Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. People reach back to touch the crest of their hip and say, “My low back hurts here.” Sometimes they trace up their low back and complain of tightness all the way up to be base of their ribs. When this […]
People tend to run a hand up and down their hip and complain of stiffness. Then, they focus on their buttock and say that it focuses on that spot. Often they complain of a stiff low back and included that area in their demonstration. Their low back is noticeably stiff to the touch between the
Pain on Sides of Hips Patients trace their fingers up and down the side of their hip and complain of constant pain. In addition, they might have some nervy” pain on the inside of their thigh or the “bone that they sit on.” The sensation at the “sits” bone tends to be more painful than
Stiffness in the low back can come from several larger muscles like spinal erectors, latissimus dorsi, and psoas. Fragility in the low back usually comes from a joint problem in the vertebrae. The two patterns play in concert to create a pain pattern that is a combination of the two. This post is a collection
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Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. The patient with this pain runs their hand up and down along one side of their low back and says that it hurts there. They often say that they have pain along one side of the low back when they get
People complain of hip pain when they stand on one foot. Some people describe it as feeling like the SI joint is unhinged. Others will complain that getting out of the car or standing up from a chair is difficult. So instead, they tend to turn and stand on both legs. This approach is more
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This is a collection of posts about trigger points that refer pain between the shoulder blades. This is a subset of some other regions but it is so common that we have created its own category. Remember that people usually feel only a portion of the pattern. Also, people usually feel the portion in darkest
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This is a collection of posts about trigger points that refer into the torso and arm. Remember that people often feel a portion of the trigger point referral patter, not all of it. Sometimes, it is not just the dark red areas. You can read more about that in this post. Also, some people don’t
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These people reach back and put a fist on the sacrum in the center of their hips, just below the beltline and say. “It hurts right here.” They go through explanations of wanting to sleep on that side but wake with aching pain in the middle of their hips. They often explain that they have
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People have pain in their calf or groin with a stiff hip. Pain is usually the greater concern. And, one of the two complaints usually dominates: Specific Pain Groin pain that feels like a hernia should be checked by your doctorbefore seeking relief through bodywork. Vague Stiff Hip With either of these, they often have
