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Those of you with hip issues, tell me more? I have had PT for bursitis, it's better but there is still a dull pain, as well as some muscle issues. I can't decide if I should try more PT, or look up my old massage therapist. He does the OMG I'm going to crawl off the table deep tissue work.....

[Irulan]

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Those of you with hip issues, tell me more? I have had PT for bursitis, it's better but there is still a dull pain, as well as some muscle issues. I can't decide if I should try more PT, or look up my old massage therapist. He does the OMG I'm going to crawl off the table deep tissue work.....

(sorry for the novel)

Snap, I've had issues ever since I was pregnant; youngest one is 22 lol.
In the last 7? years hip pain has been pretty consistent on one side. Most activity was fine, it was sleeping and certain movements, like getting out of certain chairs that was really painful. I'm pretty sure the diagnosis is "piriformis syndrome" which covers a lot of territory.

Chiropractic would provide temporary relief but the pain always came back. I did several rounds of PT, which again provided temporary relief. A couple of years ago I was biking with a different friend of mine who is a PT, as as she was riding behind me she said. "does your left hip hurt a lot?" So then I thought it was an alignment issue on the bike. I did some fitting work, which included insoles to bring my hips/knees/feet into better alignment which helped but not great. Still lots of pain in my hip. I tried stretching. I tried rolling a tennis ball around on the hip joint.... again relief, but not permanent relief!! Them my regular PT told me I had overstretched the pelvis and to back off. I resigned to living with this pain and being woken up every night by it.

Fast forward to about three years ago when DH and I started our functional fitness classes run by yet another PT outfit. One day I was chatting to the resident massage guy who was hanging out in-between sessions, and he suggested I give him a try, as trying to fix ongoing pain issues was one of his specialties.

End of story.... several months of consistent sessions with this guy "fixed" this issue. I go back about once every 5-6 weeks for maintenance. I appreciate that he will work on the hips, pelvis and buttocks in an extremely professional manner. A lot of spa masseuses won't go to these zones. He will get underneath the iliac crest to work the psoas attachments on the front. He does very deep work around the attachments in the head of the femur.

One thing I find interesting is that he doesn't work the body in quadrants. Your typical massage is done by the clock, dividing the body up into sections so that every part gets a bit of work. My guy primarily works on the problem area, and then just check to see if, for example yours hips are balanced out before he send you on the way.

The maintenance piece is really important, I think. A lot of folks get a a little relief, and then quit taking treatment. Then they are back again two years later for the same thing. Sure it's not cheap. I pay out of pocket. But I am also pain free for the first time in years.

And yep, this is the kind of "feels like childbirth" massage. I have to try and breathe through the pressure sometimes while he works. It's not fun. But it sure works for me.

This link describes in some detail the techniques used.

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(sorry for the novel)

Snap, I've had issues ever since I was pregnant; youngest one is 22 lol.
In the last 7? years hip pain has been pretty consistent on one side. Most activity was fine, it was sleeping and certain movements, like getting out of certain chairs that was really painful. I'm pretty sure the diagnosis is "piriformis syndrome" which covers a lot of territory.

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Thanks Irulan! This sounds very similar to what I'm experiencing right now. Sleeping is the worst for me, especially if I sleep on my back.