Hip pain/stretching suggestions?

[OakLeaf]

You don't say where in the hip it hurts. Could be weakness in some of the hip muscles as Indy suggested ... could be a bulging disc ... if it doesn't resolve with strengthening and foam rolling +1 on seeing a doctor/PT.

[Penny4]

I don't think it is a bulging disc sort of pain. Pain might be a strong word...sore is probably more accurate. Actually NYBikers description is pretty close...sometimes it is uncomfortable if i sleep on that hip. I'm going to work on some stretching to see if that helps. Thanks for input everyone....

[OakLeaf]

I had no idea it might be a disc when my obturator seized up a couple of years ago. It just felt like a muscle spasm and I thought it was muscular in origin. Just saying it's a possibility.

[tulip]

I don't think it is a bulging disc sort of pain. Pain might be a strong word...sore is probably more accurate. Actually NYBikers description is pretty close...sometimes it is uncomfortable if i sleep on that hip. I'm going to work on some stretching to see if that helps. Thanks for input everyone....

If you can find a gentle yoga class, I bet it would help a lot. And getting out of your chair regularly will also help.

[Catrin]

Quite often disk problems present themselves in ways that aren't really painful or an obvious back problem. It may very well be this isn't your problem but it is good to keep it in mind and check it out if other methods don't address it.

Yoga and Pilates are both good, as others have mentioned. Is your work environment such that you can get up from the desk every hour or two and do some simple stretches or something? Personally I have found that air squats really help me out when this happens.

[snapdragen]

Kinda sounds like bursitis, I have it really bad in my right hip, a mild case on the left. I'm starting 8 weeks of PT next week.

[Crankin]

I have had a lot of hip stiffness in the past 3-4 years. Going to the McKenzie PT helped a lot a couple of years ago, but I am not so good about doing the stretches. I sit too much at work, too (hey, tell me your problems, while I do my up dogs...). Today, I had a rare Friday with no clients, so I went to a yoga/stretch class at noon. I've been to this class about 5 times, and it's really like a level 1 yoga class. Today, there was a different teacher and it was different, with some long stretches in the first half. I feel much better now, as far as the hips go.
Now I just need to fix the groin area. Probably time to call Walter, my favorite PT.

[Penny4]

I'm going to work on stretching, see if that helps. I can definitely get up and walk around at work, i just tend to get so wrapped up in things and forget. I may try to set a timer as mentioned, to help me remember. I think I will also try to go back to my gentle yoga class too. That was helpful to me in many ways...