Common Causes of Hip Pain

Although hip pain can be caused from a variety of different things and can fixed with simple changes, if it is consistent, you should always go to your doctor to rule out serious conditions or injuries that my need more serious treatment. 

Common Causes of Hip Pain

1. Chronic Sitting
• People in the United States sit for an average of 13 hours per day. 
• Your hip flexors remain in a shortened position which can cause an imbalance in your hips
• Additionally, when we are sitting so much, we tend to be more dehydrated which can lead to unhealthy muscle tissue
• The muscle tissue lacks necessary flexibility and elasticity which allows it to tear more easily and become over stressed
2. Strength Imbalance
• This can come from a consistent and unvaried workout regimen that has you constantly stressing the same muscles
• A good example of this would be people who are runners and neglect other muscles not used while running
• By having an unnatural strain on your muscles, you can cause yourself to have an overuse injury

Fixing Hip Problems

• Mobility
• It may help hip pain to improve range of motion of hip flexors and hip rotators
• Exercises such as lunges and squats are good for improving mobility
• Elasticity
• You can improve this by simply moving more often throughout the day. Try to get up and walk at least once an hour
• Try to do a static stretch everyday to keep the muscles lose and flexible
• You can also try doing a few body weight exercises every hour to work on both elasticity and mobility
• Strength
• Get back to the basics when it comes to strength and balance it with mobility work to keep those hips strong and flexible