Feldenkrais Program for Hip Pain: Lesson 1-Pt.1 Stability

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have been a mess. My whole right side stiffens up, result of a broken ankle in 1998 and tibial plateau fracture in 2012. Those parts do not hurt, but the hip gets misaligned. Touch of osteo arthritis but not a lot. Bodywork helps but is not available right now. Anyway, I live on a hilly acreage, gardening and walking the land is my passion. However, the limp had become so bad that just getting to the garden was an effort. Today I finally searched KZbin for some exercses that did not require getting on the floor. That floor is getting farther away every year. After doing a few of your easy peasy movements I felt straighter, and had a great time walking over the uneven ground with minimal discomfort!

[@SensingVitality]

That's so great! Glad to hear it. Hope you find more and more improvement. I have lots of lessons to explore. My audio programs do go to the floor-- but as you can see many of my videos are in seated position. Thanks for writing.

[@careerwomanhm]

Wow, magical. I definitely felt more grounded when I stood. The surprising thing, though, was finding that I felt the heel bone less on one side than the other... and that I experienced a spasmy pain about 2/3 up the exact middle of my thigh when I softly punched the bone. Looks like there's more to explore. Thank you for this lesson. Completely new to feldenkrais.

[@SensingVitality]

Hi TallCakes-- Welcome and yes, this is common a difference in the contact of the heel bone. The spasm in thigh may be a response to the nerves from your sacrum/hip area. Keep playing with this lesson and others in my hip playlist. Sensing your bones is very very grounding!

[@cinmac3]

Thanks for an anatomy experience.

[@mef092s]

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[@angiecameron6489]

I feel so grounded. My hips feel relaxed too. I love your lessons. Thank you.

[@SensingVitality]

Wonderful- Thanks for writing and glad to hear it

[@hangahorvath1348]

Great! i can feel less pain after the first practice! Thank you!

[@SensingVitality]

Awesome! yes, keep working with this and also check out my playlists or Patreon for more.

[@hangahorvath1348]

I am continuing, and already feel more thebones, and mivements! lso i falk un love wuth superball for self foit massage!!

[@SensingVitality]

@@hangahorvath1348 awesome

[@carolwilliams1197]

Wow I’ve never been aware of my heel bones before. i will have to visit this exercise a lot. Didn’t feel any hip pain when i got up to walk. Thank yo for this movement.

[@paulinachicamino]

very helpful for bringing relief to my s-i joint pain. thank you :)

[@SensingVitality]

You are welcome--I'm teaching online classes now and invite you to check them out if that works for you. Thanks for writing!

[@rahlfchristine2295]

super lesson ,so important to sens the bones ,greetings from a FK practitionner in Paris

[@SensingVitality]

Hello and glad to hear!

[@subhashchandna5235]

You are a brilliant teacher! Ty

[@SensingVitality]

thank you!

[@elizabethvalencia4488]

THANK YOU

[@lynnexley]

Hi I have become very interested in Feldenkrais and looking to train. I suggested this lesson to my 83year old mum who was experiencing bad pain in the hip and lower part of right buttock whilst sitting. Obviously lockdown causing a lot more sitting and no golf for her. That was last week. She enjoyed the lesson but just told me the next day when she tried to put her left foot on the floor the heel was very painful and interestingly when she’d been sitting for awhile with her foot on the floor and then tried to lift it she experienced strong pain like pins and needles, like something flowing. She said this heel discomfort lasted 2 days. I asked how it feels now much better she said heel pain gone and the original pain in hip and buttock much reduced. So can we deduce that her body’s response, ie heel pain is just the nervous system reorganising itself and perhaps she should repeat and be even more gentle? Thank you.

[@SensingVitality]

Hi Lynn, Yes-- I believe your right. This lesson wakes up the nervous system and will reorganize movement. It's very common for people to be uncomfortable from the changes, muscle soreness, and also the nerves waking up. Gentle and slow-- small amounts at a time is wise. If she can get up and down from the floor, I'd recommend the Sliding the Heel lesson-- it's very gentle and can help open the pelvis/lumbar spine - typically gentle for the nerves as well. Keep me posted! Thanks for writing.

[@lynnexley]

That’s brilliant Annie! Thank you. She’ll be so pleased and I will let you know how she gets on 😊

[@brianwilson9800]

This is most interesting. I have learned to relieve my back pain momentarily by negating the effects of gravity using liqua insoles and a teeter inversion table to decompress the spine, but I notice that you do not wear insoles and you tap your heel firmly on the ground sending the impact up your leg to the hips, does this increase your pain or overtime by increasing the gravitational force, or do you find that your pain diminishes after the heel tapping exercises? Your video was most illuminating and I look forward to learning more about Feldenkrais thank you ;)

[@SensingVitality]

The tapping is not that extreme-- only enough to sense the bones. The clearer this "felt"sense becomes, the more support the skeleton can provide with movement.

