BACK PAIN: Hip Flexors and Back Pain

BACK PAIN: Hip Flexors and Back Pain

I wonder how many people have gotten a back or hip operation when they could have avoided it by exercising their hip flexors? Wow. The implications are outrageous!

My lower back is in terrible shape.   Although I have been able to manage back pain through a series of physical therapy exercises, it finally took its toll in my hips.

I think the physical therapy I was doing was not addressing my hip flexor issue. It focused only on my lower back.

As well, I was sitting more for my work than usual. Sitting was making it worse!

BACK PAIN: Hip Flexors and Back Pain

So I saw an article about Hip Flexors.  I didn’t even know what they were until I found a few words which opened my eyes. The page described the following symptoms to indicate my hip flexors needed help.

I had almost every one of these symptoms and some of them were getting worse!

• Nagging joint pains in your legs, lower back or hips
• Walking with discomfort
• Hips locking up
• Bad posture
• Trouble sleeping
• Sluggishness in day to day life
• High Anxiety
• Digestive problems
• Compromised Immune System
• Circulatory issues
• Loss of sexual performance
• Lack of Explosiveness in the gym or sports

Then it said one of the causes of back pain could be tight hip flexors from sitting too much! I sit for a living, and had increased the amount of sitting I was doing of late because I was working on Internet marketing more.

So I started doing stretch and strengthening hip flexor and Psoas exercises.  The Psoas muscle is inside the hip flexors.

Within a few days I began to feel better.

I still have some pain, but it is diminishing rapidly over time. For example, if I have been sitting for a while when I get up now I am somewhat stiff and in pain.

Another thing which I think is worth mentioning I feel less anxious, more optimistic, was like an athlete in ballet class this week, my immune system seems better, my digestion seems better and have more energy.

I have had problems as mentioned above in all these areas for most of my life and just thought it was the way it was. Now I feel better overall. Could hip flexors have been the cause of all of this?

Before I started these exercises I was bent over and needed to hang on a piece of furniture before I could walk. That was getting a bit embarrassing when I was out with friends.

Everyone else at the table could sit for dinner then get up and leave. When I got up I was bent over for a few minutes in deep pain before I could walk.

UPDATE:  It is now seven months since I began this HIP FLEXORS and Back Pain regimen.  My hip pain has continued to diminish.  I am not completely better, but reading this article today (11/23/17) has given me perspective of how far I have come.

Now after sitting for a long time when I get up I still have some pain, but very minor and it adjusts to normal very quickly.  I no longer have to grab a piece of furniture to stand upright and adjust from sitting to standing.

Since I still have some pain I am also approaching this with a whole food plant based diet (vegan primarily), thinking I might have developed some osteo-arthritis due to all the stress on these joints.

So, while I cannot say I am completely normal yet, I am so much better, it truly is a miracle.  I avoided a hip replacement by doing some targeted and insightful physical therapy!

It is important to realize that healing in a holistic way takes time.  If I had had a hip replacement (which is not holistic) it would taken even more time, perhaps years, and would never be completely right after that.

BACK PAIN: Hip Flexors and Back Pain

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