I can tell you that weak/inactive hip flexor will 100% cause it. I was having bad low back pain when squating or deadlifting, and my hip flexors were both tight and inactive. Stretching them did nothing and neither did stabilization work. So I got on the hip flexor machine after squatting and did 3 sets. My back pain instantly went away as soon as the hip flexors started contributing.
@weirjf me too, it's been over 6 months, and the pain is not going. I feel it when I raise my leg (left leg only), and it's the pain gets worse if I raise both legs at the same time. I also feel it when I do pushups (hip flexor is stretched during pushups).
I have a pretty intense pain in my lower back that almost feels like 2 lines down by my hip area. I feel like it gets worse when I’m at work and have to do some lifting with my arms extended above my head. Any advice would be amazing I’ve been dealing with this pain for years and I need to go away.
Try hip flexor machine at the gym. I had weak and inactive hip flexors with the same symptoms you described. Working then out twice a week has solved my issue.
I suffered severe back pain for 35 years. I’ve been crawling on all fours to the bathroom, in tears in front of coworkers and lost the only woman I’ve ever loved. Someone taught me to stretch my hip flexors and I’ve been free of back pain ever cents. So…
@@joojotin I don’t know if it’s temporary. I keep doing it & don’t have problems. Well, no pain at least. I do hip flexor stretching and exercises. Every morning, and throughout the day. The same way someone might stand up and just kind of stretch their arms in a day. I will stretch my hip flexors. In the morning time not exactly after I wake up, I do a full stretching & Exercise routine that includes squatting, stretching hamstrings, all the way down to stretching my feet. I even do the squat maneuver I learn where I use my elbows to stretch out my legs from a squat position. To keep things play a role, am I opinion, keeping my weight down and stretching my hip flexors. Please understand I am not a therapist, or doctor, I literally don’t know what I’m talking about. I can only tell you what I do and it being so relieving it almost brings me to tears when I tell someone about it
@@illdoctrine9329 thanks for sharing! Glad you are not in pain anymore. In my experience stretching is temporary relief and research seems to show that too but there is A LOT of anecdotal evidence of people painfree by stretching which is interesting. I might have to give this a try along with strengthening psoas and rectus femoris daily. Maybe I will be painfree too in the future.
@@joojotin God bless you man and I wish you the best for sure. In your journey they’re going to be great resources like this channel out there and there’s always the wonder of modern medicine. I certainly hope your journey goes well.
Majority of the time the hip tightness is more of a protective mechanism for the spine, as opposed to the cause of the low back pain. But this is where a physical exam is helpful to figure out what the best treatment approach would be
Thank you and great video. I am a Marine and my lower back pain has just started to catch up with me. I have always thought that a feeling of tightness = a muscular issue, but unfortunately, yoga isn't helping much anymore. I say all of this to ask you, what is your opinion on chiropractic for low back pain?
Hi there! First, thank you for your service. I think that the services provided by chiropractors can be beneficial for low back pain (there's chiropractors in many VAs now). I generally focus more on what the providers approach and training are, than I do for their specific credentials (obviously they would be licensed though).
@@MichaelBraccioThank you for what you do, Michael. I appreciate your advice and I thank you for your support as well! I will look into seeing a chiropractor - many VAs do indeed have them now - what a good resource for veterans. I'm active duty so I'll see what that looks like for us. I'll let you know!
What causes the hip flexor and lower back to be tight and hurt on one side one day, then shifts onto the otherside either the next day or a few days later. I find that when I do exercise like squats or just running. This happens.
Could be something as simple as changing your movement pattern to avoid pain/discomfort leading to tightness somewhere else. But could be other reasons too.
Iv been to chiro, drs with no help at all iv started running and having lower back pain, groin pain, ankle pain I don’t know what the cause is and how to fix any tips would be awesome
Hi Sally! Honestly the best advice would be to find someone you trust to work with. They can do a thorough assessment and figure out what the best approach for you is. Otherwise it’s just guessing.
Hi Micheal , I've had spells of lower back pain for years , only one side . Would you recommend any stretches for it ? As you said when I do stretch my hip flexors it does help but not eradicate the issue
Hi Cameron, generally I find strengthening exercises to be more helpful long term than stretches. There's no specific core exercises that need to be performed, but things like planks, side planks, etc can be helpful.Just need to find the ones that work best for you.
@@elijahlawal616 I have other videos that discuss strategies for low back pain: ruclips.net/video/ZYLrxPNS90o/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Mg8NadAOEQI/видео.html
There are some McKenzie exercises that can help with the lateral pelvic tilt. Although sometimes the lateral shift is a result of the pain instead of the cause of the pain.
@@MichaelBraccio i have a minor curve at my lumbar spine. Most likely due to weak QL and glutes on the left side . My QL and glutes on the other side are tight causing my pelvis to be pulled on.
I love how these kids these days learn everything from the internet “research” vs. using common sense. The two muscle sets are not connected so there isn’t a direct anatomical correlation. Simple anatomy can tell us that.
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I can tell you that weak/inactive hip flexor will 100% cause it. I was having bad low back pain when squating or deadlifting, and my hip flexors were both tight and inactive. Stretching them did nothing and neither did stabilization work. So I got on the hip flexor machine after squatting and did 3 sets. My back pain instantly went away as soon as the hip flexors started contributing.
Is it the adductor and abductor machine??
Anecdotal evidence.
I’ve been doing hip thrust exercises regularly…and my hip/back/groin pain is as bad as ever.
@weirjf me too, it's been over 6 months, and the pain is not going. I feel it when I raise my leg (left leg only), and it's the pain gets worse if I raise both legs at the same time. I also feel it when I do pushups (hip flexor is stretched during pushups).
