Sometimes the pain is centered squarely on the outside of the hip joint near the hip bone. Other times the pain can wrap around to the gluteal muscles. At times an individual might experience pain in more than one area. The reason for this medley of possibilities is that muscular compensation is often at the heart of lower back and hip pain.

THE ROOT OF REFERRED Lower Back & Hip Pain Myofascial trigger points are one of the most prevalent causes of pain in the body and yet this phenomenon is not well understood in conventional medicine. The chief reason for this shortcoming is that medical schools still devote very little attention to the muscular system, and trigger points are a ...

One-sided lower back pain is often the result of postural distortion, one of the five primary causes of lower back pain. Postural distortion means the body is off its center line of gravity. This can result from a torsion in the pelvis which pulls one hip joint up higher than the other.

10 Year History of Pelvic, Groin, and Low Back Pain I m a 40 year old female and have had chronic left sided groin, low back, hip, and pelvic pain for about the past 10 years. I have tried many different …

1) Maintaining flexibility in the entire hip. Stretching of the hip flexors and the entire hip and leg. See Hip Stretches for excellent video support. 2) Strengthening the quadriceps I’m not a fan of seated leg extensions on a weight machine to accomplish this. Much more effective are single leg …

In other words, when we have lower back pain, the body is constantly attempting to figure out how to move without stressing the back further. The frequent result is that the hip muscles - the gluteals, piriformis, deep hip rotators, hip flexors , and tensor fascia lata - can be forced to overwork in an effort to prevent movement in the lower back.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "low back pain is a very common health problem worldwide and a major cause of disability - affecting performance at work and general well-being." WHO. (2021). Low back pain. 2. Koch C, Hänsel F. Non-specific Low Back Pain and Postural Control During Quiet Standing-A Systematic Review.

Back pain, hip pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, and more can potentially be traced back to this primary root cause. To help us understand what we mean by a twisted pelvis or pelvic torsion it’s helpful to have a clear sense of the bony anatomy of the pelvis. The pelvis is composed three bones:

Tight leg muscles not only contribute to the onset of back pain but can be a powerful perpetuating factor. When the long muscles of the legs — the hamstrings, the adductors, the quadriceps, and the hip flexors are tight and short — the result can be to fix the pelvis in place rather than allowing freedom of movement.

I am a 36 year old woman and was diagnosed with a bulged disc and annular tear in my lower back since 2001 after I fell on my back on a pavement which was icy. Since 2006, I have also suffered with painful areas in the hip/pelvis/thigh pain and snapping hip syndrome which doctors believed was referred pain from the back.