Thanks for the additonal information, Tulip. I already go to yoga classes as a studio that offers both, and while I have had a few reformer sessions, I've not gone to any mat classes. I'll have to give it some thought. I've been working with a trainer, doing mostly resistance work but sometimes I sometimes tweak my lower body issues working with him. It doesn't take much to aggravate my hamstrings. I often feel like I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't. And I only have so much time and money to throw at this. I've had two rounds of PT--first for the hip/glute issues and the second for the hamstring and while I enjoyed a fair amount of relief from both, the problems linger. Sigh...

Selkie, I would focus exclusively for the time being on the exercise you've been assigned that don't engage your hamstrings as much. Perhaps in time, your glutes will get strong enough and you'll get adept enough at activating them that you can move onto the other exercises.

What, if anything, are you doing to treat the hamstring injury? My PT first started me on some hamstring strengthening work, but that just made things worse. What helped the most was some deep tissue massage work. The biggest issue I had with that it's a pretty awkward area to massage. I'm not usually overy shy or modest, but I found it embarrassing for a male PT to work on me like that. After about six weeks, he referred me to a female PT for some Graston work. At about that same time, I'd noticed a really big improvement from just using a massage ball at home regularly. It didn't eliminate all my pain, but it brought it well under control. So, I skipped the Graston work.

Teh pain has just recently flared again, however.