[@cinmac3]

Interesting as I have been working on my body with Somatics, I have nerve damage from a brain injury, and also coordination challanges on the opposite side of my body.My nerves on the left side of leg feels allot of sensations through my whole leg After many years my body is still trying to coordinate them it seems. You would think I would know . But we don't always know how to get out of pain, i cause.

[@SensingVitality]

Brain injuries can be a mysterious healing process. I like to think of the process like repairing a net that was torn or connecting the dots to make a complete image again. Give yourself some time and attention to repair and heal....

[@cinmac3]

@@SensingVitality yes I am well aware since 1981, I have been making this net- web. Thanks

[@cinmac3]

Hi Annie, every morning i go outside and tap my heels (bone/ spine),. this morn. I thought of you and heel tapping.

[@sea_hous]

Do you have any videos that are whole body and not focused on one point of pain?

[@SensingVitality]

So many here on KZbin - check my playlists, they are organized according to need but focused on the whole body and many more on my Patreon including in-depth series of audio and video lessons www.patreon.com/SensingVitality?fan_landing=true

[@sabrinab5220]

Great video!!! This video prigram ( part 1 and 2) is help for FAI syndrom in one hips, post or after surgery ?! Better to start on the chair or in the floor if you are pain in sacrum and one wick leg ( ankle ) ?

[@SensingVitality]

This is a very gentle lesson and should be OK for FAI syndrome. With any kind of pain or limitation, go gently and do small movements to see if your body can move in these ways. Not sure about your question with starting on the chair-- I'm sitting on a stool-- if you use a chair, use a flat chair. If that is painful, can put padding on the chair.

[@SensingVitality]

Hi Sabrina, This lesson is designed specifically to sit on the chair. and yes, It's gentle and helpful post surgery

[@UsernameCode]

Hi. Anything for anterior pelvic tilt w/ pelvic floor dysfunction? Thanks

[@SensingVitality]

Hi, Sorry I haven't responded... I don't have a simple answer to that question. There are probably a few things to work on, working with your core support, and I'd get your pelvis/lumbar area connected with skeletal support-- and then addressing pelvic floor.

[@mackergreenwood]

Again wow.

[@lorilentz1477]

I like your metaphor. sitting bone as rocking chair

[@SensingVitality]

Hi Lori, thanks. I've come to think of the sitting bone more and more like that versus a round contact point. The skeletal ischium bone looks like a round shaped rocker to me.

[@naveenahmad1331]

I am unable to tap my right heel to the floor , it lifts very less , the weight of my foot is towards the ball of the foot

[@SensingVitality]

Try bringing your foot more forward on the floor-- so your heel can touch down more easily

[@naveenahmad1331]

Thanks ! Will try this !

[@naveenahmad1331]

I tried bringing the foot forward and tapping the heel but now my toes are curling in , my heel also does not move right to left easily ( rigidity ) I also find this foot tends to point inwards while I am standing . Any movements that can help ? Will this movement help in connecting the pelvis to the ankle ?

[@SensingVitality]

@@naveenahmad1331 You can raise the floor a bit -- either with wide boards or large wide books-- or sit on a lower chair or coffee table... I also try leaning forward with hands on top of leg/knee to put a little your body weight on the knee (foot) -- this may help transmit the sensation down to your heel. The other option is to try the ankle lessons with the ball and with the roller. See how that goes...The idea is to get more neurological sensation in different ways to and through the bone pathways

[@naveenahmad1331]

Annie Thoe - Sensing Vitality Thank you !

[@daves9355]

My right sitting bone thumps when rolling over it. When I'm not feeling great it just feels out of place. Can a sit bone be unstable?

[@SensingVitality]

The sitting bone itself isn't unstable-- it might be a hamstring tendon you a feeling that you might be rolling over. I'm not sure without hearing/seeing you move. The SI (Sacroiliac joint) can be lax from prior injury (often lifting, pulling, running or a fall) which can often give one a feeling that things are out of place, but the sitting bones are solid contact points of the lower pelvis and do not move -- similar to the tip of your elbow which is a hard bone (olecranon) or your heel bone (calcaneus). I have a number of different blanket roll lessons which can be helpful for aligning the two sit bones-- as well as the sliding the heel lesson.

[@daves9355]

@@SensingVitality Thank you so much for answering! A muscle or tendon rolling over it makes sense. I suspect I have a loose Sacroiliac joint because I have a bunch of other loose connective tissue issues. But good to know the sit bone itself isn't moving. I will check out the vids you recommended. Thank you.

[@SensingVitality]

@@daves9355 You're welcome Dave. One thing about SI joints-- be careful to not sit too long on the blanket roller. Try the Knee Toning lesson-- Gentle toning can help balance the laxity in those SI Joints, the other lesson I recently posted on my Favorite lesson for walking is really helpful as well for SI joint issues. Good luck!

[@tommibluesky7025]

Great lesson, thank you for sharing!

[@SensingVitality]

Thanks so much for your feedback and glad this worked for you.