Why Is My Hip Locked Up? I Can't Sit Cross Legged! It's been Months of this! 😩

A lot of females generally, get this very unusual locked up hip joint and pain. All assessments and scans show the hip joint is healthy BUT the pain and stiffness that comes on suddenly from an awkward to innocuous movement causes the hip to lock up and it can be stuck here for a long time!
What is going on?
Nerve locks are ignited in the hip muscles and glute muscles. More explained in this video.
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"Welcome to The Nerve Needle Guy channel, where you'll learn about a revolutionary treatment for chronic pain. My name is Jim Bostock, and I'm a physiotherapist/pain specialist with over 20 years of experience specializing in musculoskeletal pain, strain counter strain manual therapies, visceral manipulation, and energy healing work.
I founded the Bostock Institute in Brisbane, Australia, where I treat nearly 4000 people a year who come to me for chronic pain they've been enduring despite having gone through the medical system. My treatment, the Bostock Needle Technique, targets and releases nerve locks in muscle and nerve fascia that are often missed by other therapies.
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[@ElminasConcerts]

omg yess i finally found someone who knows wtf my hip is doing. have been trying to find any answers

[@GiGi-hh5tj]

Omg!! This is exactly what I’m dealing with. Thank you for the information!

[@Seer-cw9lu]

I’m a man, can’t get my ankle on my knee

[@ness4019]

Hi Jim, I’m in the Northern Rivers…do you ever do treatments here or only in Brissy? I need to see you for an appointment. After watching this video, I’m hoping you can sort my hip out! Cheers Ness

[@KasenBurris]

‼‼Please help! I'm an active male who has had these joint locks you describe for over 6 months now. I've been doing frequent chiropractic, stretching, foam rolling, etc in an effort to alleviate the lock in my hips. I'm happy to hop on the phone, pay for a program, etc. Anything to fix this. Your video is the first video that describes exactly what I've been feeling in my hips. It's been the strangest thing considering how active and healthy I am. Please help!

[@thefella71]

me too buddy

[@karenpiraneo5426]

I have had this for many years! Yes, it is stress. Dry needling almost killed me with pain!!!! Yes, Orthopedic acupuncture worked better, but like a massage it only lasted about 5 days. This destroyed my hip and I have put off a replacement with, meditation, somatic stretching, rollers, balls, and swimming. It's slowly unlocking and getting stronger! It got so bad it caused 1 year of crippling sciatic pain. Don't put it off, as it will only get worse and not one doctor will help you!

[@ShaniBerry]

I am going through this now! It started when I was pregnant and now I am 4 months post partum and it is so bad, I live on pain killers. Struggling to get anyone to help or work out what it is. I have sciatica now which I didn’t have originally

[@karenpiraneo5426]

Shani, has you had you hip xrayed? These are the symptoms I had when my hip needed replacing. I put it off for 8 years and just gave in back in March this year. If it's your hip, don't put it off. My recovery was much harder because I let it go too long and lived in pain for way too long. Wish ing you the best.

[@JayBee-hb2pm]

Finally a video that explains what I’m going through. I hate not being able to open up my hips especially at the gym when I see everyone else able to stretch during wide or cross leg warm ups/downs. Thanks for this video :)

[@jelylo8067]

I have never been able to sit criss-cross comfortably! My knees won't go flat.. I'm going to try some stretches for the next few weeks & hope they help! My right side is definitely worse & I was a clencher My whole life, teeth, muscles (but, thigh, pelvic) U name it! I started the Gym 2mths ago, but I'm also 43 with new RA & fibromyalgia (15yrs)... I had a 2nd baby (both c-sections) at 40 & want to stay active as long as I can (kuz most days are soooo tough physically, I'm in tears 😭) I've done acupuncture, all types of physical therapies, tons of medications, shots, etc.... & no "cure" & My weight didn't matter fat or skinny.. 20yrs ago I was in boot camp & i had a bunch of car accidents (like 15 in 20yrs, not My fault either, just a magnet I guess 😢 the last 1 was the worst, hit head on by a 17yr old kid who just got His license😢 in 2016) I still have tinnitus & hearing loss from the airbag!

