Hip Issues

April 30, 2007

My husband, a healthy 45 year old who does gentle KY with me, has

started having nearly intolerable hip pain--right side. We are doing

massage and gentle stretching. Finally, he goes to the doctor.

Diagnosis? Either bursitis, tendonitis, or sciatia. That really

helped.... X-rays normal except for some inflammation. He is in pain,

and the anti-inflammatories barely work. He is still working, etc. but

it is really affecting him. Since we both know emotional/spiritual

issues cannot be separated from the physical, we have looked into

chakra issues. I am at a loss. Help?

Gian

April 30, 2007

Guru Gian,

Sat Nam, where is your husband's pain, where in the hip does he feel

it and is

it better or worse with any particular movement?

I have experienced pain of different types in each of my hips. In my

right

hip, male energy, I feel the physical manifestation as extremely tight

psoas

muscle and have had much relief working with a somatic body worker using

some Feldenkreis type techniques. I am also aware of and am releasing

the

emotional issues surrounding both hips.

I will be interested in reading the other responses.

Peace to you,

Guru Gopal Kaur

On Monday, April 30, 2007, at 05:48 AM, gurugiana wrote:

> My husband, a healthy 45 year old who does gentle KY with me, has

> started having nearly intolerable hip pain--right side. We are doing

> massage and gentle stretching. Finally, he goes to the doctor.

> Diagnosis? Either bursitis, tendonitis, or sciatia. That really

> helped.... X-rays normal except for some inflammation. He is in pain,

> and the anti-inflammatories barely work. He is still working, etc. but

> it is really affecting him. Since we both know emotional/spiritual

> issues cannot be separated from the physical, we have looked into

> chakra issues. I am at a loss. Help?

> Gian

>

May 1, 2007

His pain is in the outside edge of his hip, but it radiates through

his hip and even at times down his leg. He has trouble bending and

getting up and down out of a chair.

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Gian

May 2, 2007

I would be interested in this as well!

I have just started having hip pain a couple of days

ago. The pain is on the left side, the top of the hip

and radiating down the back side. Sitting is fine, as

long as my feet are flat on the floor. Standing is

fine. Pain when moving and bending forward.

Samantha

May 2, 2007

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gurugiana wrote:

>My husband, a healthy 45 year old who does gentle KY with me, has

>started having nearly intolerable hip pain--right side. We are doing

>massage and gentle stretching. Finally, he goes to the doctor.

>Diagnosis? Either bursitis, tendonitis, or sciatia. That really

>helped.... X-rays normal except for some inflammation. He is in pain,

>and the anti-inflammatories barely work. He is still working, etc. but

>it is really affecting him. Since we both know emotional/spiritual

>issues cannot be separated from the physical, we have looked into

>chakra issues. I am at a loss. Help?

>Gian

>

May 2, 2007

Sat Nam, Gian,

I know you asked specifically about emotional/spiritual issues

related to your husband's hip pain, but I would also like to say

this for your consideration:

Several years ago I developed severe pain in my right hip, radiating

at times down my entire leg, sometimes also concentrating at the

knee. I went through a period of not being able to bend my right

knee at all while sitting for meditation, because that would jam the

hip, which was positioned incorrectly, up into an unbearably painful

place. I stopped walking back and forth to work and for my own

enjoyment for many months, because it was just not do-able.

I saw an excellent chiropractor, who told me that my right hip was

rotated forward and upward in relation to my left hip and torso, and

that this pelvic imbalance was causing other muscles in the leg to

strain to try to compensate for the lack of support. He was able to

tell this just from looking at the way I was standing, but he also

did a hands-on to confirm it and then x-rays to make sure there was

no compromise of the spine.

Chiropractic adjustments relieved some pain and increased my range

of motion, confirming to me that I was on the right track, but I had

to do some work on my own to make lasting changes in my body.

Gentle stretching and warming up is good. To that I would add a set

that strengthens the abdominal muscles and aligns the pelvis. I

used Gururattan Kaur's " Complete Warmup and Preparation for

Meditation " in her manual " Transitions to a Heart-Centered World " .

