the hip bone normally points to the ilio-tibial band, a band of fibrous tissue that stretches over the hip joint and extends down to the knee. A tight band can become inflamed as it rubs ov