[@davebond7380]

This is what I have but I am definitely a man. A judo injury 3 years ago has left me on the verge of a hip replacement. I have held a lot of emotional trauma from a while back. I know a great acupunctureist so maybe he can help. Thanks for your vid and keep up the great work.

[@TRESPROJECTX]

I’m only 22 and been feeling this for 4 years I thought it would get better and been ignoring it but it’s only gotten worse

[@jennifer.anguiano]

Great video! I’ve been searching the internet to find this precise problem and just now I found what I was looking for, I think. I’ve always been active and have done yoga with no problem at all. One day my right leg from my hip area or psoas started feeling weak and painful to walk. I was limping. Especially from a sitting down position to walking. I started doing glute exercises and it helped, but when I cross my leg I feel a tight pull to my knee (pelvis through inner thigh to knee). I found a bulge on my left lower back (hip/pelvic region) when I press on it I can cross my right knee freely. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

[@KimFields-z2r]

Great info!! It’s exactly what I have been dealing with and so done with it!!!

[@susanshaw4208]

Wow, thank you so much. Both my hips are locked and they hurt really bad. I will do the stretches that you recommend.

[@alexcochrane8759]

Male with this problem. Pretty sure it's from driving often for work. Seeing a chiropractor and will ask her about this. Ive heard acupuncture may help?

[@janise01]

Good information but referring to women as "female" and men as "men" in the same context isn't ok and is indicative of disrespect towards women. While there are some contexts it makes more sense to use male/female over man/woman there's never a context where it's appropriate to call women "female" while calling men "men".

[@KristaAlexander]

Umm. That's silly. I use female all the time. There's literally nothing offensive about being called a female.

[@janise01]

@@KristaAlexander And you should correct that behavior. Yes it is offensive to call women "female" and men "men" in the same context. It devalues women while placing a higher value on men. I also have no idea why you think you're so special that a bad behavior would be made ok by virtue of you engaging in it.

[@KristaAlexander]

​@janise01 there is zero possibility you will convince me that calling a female a female is offensive. I can't take anyone seriously who says something so silly.

[@janise01]

@@KristaAlexander Based on your previous comment I didn't expect you'd have the intellectual capacity to comprehend why it's offensive to call women "females" and men "men" within the same context. Thank you for the confirmation though.

[@amandasuagua4009]

I'm wondering if this is what is going on with me. It's been a bit over 3 weeks, I have all of these symptoms, plus sometimes when I turn it feels like my hip almost pops out of place and as soon as I try to step on that foot I get extreme pain with a locking sensation. I cant put pressure on that foot until I let it release and almost shake it out a little.

[@ScarlettHurn]

Thank you so much. It has been hurting for 2 years😢😢😢

[@cavinnn]

definitely not just females. my hips get locked, I can't align my head over my spine when I sit. it's just so uncomfortable from bottom to top and I've been doing yoga and other stuff for years, still can't get it

[@sprainedankle8547]

same here. please let me know if you find something to improve this.

[@NSGgaming2022]

Same here bro please let me know if u find something

[@1565awyatt]

Hi Jim - I have this EXACT issue. I’ve tried PT, doesn’t help and I have just started accupuncture - I’ve done 3 sessions and haven’t gotten any relief yet. Are there any magic points you can recommend? Is the nerve lock treatment and accupuncture treatment or something else? Dying for relief it’s been like this for almost a year 🥲

[@kellysdances715]

Same it’s killing me 😓😓😓😓sick of it

[@harshguleria4617]

Any one got a solution

[@priyankalalwani9901]

What are the precise trigger points to deal with while performing dry needling ? What points do we need to tell our practioner for dry needling? I'm in desperate need of this , since Im sufferingwith this exact same problem for 8 years now , please help. I am really grateful for this information, thank you so much

[@thirdeyeinsomnia9776]

Good question. I didnt even know what dry needling is

[@philippaclarke7602]

What do I need to tell the physio? nerve lock treatment??