I still do that set regularly, before I do any other kriya. The

life nerve stretch, alternate leg stretches, and single and double

leg raises eventually eased my hip back into proper position. Doing

them daily reinforced correct alignment. I did them very slowly

with long deep breathing, sometimes each exercise for several

minutes until I felt the muscles loosen and lengthen. During

alternate leg stretches I often could feel (and hear!) my hip going

back into position, after 7 or 8 minutes. Stretch pose and crunches

strengthen the abdominal muscles. If the abs are weak, the pelvis

can chronically tilt too far forward or too far back, and muscles in

the hip strain to provide support because the hip (bone) is not

grounded and is no longer doing so.

It was uncomfortable, at times painful, to do this set at first, but

because I was clear that it was a pain generated in the correction

of a problem, and because I was sure I wasn't doing any more damage

in this process, I stuck with it.

Underlying issues: hip = foundation; right side = masculine

energy. Feeling unsupported by the men in my life? Living too much

in my own masculine energy & throwing my self out of balance?

Needing to give that assertive side of me a rest & pay more

attention to the re-generative, re-producing aspects of myself? All

food for thought.

Blessings,

Nirvair Kaur

In Kundaliniyoga , " gurugiana " <riverwitch7

wrote:

My husband, a healthy 45 year old who does gentle KY with me, has

started having nearly intolerable hip pain--right side. We are doing

massage and gentle stretching. Finally, he goes to the doctor.

Diagnosis? Either bursitis, tendonitis, or sciatia. That really

helped.... X-rays normal except for some inflammation. He is in

pain, and the anti-inflammatories barely work. He is still working,

etc. but it is really affecting him. Since we both know

emotional/spiritual issues cannot be separated from the physical, we

have looked into chakra issues. I am at a loss. Help?

Gian

May 3, 2007

Sat Nam

Several years ago I experience a similar situtaion. I had actually

wrenched my back, but at the same time rotated my right hip in towards

the left. I could hardly get up the stairs. I ended up going to physical

therapy to rotate the hip out. That's actually the reason I discovered

yoga after I was done with physical therapy. Perhaps a simliar, seeming

unrealted injury could be the cause of your husband's hip pain, Gian.

Thank you for sharing the information about Gururattan Kaur's " Complete

Warmup and Preparation for Meditation, Nirvair Kaur. I will have to

look into that.

May 3, 2007

Sat Nam,

In 1976 I found myself under the tires of a Toyota Landcruiser

(fortunately on the cushionion sand of a beach) which I believe to be

the physical cause of my hip, back, knee and neck weaknesses and

misalignment. It took some years for the subsequent injuries of my

body to make themselves known and many more years before I began

practicing kundalini yoga. Chiropractic has eased some of the

symptoms, but I am finding more and more relief and correction with

continued practice and continued searching into the

psychological/emotional/spiritual issues and how they manifest in my

physical body. I don't want to tout one form of physical healing over

another, any and all can be wonderfully effective but will offer that

my experience with recent somatic body work has brought the connection

between my body and the rest of my being and the simultaneous healing

of both. Find the kriyas and mediations that speak to you and stick

with them for a while. Accept your experience and love yourself.

Guru Gupal

On Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 05:36 AM, jenni4_seals wrote:

> Sat Nam

>

> Several years ago I experience a similar situtaion. I had actually

> wrenched my back, but at the same time rotated my right hip in towards

> the left. I could hardly get up the stairs. I ended up going to

> physical

> therapy to rotate the hip out. That's actually the reason I discovered

> yoga after I was done with physical therapy. Perhaps a simliar, seeming

> unrealted injury could be the cause of your husband's hip pain, Gian.

>

> Thank you for sharing the information about Gururattan Kaur's " Complete

> Warmup and Preparation for Meditation, Nirvair Kaur. I will have to

> look into that.

>

May 10, 2007

Sat Nam Gian Kaur,

Try Castor Oil Compresses

http://www.lifeevents.org/castor-oil-compress.htm

http://curezone.com/cures/castoroil.html

It's pretty impressive how it has benefited my knee problem in just a

few days.

Pay attention to the emotions that may come to surface as the toxicity

is moved.

Blessings,

Dharam

Millis, MA