Lower back & hip pain

[jmcadams]

This is frustrating. I feel like I'm going from one problem to another. It's tough to stay active when I'm in constant pain!!!



My latest problem has been going on for about 3 weeks now. My roght lower back hurts & the pain travels down my right hip. It's usually a dull ache, but there are occasional jolts of pain. It feels like my hip needs to pop or something. It gets worse every time I run. Anyone else have this?

 

[umtully]

I've had something like

I've had something like this. What was happening with me is that the tendons were tight and it was pulling my hip out of the socket, sounds like you have something similar. Go see a psyiotherapist, they'll help you out and give you some exercises to increase the mobility if your hip joints. Just remember to do the exercises, otherwise you're paying for nothing.

 

[jmcadams]

Thanks.  I just started doing

Thanks. I just started doing Yoga to see if that would help. So far, not so much.

 

[jldeleon]

Yes, battled with your

Yes, battled with your symptoms for years until I found out it was a torque in my SI joints, one was twisting one direction, and the other, the other direction. It affects the entire spine from neck to the tailbone, and therefore everything attached to it. The stiffness and tightness it causes is almost worse than the actual pain, as it is dull and constant, with periodic acute, sharp pains (in the sciatic nerve, etc.) If it hasn't already it will affect your shoulders, neck, jaw, knees, ankles, etc., eventually.

Here is what I follow and as long as I do it regularly, it keeps my SI joints, and hips, in place. Richard DonTigny, PT, is a master of the SI joints.

http://www.kalindra.com/Dontigny/homeprogram.pdf

The force needed to put the SI joints in place is immense. I would suggest using a band for his exercises, instead of your arms. And it needs to be a super thick heavy band such as the one I use, which is this one (tube bands don't cut it):

http://www.amazon.com/Stretch-FlexBand-Light-Purple-Resistance/dp/B002ZQE62A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325805425&sr=8-2

Secondly, get some pelvic blocks, such as these:

http://www.amazon.com/Core-Products-930-Adult-Pelvic/dp/B000HSUV86/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1325805555&sr=1-1

Learn how to do "Sacro-Occipital blocking" using these blocks. It basically "resets" your SI joints. It is easy and very effective. This book, is expensive, but discusses how to do sacro-occipital blocking. You could check it out from the library and make copies of the diagrams that show you how. I have tried looking online for these doctors' free diagrams, but can not find any.

http://www.amazon.com/Positional-Release-Techniques-DVD-ROM-Chaitow/dp/0443101159/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325807115&sr=1-1