[@Coconutoilcrazy]

I have this issue, I am now doing yoga. It is very helpful. Very deep stretching seems to be the trick.

[@princy23661]

You got it right. I was going theiugh emotional trauma for couple of years and I am suffering from left hip lock. I tried all treatments and some excercises too but nothing seems helping me.

[@jamiethornton5358]

I'm male and I have this too. I broke my hip in a car crash when I was 19, I'm now 39 and I've had this issue for as long as I can remember, many many years. I'm so fed up with it. It's had a huge knock on effect and caused many problems throughout my entire posterior chain. If anyone knows of a way to fix it please share

[@jellybean3616]

Just popped my left hip by sitting down cross legged on the floor and am in so much pain. The pain is coming from high on the back of my left hip. Hoping this helps!

[@rachell7682]

What is the treatment. Could you explain?

[@nadiagillespie]

My hip lock is on the side of right my hip and I cannot cross my ankle over my knee in a 4 stretch or stretch my adductors on my right hip. What do you suggest for that? Thank you!

[@JimBostock]

Nadia thank you for watching, you need to get your nerve locks in your glutes and lateral quads unlocked. Try dry needling. Also stretching your glutes x 4 day 1 minute gently.

[@tanosbourne39]

Nadia I am exactly the same. I've been like it fir over 4 years now. I believe it's the cause of my back pain and knee pain as well. I've tried telling so many professionals my hip feels stuck. Only to be told to stretch hip flexors etc which hasn't worked. I have had dry needling on my hip fkexor before to relieve pain which worked a treat but even with their examination of my hip nobody has said my nerves a blocked and needing can help it release. I wish you were here on Victoria Dr Rob 🤣

[@natoornstra5475]

I have had this problem in both hips for 14 years after needing glute injections to maintain my pregnancy. I do these stretches often and while they help make life more manageable I am still in a considerable amount of pain.

[@JimBostock]

Sorry to hear, yes you most likely have nerve locks in your glutes that are locked in, try dry needling/acupuncture and I hope the practitioner can get these points for you and unlock your glutes.

[@jayanthidianagnanapathy1101]

Thank you. Explains so much and really addresses my situation

[@renukashinde2701]

I have had emotional traumas in past 3years. Two of them put me depressive state .... Thankyou Dr will try the exercises ... Could it be deficiency of D3, B12 or calcium??? 🙏lots of love happiness and success to you

[@dominiquew.8181]

I was never able sit cross legged! I am fit and active and overweight. Never been limber :(

[@Sandra-pe3fe]

This video made me cry. It's exactly what has happened to me. I have complicated PTSD, had breast cancer, and Grave's disease (4th time), pernicious anemia all brought about from intense stress and shock. 3 suicides my son and daughter first husband. 3 cancer deaths my husband, mother-in-law and niece. Domestic violence after all this from my youngest, my other son trying to cope with grief. Now I am dealing with complicated PTSD and this painful problem neither of my hips will open at all, my left hip is worse than my right and I'm in constant pain. I feel like a hypochondriac because I'm alwats at the doctor and they can't find anything wrong with my hips. A few months ago when I had a pap smear it couldn't be done properly because I couldn't open my legs. I've been suffering now for over 4 years. I also suffer from hip pain on my left side from the top of my hip all the way throughout my buttock around into my groin and it also causes my hip to lock up the paIn often travels all the way down to my ankles and my knee swells up some days feellike it's twisted. My left foot also turns in now and when I try to turn it out it causes pain all the way up my leg through my knee and into my hip. My right side is starting to go the same way. I have been looking at videos to try to fix the problems because exrYs show there's nothing wrong except slight bursitis in my left hip burser.

