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Originally Posted by Zeke
Well, Baz, I thought you were post menstrual....
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Nah, Baz is just a Florida Gators fan.
Baz my friend, I had the same thing happen to me last November through December and in to this new year. Severe pain developed out of nowhere in my lower back, down my left hip and into the top of my left thigh towards the knee. Sitting on a toilet was a nightmare. Sitting down anywhere I had to lay my left leg out behind me to sit down and then pull my leg over with my arms. Pain scale of 1-10 I was a hobbling 8 and when it hit I was a 42,000.
So I wound up approved for a dozen physical therapy sessions in December. Easy stuff you can do at home on your own once it is shown to you. It wasn't until towards the end of the 12 sessions that the therapist really earned their pay, and that was by diagnosing and adjusting the length of my legs to be the same as my pelvis had shifted forward on one side and backwards on the other. And then laying on my side while the therapist felt around the muscles on my left hip and pushed down HARD when she found the tight spot that made me go OWWWWWW!!!! Sessions always ended with 10 minutes of an ice pack. NO heat at any time and when asked about using a massager it was a definite absolute NO.
So the simple stretches
that worked for me as a patient and certainly not a physical therapist:
1) Find a way to incline both feet about 30 degrees at your toes with heels on the ground. Lean forward and hold for 10 seconds. 20 reps of those. They really stretch your lower leg muscles. You'll feel it.
2) Find a stairway. One leg on level ground, put the other leg on the second step with your foot pointing upwards. Lean forward. Hold 10 seconds. 10 reps each leg.
3) Sit in a chair. One leg and foot flat on the ground. Cross other leg over that leg, sitting up straight lightly push down on your crossed leg at the knee while you lean forward. Hold for 10 seconds. 10 reps each leg.
Good Luck!