I have started to get intermitant pain in a hip joint at 53; is it athritis; what natural remedies are there?

Not Necesarily: See a physician to help make a diagnosis and prescribe the appropriate treatment. There are many causes of hip pain.

What hip?: It is also important to differentiate between pain on the outer thigh around the hip, or groin/buttock. The former is likely to be tendonitis, the latter hip joint related. The position and activity that brings on the pain is also important.