Snapping hip syndrome most often occurs in persons who are 15 to 40 years old.

But for dancers or athletes, snapping hip syndrome symptoms may also include pain and weakness that interfere with performance.

Other possible causes of a snapping hip include:

Athletes are at special risk for snapping hip syndrome due to repetitive and physically demanding movements.

MRI can sometimes identify intra-articular causes of snapping hip syndrome.

Similar causes as extra-articular snapping hip syndrome but often with an underlying mechanical problem in the lower extremity.

The underlying bursa may also become inflamed, causing a painful external snapping hip syndrome.

Snapping hip syndrome stretches may include:

Snapping hip syndrome is classified by location of the snapping, either extra-articular or intra-articular.

This normal action becomes a snapping hip syndrome when one of these connective tissue bands thickens and catches with motion.

Snapping hip pain as the iliotibial band snaps back and forth over the point of the hip (greater trochanter).

Unless snapping hip syndrome is painful or causes difficulty in sports or other activities, many people do not see a doctor or have it treated.

A clicking or snapping feeling or sound around your hip joint (snapping hip) may bother you or cause you to worry.

The snapping of tendons or scar tissue over a prominence (as in snapping hip syndrome) can also generate a loud snapping or popping sound.

Recommended exercises to treat snapping hip syndrome will vary depending on the type of snapping hip syndrome you have.

The more common lateral extra articular type of snapping hip syndrome occurs when the iliotibial band, tensor fascia lata, or gluteus medius tendon slides back and forth across the greater trochanter.

Snapping hip syndrome (also referred to as coxa saltans, iliopsoas tendinitis, or dancer's hip) is a medical condition characterized by a snapping sensation felt when the hip is flexed and extended.

Snapping hip syndrome, sometimes called dancer's hip, is a condition in which you hear a snapping sound or feel a snapping sensation in your hip when you walk, run, get up from a chair, or swing your leg around.

Intra-articular snapping hip syndrome is often indicative of injury such as a torn acetabular labrum, recurrent hip subluxation, ligamentum teres tears, loose bodies, articular cartilage damage, or synovial chondromatosis (cartilage formations in the synovial membrane of the joint).