What are common problems/diseases with the hips?

Can be many: Most often, symptoms around the hip area can be soft tissue related. Muscle or tendon strains or sprains. Sometimes it can be referred pain from elsewhere, like the back or a nerve. Actual problems of the hip joint can be wear and tear arthritis, or less commonly labral injuries or inflammatory arthritis or other bone causes. Most hip pain improves with rest, anti-inflammatories, stretching.