dodgy hips

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Hi everyone

 

I am wondering if anyone could advise me -

 

I have a hip problem in both hips where my thigh bone is set too far in to

my hip socket, resulting in very limited lateral movement. While practicing

hatha yoga a few years ago, I regularly tried to stretch the ligaments,

thinking that was the problem. I have subsequently hurt the right side and

it hasn't improved over a year.

 

I am unable to sit in the easy pose or do any pose that involves sideways

movement of the hips, eg. stretches with legs apart, butterfly(?) pose. All

other poses are okay.

 

I haven't yet seen a specialist about this but I would be interested in

others' comments and advice. I love yoga and am not prepared to give it up,

which I fear would be the specialists' advice (hence the reason I haven't

been to see him!)

 

With kind regards

Keri

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Hello, All.

Dear Kerry,

 

>I have a hip problem in both hips where my thigh bone is set too far in to

>my hip socket, resulting in very limited lateral movement. While practicing

>hatha yoga a few years ago, I regularly tried to stretch the ligaments,

>thinking that was the problem. I have subsequently hurt the right side and

>it hasn't improved over a year.

>

>I am unable to sit in the easy pose or do any pose that involves sideways

>movement of the hips, eg. stretches with legs apart, butterfly(?) pose. All

>other poses are okay.

 

Wow! You have just described something I have noticed about myself and have

come to suspect. I notice it most when I am doing the rhythmic warm-up

movement where I am seated with wide-spread legs, bending "forward" over

one leg at a time. On the left, I am able to take my belly to my thigh

(after a little warming up). On the right, I am lucky if I can get to 50

degrees over the leg. I have suspected that this limited range of movement

comes from something structural (the way my thigh bone is connected to my

hip bone due to "jamming" my hips several times during my youth) and will

be working with a manual therapist to get those bones to reposition

themselves. If you are interested in that kind of bodywork, the base

website for the method is:

 

dcrhealth.com

 

Since the website didn't really tell me much when I started researching the

method, I suggest finding a practicioner near you to call and ask

questions. I have been amazed by what this kind of work can do (both for

myself and several friends who have been "therapied").

 

>I haven't yet seen a specialist about this but I would be interested in

>others' comments and advice. I love yoga and am not prepared to give it up,

>which I fear would be the specialists' advice (hence the reason I haven't

>been to see him!)

 

Beware the specialists' advice. I have found that people who don't do yoga

regularly really don't have a clue about the benefits of yoga. (In the

handful of doctors and therapists I have seen since my car accident, the

attitudes towards KY and yoga in general have run the gamut.) However, yoga

alone probably can't fix everything... particularly if that everything is

deeply structural. So, why not go both routes? Honor your own understanding

of what is going on... and when you can't figure out what is going on, seek

advice from multiple sources (As you seem to be doing! ).

 

If your hips are not causing you pain or limiting your day to day

activites, then I would suggest beginning with specialists on the lowest

end of the "aggression scale": manual therapists, then cranio-sacral, then

chiropractic (with many others in between, I'm sure). That way, you give

your body a chance to do its own work, which would allow you to avoid

creating brand NEW energy cysts by forcing it unduly.

 

Good luck to you, Keri.

 

Sat Nam,

Nina.