Joint & Muscle Pain: Physical Therapy for the Hip and Pelvis

Series Summary

In the human anatomy, the hip is the joint linking the femur and the acetabulum of the pelvis. This joint is imperative for movements including sitting, standing, walking and running. This joint is made up of the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis bones that move in flexions, extensions, abductions and adductions, rotations, and circumductions. The pelvis bone is located at the base of the spine and holds the socket portion for the hip joint.

Improve your range of motion after watching these expert videos on hip and pelvis physical therapy. Our expert demonstrates hamstring stretches, piriformis stretches and front leg stretches that will warm up your muscles and joints for various physical therapy exercises. Treat your hip pain with front leg lifts and side leg lifts. Squatting exercises will also reinforce the mobility and build strength in these vital joints. Watch these videos and you will be walking, running, sitting, squatting and more in no time!

Video Transcript

" Hi, I’m Monica and today I am going to talk about hip and pelvis exercises you can do. Before I start showing you some exercises, I just want to differentiate between true hip pain like pain in the joint versus muscle pain. Usually when people say they have hip pain, if they are talking about joint pain it should be deep in the joints and they actually usually point to it and they are going to point to somewhere right around in here, like right where their hip is at versus generalized muscle pain. Can be superficial or it can also be deep. There are some muscles that are very deep and close to the hip joints. So it is going to depend on again which muscle it is but usually it is going to be more on the side of your hip right here or towards the back of your hip down into the lower buttocks region. When someone is talking about back pain they have some soreness versus joint pain should be like right here, right in front point directly to that joint is at. "