Lower Back and Hip Pain.

Suffering from Lower back and Hip pain?

My clients frequently experience this particular combination. Why? Well, your hip is closely connected to your lower back both geographically and by nerve referral. An awareness of this fact makes it easier to understand how you may have hip and lower back pain at the same time.

This type of pain commonly arises from one of three areas - from the muscles connecting your back to your hip; from the ligaments connecting your back to your pelvis; nerve impingements from the lumbar spine.

Now, let's look at each one in turn:

Muscles connecting your back to your hip: When your gluteal muscles become overactive and tighten, it can result in excess strain being placed on your lower back and hip resulting in pain. This tightness can be due to poor posture over time or your muscles becoming tight due to lack of stretching.

Injuries directly to the gluteal muscles may also result in tightness and subsequent lower back and hip pain if not managed well during recovery. Sourcing the causes of the pain is the key to a good recovery. Treatment in this case should be to the gluteal muscles directly and posture correction as required.

Ligaments connecting your back to your pelvis: Straining the ligaments around your buttocks and pelvis may result in this type of pain. This area can also be referred to as the sacro-iliac joint. Due to this area linking your lower back and hip you may feel your pain from your lower back through to your hip. Treatment in this presentation should be primarily to the ligament that is strained and addressing posture as well as back stretching exercises when indicated.

Nerve impingements arising from your lumbar spine: Your lower back can refer pain anywhere into your buttocks and legs. The area it refers to depends on which joint in your spine is at fault. If it is a joint high in your lower back you may feel pain in your hip also. This relationship is due the referral pattern of the nerve impinged. Treatment in this case should be to the joint in your spine that is impinging the nerve.

Further References:

Hip and Leg Pain
Chronic Hip Pain
Lateral Hip Pain
Hip Bursitis
Hip Surgery Recovery
Arthritis Hip Pain
Hip Pain at Night
Hip Flexor Injury
Hip Exercises
Hip Tendonitis

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