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Pain in the hip joint may possibly arise due to multiple reasons. However, the most common hip pain causes are as mentioned below: 

1. Arthritis: People who have arthritis or similar joint disorder experience hip and joint pain the most. The underlying reason includes that these conditions majorly affect the density and strength of your bones and make them inflamed and sore from both the inside and outside.
   The most common types of arthritis that are responsible for causing hip pain are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.
2. Hip fracture: Both acute and chronic pain are possible in the case of a hip fracture. A hip fracture mainly arises in the upper region of the femur and is commonly observed among elderly folks. Hip fractures are mainly seen among individuals who have weak and brittle bones, have osteoporosis, or have had an accident or serious injury. 
3. Bursitis: That’s a painful condition where the bursa sac, which is a small, fluid-filled sac that cushions and lubricates joints in the body, becomes inflamed and irritated. During bursitis, the patient may experience pain in their hip, lower back, buttocks, and areas associated with it. Patients who have bursitis even say that they feel hip pain when sitting, standing, and walking.
4. Muscle strain: The overuse of the muscles, ligaments, and associated tendons may result in sore hip joint and leg pain. You might have noticed that wherever you undergo any strenuous exercise or activity that involves excessive use of your hip, it eventually starts to pain. 
5. Sciatica: Spreading from the lower back to the one leg involving the hip, thighs, and buttocks, the patients may experience pain in any region that is connected to the sciatic nerve. The condition is sometimes also known as a “pinched nerve” identified by a sore hip and lower back pain that travels through the lower back to one leg. 
6. Injury/trauma: A sudden fall, any accident, injury, or trauma are also some of the common causes responsible for causing hip joint pain among individuals. In young adults such injuries eventually heal and hip pain fades but in an elderly age, such injuries/traumas take a longer period to get fine and the patients keep complaining that their hip hurts.
7. Pregnancy: Ache in the pelvic area and hip pain during pregnancy are very common among women. Such complications mainly arise because pregnancy hormones tend to make your ligaments relaxed and pelvic bones loosen so that your body can be prepared for childbirth.
8. Poor posture: Prolonged sitting, especially in the wrong posture, lying for hours, and improper sleeping position can also contribute to sore hip joints. However, as compared to other causes, hip pain due to inappropriate posture can be treated quite easily.