That tells us absolutely nothing and is not an indication of anything.
I don't get it. If the hip flexors are tight, shouldn't they cause posterior pelvic tilt , which in turn can cause lower back pain?
I have a pretty intense pain in my lower back that almost feels like 2 lines down by my hip area. I feel like it gets worse when I’m at work and have to do some lifting with my arms extended above my head. Any advice would be amazing I’ve been dealing with this pain for years and I need to go away.
Try hip flexor machine at the gym. I had weak and inactive hip flexors with the same symptoms you described. Working then out twice a week has solved my issue.
I suffered severe back pain for 35 years. I’ve been crawling on all fours to the bathroom, in tears in front of coworkers and lost the only woman I’ve ever loved. Someone taught me to stretch my hip flexors and I’ve been free of back pain ever cents.
So…
Sorry to hear about the troublesome back pain but glad that you are pain free now.
How much do you stretch and do you do it every day? I just recently found out that stretching hip flexors really helps isnt that temporary fix?
@@joojotin I don’t know if it’s temporary. I keep doing it & don’t have problems. Well, no pain at least.
I do hip flexor stretching and exercises. Every morning, and throughout the day. The same way someone might stand up and just kind of stretch their arms in a day. I will stretch my hip flexors.
In the morning time not exactly after I wake up, I do a full stretching & Exercise routine that includes squatting, stretching hamstrings, all the way down to stretching my feet. I even do the squat maneuver I learn where I use my elbows to stretch out my legs from a squat position.
To keep things play a role, am I opinion, keeping my weight down and stretching my hip flexors.
Please understand I am not a therapist, or doctor, I literally don’t know what I’m talking about. I can only tell you what I do and it being so relieving it almost brings me to tears when I tell someone about it
@@illdoctrine9329 thanks for sharing! Glad you are not in pain anymore. In my experience stretching is temporary relief and research seems to show that too but there is A LOT of anecdotal evidence of people painfree by stretching which is interesting. I might have to give this a try along with strengthening psoas and rectus femoris daily. Maybe I will be painfree too in the future.
@@joojotin God bless you man and I wish you the best for sure. In your journey they’re going to be great resources like this channel out there and there’s always the wonder of modern medicine. I certainly hope your journey goes well.
So, basically all the videos telling me my hip tension is the cause of all of my pain are nonsense…and I have no idea on how to fix my back/hip pain.
Majority of the time the hip tightness is more of a protective mechanism for the spine, as opposed to the cause of the low back pain. But this is where a physical exam is helpful to figure out what the best treatment approach would be
Thank you and great video. I am a Marine and my lower back pain has just started to catch up with me. I have always thought that a feeling of tightness = a muscular issue, but unfortunately, yoga isn't helping much anymore. I say all of this to ask you, what is your opinion on chiropractic for low back pain?
Hi there! First, thank you for your service. I think that the services provided by chiropractors can be beneficial for low back pain (there's chiropractors in many VAs now). I generally focus more on what the providers approach and training are, than I do for their specific credentials (obviously they would be licensed though).
@@MichaelBraccioThank you for what you do, Michael. I appreciate your advice and I thank you for your support as well! I will look into seeing a chiropractor - many VAs do indeed have them now - what a good resource for veterans. I'm active duty so I'll see what that looks like for us. I'll let you know!
Very informative and precise, there's your thumbs up :)
Appreciate it! 👍
What causes the hip flexor and lower back to be tight and hurt on one side one day, then shifts onto the otherside either the next day or a few days later.
I find that when I do exercise like squats or just running. This happens.
Could be something as simple as changing your movement pattern to avoid pain/discomfort leading to tightness somewhere else. But could be other reasons too.
Iv been to chiro, drs with no help at all iv started running and having lower back pain, groin pain, ankle pain I don’t know what the cause is and how to fix any tips would be awesome
Hi Sally! Honestly the best advice would be to find someone you trust to work with. They can do a thorough assessment and figure out what the best approach for you is. Otherwise it’s just guessing.
Hi Micheal , I've had spells of lower back pain for years , only one side . Would you recommend any stretches for it ? As you said when I do stretch my hip flexors it does help but not eradicate the issue
Hi Cameron, generally I find strengthening exercises to be more helpful long term than stretches. There's no specific core exercises that need to be performed, but things like planks, side planks, etc can be helpful.Just need to find the ones that work best for you.
What was the point of this video
To discuss the research on whether hip flexor tightness is associated with low back pain
Honestly
@@MichaelBracciobut you didn’t recommend or provide any kind of solutions for people with lower back problems.
@@elijahlawal616 I have other videos that discuss strategies for low back pain:
ruclips.net/video/ZYLrxPNS90o/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Mg8NadAOEQI/видео.html
I have a lateral pelvic tilt that gives me low back pain
There are some McKenzie exercises that can help with the lateral pelvic tilt. Although sometimes the lateral shift is a result of the pain instead of the cause of the pain.
@@MichaelBraccio i have a minor curve at my lumbar spine. Most likely due to weak QL and glutes on the left side . My QL and glutes on the other side are tight causing my pelvis to be pulled on.
Same here brother
@@ruflessbeats6498 keep exercising and stretching . Humans are built to adapt as long as you break the old cycle
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I love how these kids these days learn everything from the internet “research” vs. using common sense. The two muscle sets are not connected so there isn’t a direct anatomical correlation. Simple anatomy can tell us that.
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Is this about something in the video?
Let's talk about hip flexor fascia densification.
Try researching around internal fascia + psoas fascia densification...
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