[@heatherdoeur114]

Thank you so much! I have moderate to severe scoliosis plus I sit 8-12 hours per day for my job. For the past few months, I’ve been having this same issue with my right hip. My chiropractor thinks it’s a combination of sitting too much and doing lunges and squats with weakened muscles. I hate it so much 😢

[@Odifma]

I have this issue as a male. Im a delivery driver and im almost certain its from the small box truck i drive. Im a tall guy, 6'3, and my left hip has been hurting for the past 8 months. I cant sit cross legged or spread my left hip open if i lay on my back/butt . i get really bad pain if i try that. X-rays showed my hips were great. How do i fix this issue?

[@JimBostock]

Hey Matt, thanks for watching and comment, yes you have nervelocks in your glutes most likely. You need to get them released. Try dry needling as a method to help.

[@jerredchouseman]

I broke my femur in 2017, ever since I can’t cross my broken leg on my lap.

[@claremcbride416]

Wow in 2019 I had had a massive row with a friend who coaches me in skiing I fell over backwards onto my lower spine while skiing Spitting blood Migraine followed Have had a locked L hip since

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

Yes have this and a male. Right hip worse as did a year standing left foot and lifting/ lowering heel 1000 times a day right foot. But did 25 years of emotional crisis, , adrenals shot. was life threatening. Just realised, its root chakra, survival stuff (from when I was born, plus last 25 +years,,,70 now, but was very fit, a gazelle) Root chakra shot and nerve blocks etc. I can hardly walk left leg, cant hardly cross ankles, cant part knees, no hope of ankle on knee and horizontal and would break sitting cross legged. Done a million exercises, physio yada yada. Im in Ukraine so... no nuthin. Are you Australian? Hopefully coming home if you are must meet. Checking your site out.

[@Joe-pb3lx]

I hope that is your wife

[@fwmemdmmekba1061]

Is this arithiritis

[@KristopherGhandour]

33m here with 4+ years of this locking. This is the most accurate description of my pain and situation for my hip!!! PT at Kaiser hasn’t been much help. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice? Thank you for explaining this perfectly!

[@CFLSystema]

Get acupuncture, not "dry needling." The latter is just a slice of much more effective pie, so to speak. It is as if you hire a plumber and they can only help with a 4 inch pipe. Nothing else but a 4 inch pipe. Very limiting.

[@karaclark4]

Thank you for this video. So just stretching will help work it's way out? I have been dealing with this pain for 16 years at least from a traumatic birth. I can't cross my legs with my right hip w/o it pulling/hurting. I have been trying to figure how i can help myself ever since.

[@jayabharathikannan65]

Same problem

[@timwheeless]

Thank you. I can walk normal again with no pain. It only took 2 days! Hats off to you sir😊

[@davidtuplin6628]

I'm a man whose been experiencing this for 3 months. I'm 54 and flexible and athletic but since being rear ended I've had this exact issue. I've had an MRI and found soft tissue damage but nothing structural. I wish it could just be adjusted lol It feels like that's what it needs but I'm sure it would kill( joking)

[@ThisKory]

I'm 32 and you're describing exactly what I feel like. It almost feels like a nerve is out of place and getting pinched. Did yours end up getting better after these stretches?

[@davidtuplin6628]

@@ThisKory it actually does help. I hope you get to feeling better

[@ThisKory]

@@davidtuplin6628 Thank you, I appreciate your response. Hope is restored! 😄

[@dianemueller4879]

I have had this for 10 years and my quad muscle also gets tight help please

[@debmomyer8461]

I used to be quite flexible but my right hip has been locked for months, it feels like exactly as you describe in the video, lateral motion is extremely limited and painful. Will these stretches cure the problem or is further treatment needed? Hip stretches usually make it worse but I want to keep what motion I do have.

[@Adehead]

Thank you I have had this for two years at-least but no money for doctors so I will try stretches

[@sharonmitchel1377]

I went through this for a few years. Eventually I exercised and stretched my way through it. My physical therapist tried, but didn’t do the dry needling. He did a lot of deep massage and therapy on the adductors. Thanks for explaining! We thought it was hip arthritis but x-rays showed minimal damage.

[@gardengirl9099]

Where would I get dry needling? An acupuncturist?

