Snapping Hip Syndrome is usually painful. It can be very bothersome and affect your daily life.

Many, like you, may have felt this snap in the hip joint for most of your life. But, they did not know it had a name. It's when a muscle or tendon moves over a bony hip. It can lead to arthritis, inflammation, bursitis, and reduced motion if not treated.

This causes most people difficulty. It affects key activities like walking and climbing stairs. They feel the hip snap in every step. 

Pain and discomfort has kept you from doing bicycle crunches. It has also stopped you from doing mountain climbers, leg raises, leg circles, donkey circles, hip rotations, and dancing.

Understanding and fixing this condition is essential for keeping your muscles stable and flexible, so you can stay active comfortably.

Here's how a woman, who was affected by SHS from her teenage years when she was a ballet dancer, managed to combat it and get her active life back. Abby Green is a 34-year old dancing instructor from Manchester, United Kingdom.

Back in her teenage years where she would practice ballet she started experiencing snaps in her hip, when doing certain dance moves. Initially she ignored them. She though of them as this "weird" thing her body just does.

Abby takes up her story. "Well, as you might imagine, I was an active young woman growing up, looking forward to my dancing lessons and yoga classes. Unfortunately after a certain point I started experiencing a lot of pain in my while doing these exercises that developed to chronic constant pain."

She added, "By the time I became 32 years old, I had reached a point where I could no longer dance anymore. The fact that I could no longer stay active and pursuit my goals made me very depressed.

From that point on, I began to avoid simple activities like walking, climbing stairs and pretty much anything that would make me move my hips. That also included going out with my friends. While everyone else was enjoying themselves going to clubs, partying and dating , I stayed and just watched TV.

Life was simply passing me by."

Abby became a loner, dropped out of college and she also started to gain a lot of weight because of her sedentary lifestyle. Her parent also started worry a lot about her state of mind.

Despite trying all kinds of physiotherapy, stretching, and painkillers the pain and discomfort in her hip was persistent. Her parents arranged for her to see a psychologist for her mental state, and an orthopedic for her physical condition.

Eventually, Abby accepted the fact that she would have to live with her condition. She ultimately found the courage to go out and find a job.