What are the major causes of hip pain? They are Arthritis, Avascular Necrosis, Hip Pain Strain, and Back Pain. There are stretches and hip pain exercises that you can do every day to decrease your hip pain and strengthen your hip muscles.
Stretching in the morning and in the evening will help decrease your hip pain and loosen up your hip muscles. You should focus on stretching your hips, upper and lower back, and legs. The 3 main stretches you should do are: knees to chest, hip and glute stretch, and spine twist stretch. Try to make this a morning and evening routine you do every day. After a while, it will become just a part of your daily routine.
Stretching decreases your hip pain by increasing your blood flow to your hip joints and muscles. This results in decrease in hip joint inflammation and increases your hip joint motion. When your hip joints are not inflamed and muscles are loosened up, you move more easily and do not get that painful grinding feeling.
Every day, you should take 10 to 30 minutes to do hip pain exercises. Hip exercise will decrease your hip pain and also increase the strength of your hip. A few effective hip exercises are walking, swimming, or biking. Orthopedic Doctors and Physical Therapists believe these are the best hip exercises because of the low impact it has on the hip joints.
After you have control over your hip pain, you can start to do more strenuous hip exercises to increase your hip strength. Some of these exercises are: squats, lunges, and even speed walking. However, I recommend staying away from running. Running tends to put more stress and increased impact against the hip joints. By doing this, you are increasing the risk of causing more damage and pain.
Sitting or lying down may also help relieve your hip pain. This is especially true if you have been on your feet for long period of time. When you sit or lie down, you take the stress off the hip joints and give your muscles a rest.
When you apply heat to the affected painful hip area, you will loosen up the muscle tensions and increase blood flow to the muscles and joints. You can apply heat to the affected area by either using an electric heating pad or a heat wraps. Another excellent hip pain treatment is to apply a clear and odorless cream called Arnica which is a natural pain muscle and joint reliever. It will absorb into your skin after about minute and you will not even know it is there.
Sometimes your hip pain can just be unbearable. There are time when it seems nothing can ease your hip pain. You do not have to just deal with the pain and bear with it. Call your Orthopedic Doctor and explain that your hip pain is just too much. He or she will probably prescribe a prescription or suggest and over-the-counter pain killer. It is important to remind your doctor of the medications you take and any allergies you may have to certain medications.
