Hip and lower back pain can feel like they’re controlling your life—making it harder to keep up with your kids, enjoy long walks, or even sit comfortably for too long. But relief is possible, and it starts with understanding what’s really going on in your body.
Here are 3 ways this video can help you reduce hip and lower back pain and improve your life:
The Truth About Lower Back Pain
In this week’s video, I share the surprising connection between your lower back, hips, and pelvis, and how tightness in these areas might be the hidden cause of your pain.
This is important because treating your lower back alone won’t solve the problem if the pain originates elsewhere. Understanding this connection is the first step to finding relief.
In this video:
✅ Discover the potential long-term consequences of ignoring these pains
✅ See how hip pain can manifest in different areas of the body.
✅. Learn about various causes, from muscle imbalances to emotional stress, –
✅. The holistic approach to addressing hip pain. Incorporating stretching, strengthening exercises, and mindfulness
✅. Gain insights on the significance of the fire element meridians in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and their impact on hip and lower back health.
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Is your hip or lower back pain something that will just go away on its own? Or is it quietly creating more problems for you?
Here are some common hip and lower back pain misconceptions. Let’s uncover the truth together.
Hello and welcome. I’m Sarah Gowans, Remedial Massage and Craniosacral Therapist, at BlossomingMe, and the Healthy Learning Lounge. Here we are a sanctuary for you to tap in to nurture your journey to health, wellbeing, and a positive mindset. We focus on helping you to clear the stresses, tensions, and blocks that are holding you back from living your most fulfilling life.
Today we’ll explore five misconceptions about hip and lower back pain and why addressing it sooner can help prevent bigger issues later.
Misconception 1 – Will hip pain go away on its own?
Sometimes, actually yes. But often, ignoring hip and lower back pain can lead to compensation patterns. throughout our body, worsening the problem over time.
Sometimes minor aches can resolve with rest and care. But often, hip and lower back pain are a signal that something deeper needs attention. Left untreated, it can worsen over time, leading to compensation patterns that affect our knees, lower back, or our posture.
For busy parents, it’s tempting to ignore it and keep pushing through. But those subtle aches today can turn into chronic pain tomorrow if left unchecked.
Misconception 2 – Where is hip pain felt?
Hip pain often starts in the groin, or deep in the joint of our hips, but many people overlook it until it’s spread to the back, our knees or our legs. Hip pain doesn’t even always feel like hip pain. It can masquerade as discomfort in our groin, thighs or even our lower back.
Because the hip joint is such a central part of our body, pinpointing the exact location of the pain isn’t always easy. Especially when the pain spreads to nearby areas.
Misconception 3 – Why hip pain occurs.
Pain can stem from weak or tight muscles, poor posture, and muscle imbalances. Frequently, doing activities like bending and twisting at the same time, and carrying too-heavy loads, can lead to injuries, like repetitive strains and hip pain.
Hormonal changes can also play a role. For example, in pregnancy, when hormones like relaxin, loosen our ligaments, and our hips may become less stable. This can increase the chance of more strain or injury.
Emotional stress can also be a factor. Emotions can be stored as tension in our hip area. And also, in TCM, Chinese medicine, the fire element, which is linked to emotions like hurt and betrayal, can show up as tightness or pain in our hips or lower back. As can emotions like frustration and anxiety.
Misconception 4 – Fixing or easing hip pain is just about stretching.
Addressing hip pain requires a mix of approaches. Stretches, yes. But also strength exercises, mindfulness, and relaxing processes.
Addressing hip pain isn’t just about stretching, it’s about building strength, improving our mobility, and releasing emotional tension. Addressing hip pain requires a mix of targeted approaches. Simple steps like incorporating daily hip opening exercises, using a foam roller, or practicing mindfulness breathing, can all help ease the tension. Seeking professional help, such as bodywork, like massage, craniosacral therapy, osteopathy, and many more, can also help with specific treatments tailored to your needs.
And Finally,
Misconception 5 – Connection to the fire element meridians in traditional Chinese medicine, TCM.
The hips and lower back pain can be influenced by the fire element. This fire element governs our heart, small intestine, triple heater, and circulation sex, meridian channels. When these meridian channels are out of balance, which is often due to stress or heat, very common in summer, then pain and tightness can show up in our hips, lower back, and surrounding areas. Addressing both the physical and emotional aspects then, can lead to lasting relief,
Studies do confirm that strengthening our hip muscles can reduce lower back pain in up, in, up to 70% of cases. And did you know that over 50% of people that have hip pain, also experience lower back pain and discomfort, within a year? This highlights how connected these areas really are, and why early intervention is key.
I hope you found value in today’s video and if you did, please like and share it. And follow us here at Blossoming Me for more insights on relieving your pain and reclaiming your mobility.
And join us next time for more tips to nurture your health, wellbeing and really support your positive mindset.
To support your healing journey further, I’ve created a FREE eGuide “Chronic Pain Guidebook”, designed to help you relieve YOUR chronic lower back and hip pain.
Download your copy in the link below!
From my heart to your heart, Namaste.
Sarah xx
At Blossoming Me, we’ve worked with so many people who feel stuck in cycles of pain and frustration. But the key to lasting relief often starts with understanding your body, not just where you hurt, but why.
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Interested in further reading?
Relaxation Revolution: The Secret to Alleviating Lower Back Pain and Enhancing Your Well-being
Are Tight Hip Flexors Causing Your Lower Back Pain?
Beyond the Ache: The Amazing Link Between Fascia, Pain, and Emotional Well-being
Back to Balance: Clearing Lower Back Pain by Balancing Your Kidney Meridian
About Blossoming Me
BlossomingMe offers a fully integrated approach to your wellbeing. Located on Sydney’s Upper North Shore. Sarah is our Cranio-sacral and Remedial Massage Therapist and health and lifestyle coach. She can help relieve those problematic knots, tightness and other specific ailments to promote a healthy recovery. These complementary massage therapies can be combined to suit your needs, and include: craniosacral therapy, shiatsu, acupressure, reiki, remedial, swedish, and body-mind-massage.
Our qualified Osteopath, Alexis, offers a drug free, minimally invasive, “hands on” treatment focusing on the musculoskeletal system with its associated muscles, tendons, ligaments, membranes, bones and joints. Alexis takes a functional approach. This means that she focuses on the way a component (body part, tissue or group of tissues) performs its role, as well as the way the body works, performs and integrates as a whole. Our team can support you to improve your posture and therefore your overall health.
ional advice or care. Please seek the advice of a qualified health professional before you make any changes to your health regime, before dealing with new symptoms, and, if something you have read here has raised any questions or concerns regarding your situation.