[@Bellab414]

Omg I’ve been dealing with this for a few months now I’m going through major stresses in my life and I’ve just found your video I will try your recommendations thank you 🙏 ❤

[@angelabaker6504]

I not been able to sit cross legged for over 10years i do the exercises but still cant do it

[@emilyk5168]

I have had this for maybe two weeks now. I thought it was because I was sleeping funny (one leg pulled up). But I am a woman and I do have an anxiety disorder so your explanation makes sense.

[@jenniferjustice1183]

I have bee feeling this for Years🫣

[@ps-gh3hu]

for male, there could be different reasons?

[@ladyivy21663]

does sciatica cause locked hip too? mine is in left along with L2-L5 D.D.D wondering if both is causing it ( i had leg braces just like forest gump movie shoes n all) wondering being born feet completely in and forcing it to normal position did damage to them? ive had this my entire life 33 yr old.( like twisting your arm unnaturally and forcing it there) now going to be a first time mom alone. 😢 ( 19 weeks) idk what website to trust to try to do exercises or stretches im 279 with chronic pain n fatigue. any pointers or ideas as to where to start?

[@JimBostock]

Yes it can, if the sciatic nerve is angry in any way, you develop glute nerve locks from my perspective and this causes so many problems in the hips, lower limbs & your spine.

[@eronreed7288]

I have struggled with this locking on one side. Will try these stretches, they do feel good. A very deep hip flexor/runner’s lunge kneeling stretch sometimes unlocks it as does a series of swings of that leg front to back as far as able. When locked, it’s very painful and there is no rom. Thank you for this video - there is no info on this!

[@Wazir-z7l]

dr i am disable to cross my legs since i am born ] and i am 17 and i had tried alot of exercises but non of them helps ]] can you guide us for any kind of sergury🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭☹☹☹☹☹☹☹

[@potrelviewer9536]

Both of my hips are always on the verge of snapping even at the slightest lateral or sagittal rotation. Is this the sign of something worse than osteoarthritis?

[@JimBostock]

Not necessarily, it may just mean your glutes are very tight, locked and asleep. The gluteal nerves are not happy, regardless of what the joint situation is.

[@potrelviewer9536]

@@JimBostock there might be an explanation to this. I was practicing judo (green belt) more than a decade ago, when one day, after class, we did a stretching period where one of the poses was sitting criss-crossed. Many of the judokas could do it with ease, while some had a bit of trouble to get in the pose. Me, I couldn't even bring my knees below my ribcage. So, our judo teacher came to me and "helped" me get my knees at least at hip level, and then it happened: both of my legs got out of the hips sockets, and it was the worst pain I ever felt in my life. Got to the hospital, stayed there for an entire year in order to repair the muscles and tendons of my entire hips, then to re-educate myself to walk and sit with assistance. We didn't file a complaint at the judo teacher, but he was fired after that whole episode. Nowadays, I can walk fairly long distances (up to 8 miles per day), but I still sit with upper assistance (using a table or a wall to sit). Also, my doctors forbade me to ever move my legs sideways outside my body shape, otherwise the repairs already done would be broken and unhealable.

[@ps-gh3hu]

interesting theory

[@ksch2265]

Please stop saying female cuz this has been going on for 13 years getting worse and I'm a man 27. It's horrible

[@harshguleria4617]

Same here, did you get any solution or relief? Please guide

[@ksch2265]

Yes its scfe

[@ksch2265]

Arthritis and bone on bone

[@SLDiva101]

Wow this is me

[@gomathidesigamani6364]

True thanks a lot sir

[@michellea7876]

What if you have an artificial hip in situ ?

[@JimBostock]

You still may have Nerve Locks that are holding the muscles locked around the new hip joint.

[@JimBostock]

Please be careful doing the stretching, easy and comfortable please :)

[@HeatherChatterton-pz8vk]

This is my exact issue. I am coming to Brisbane in May…. Would one visit be pointless, do I need to find someone here in Adelaide that can do a similar thing??

[@JimBostock]

Hi Heather, for this problem I usually do 2 sessions. Sadly no one in Adelaide.