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Your Thighs Might be Causing Your Back Pain
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Your Thighs Might be Causing Your Back Pain

by Andrew Vertson
written by Andrew Vertson

Are you suffering with back pain? If so, you are among the majority. That’s right, around 80% of the population deals with back pain at some point in their life. If you fall into this category, you know the annoyance that is caused by frequent back pain. As you know, back pain can interfere with every facet of life. It can make simple things like bending over difficult and cause you to become irritable, making it hard for you to participate as you once did in social activities. In essence, it takes away the life you once had and leaves you with one void of the joy you once experienced. The solution to this problem is to understand what causes back pain in the first place. Do you know the culprit could be your thighs and/or hips? Your Thighs Might be Causing Your Back Pain

How Does Your Thigh or Hip Strength Correlate With Back Pain?

It might come as a surprise to you, but poor thigh and hip strength often leads to back pain. As you age, your thigh and hip muscles—more specifically the external hip rotators, gluteus muscles and the quadriceps– naturally weaken. This is caused by various factors, such as sitting for long periods of time, along with age. As a result of this weakness, the support your spine once enjoyed is lessened. This in turn makes it harder for you to do simple tasks, like bending over and picking something up. Put simply, it means you don’t have the correct amount of strength in the right places. Consequently, when you bend down repetitively on a daily basis in your weakened state, this will lead to more stress on your back, which causes your pain to worsen.

How to Know If Your Strength is Located in the Right Places:

First of all, do the following:

  • Face a mirror.
  • Make sure your head is facing forward and your spine remains straight.
  • Squat down, by sticking your buttocks outward.

When completing these actions, notice the following:

  • Are you able to squat as you stick out your buttocks?
  • Do you feel discomfort or pressure in your knees?
  • Does one or both of your knees turn inwards?

If you answered yes to the questions listed above, you likely have problems with the strength and mobility of your pelvis, hips and thighs. These issues could be the culprit behind not only your back pain, but any knee pain you might have as well.

How to Strengthen Your Hip and Thigh Muscles:

The simple solution to the problem of back pain would seem to be for you to strengthen your hip and thigh muscles. Of course, that’s easier said than done. That’s where our expertise comes in handy. When you choose us for your treatment, we begin by thoroughly analyzing the way you bend and walk. We also make note of how strong your thighs and smaller hip muscles are currently. After this assessment, we can pinpoint the areas of your body that need work. The next step will be creating a treatment plan that is specifically designed to help you quickly build strength, and as a result, improve your spinal stability, muscle coordination and eliminate or reduce your back pain.

Your Thighs Might be Causing Your Back Pain

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Sciatica
Exercise & Fitness

Simple Exercises For Sciatica Pain

by Andrew Vertson
written by Andrew Vertson

If you are one of many America’s suffering from chronic low back pain, you may find that gentle exercise and daily stretching can help to provide some pain relief. Sciatica is a type of low back pain characterized by pain that travels down the sciatic nerve, which branches off into the back of the legs. Simple Exercises For Sciatica Pain
Sciatica pain may be accompanied by tingling or numbness sensations or even muscle weakness in the legs. Sciatica is often associated with an underlying medical condition, such as a herniation of the lumbar disk and the pain may be intermittent or constant, mild or severe.
Though sciatica nerve pain can be difficult to cope with, here are two common exercises that can help you to manage it and relieve its intensity.
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Hip Stretch
If your activities require extensive sitting then stretching the muscles in the back of the hip is an exercise that may help with your symptoms. You can easily perform this stretch in a comfortable seated position. Sit with your back straight and your legs extended out in front of you. Bring your right ankle up and rest it on your left knee, your right knee is bent and will look like the number four. Taken both hands and grab behind the right knee and gently pull this toward your chest. You should feel tightness deep in the right buttock. When you feel this tightness, hold the position for 30 seconds and then extend the leg back to the floor. Repeat this stretch three times each leg.
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Hamstring Stretch
Stretching the hamstring muscles may release the tension caused by the irritation of the sciatic nerve. One simple hamstring stretch may be performed by standing up straight, elevating one foot in front of you and resting it on an object (such as a step) high enough to cause a slight tightness in the back of your leg. It is important not to raise your foot higher than your hip or high enough to cause a sharp pain in the leg. The top of your foot and knee should face toward the ceiling, and not turned outward. Once your leg is in this position, put your hands on top of your thigh and gently put downward pressure to maintain nice stretch in your hamstring. Caution: be very careful not to overstretch, because that could aggravate the sciatic nerve. Hold this stretch for 30 seconds and then lower the leg back to the floor. You should repeat this exercise three times each leg. Simple Exercises For Sciatica Pain
These two stretches can help you release tension and relieve sciatica pain in your buttocks, hips and legs. For best results, practice these exercises regularly for sciatica pain relief. Do you need more help with your low back pain? Contact a physical therapist in your area and begin the journey back to full health.

Simple Exercises For Sciatica Pain

Simple Exercises For Sciatica Pain

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