YOGA FOR HIP PAIN AND STIFFNESS

YOGA FOR HIP PAIN AND STIFFNESS
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YOGA TO OPEN THE HIPS AND LEGS, REDUCE STIFFNESS AND CONTRACTED MUSCLES WHILE PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE KNEE.
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[@KevinKowalchuk]

Hi Gwen! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for to help my hip pain!! The impact was nearly immediate. My hip flexibility is terrible. But thanks to you, my flexibility is starting to improve and I am already feeling better! Thank you so much!! K

[@hannahbaugh8090]

Have just discovered this video as I am suffering with hip pain through frequent driving and sitting at a desk. I practice yoga a few times a week so will definitely add these exercises to my routine! Love the clear guidance and advice throughout! Brilliant video! Thank you! x

[@kathygardner8661]

When dealing with stiffness, pain, or injury, I find it helpful to present poses that are the easiest modifications first. Most/many of these poses are not accessible to people that this video is intended for. It leaves one feeling frustrated and in more pain. With a 35 year history of a regular yoga practice, I did not realize then that that what seemed simple and basic to me in my 20s is not possible in my 50s. Learning to modify and back down with limitations has been a humbling lesson. I do not judge teachers with great flexibility and fitness, but having been through a long yoga journey, I have learned a great deal about aging gracefully while not doing poses that are frustrating or painful. To that point, frog pose, double pigeon, and reclining hero are not realistic. Thankful for the modifications, but with age, it is no longer possible to make progress. It`s about preserving what is is there with gentleness and humility and gratitude.

[@4kbevan]

Loving these moves. Thank you! I recently started having hip pain. I have a history of tight muscle issues (IT, torn ACL, plantar fasciitis, etc). I think it's time to start really listening to my body!

[@brendanolear]

Very informative Gwen, and encouraging for us that are not so flexible. I particularly like the way you explain how to come slowly out of the frog pose. I use the pigeon pose a lot on a tight hip and always have difficulty coming out of the stretch, I realise now that I need to do this in a much slower movement. When using a strap on your leg, stretching daily, realistically how long would it take to achieve a 90 degree or better if you are currently at 80 degrees or so?

[@ahmedalmoaber8952]

it just keeps getting better!!

[@ahmedalmoaber8952]

love the educational beginning... adds value... shall follow and apply..

[@pj7809]

Thanks. Really helped. You broke the moves down so well. This is my new morning drill.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

I am so glad to help!!!

[@crazyfool710]

I have used this video for years off and on to help with my hips. Now I am older and have some known tracking issues. Do you recommend doing all 3 stages here or can I skip the 1st and get to the 2nd and 3rd?

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

you can certainly skip if you feel right doing it, if it hurts or you feel weak, go back to one. your body can also feel different each day, so play and pay attention to your personal needs for the day, does that help?

[@crazyfool710]

Yes it does, thank you for your contribution to better the well being of us all!

[@michaelfinch2649]

I do yoga in martial arts this shit is no joke at all this take years to get better

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

be persistent !!!it is a lifetime commitment

[@juliagissy6007]

Thank thank you Gwen, my hip feels so much better.

[@kathygardner8661]

When dealing with stiffness, pain, or injury, I find it helpful to present poses that are the easiest modifications first. Most/many of these poses are not accessible to people that this video is intended for. It leaves one feeling frustrated and in more pain. With a 35 year history of a regular yoga practice, I did not realize that what seemed simple and basic to me in my 20s is not possible in my 50s. Learning to modify and back down with limitations has been a humbling lesson. I do not judge teachers with great flexibility and fitness, but having been through a long yoga journey, I have learned a great deal about aging gracefully while not doing poses that are frustrating or painful. To that point, frog pose, double pigeon, and reclining hero are not realistic. Thankful for the modifications, but with age, it is no longer possible to make progress. It`s about preserving what is is there with gentleness and humility and gratitude.

[@hamala7437]

She had already mentioned age severity in her feedbacks! Aging disallows!! Only minds and brains do!! I suggest you follow the sequence but also hear your body and honor it.

[@bozenawojno344]

Absolutely wonderful and very helpful yoga. Thanks so much, because I feel much better then 17:15 minutes ago.I wish that your yoga could have the whole session, to have a nice transition from one pose to another one.But I am very grateful, because now I am pain free, and I very grateful for your hip yoga;)

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

so happy to help it is my mission in life

[@RKV-e6m]

Thanks Gwen, Nice exercise, you are helping a lot of people, God bless you

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

Thank you so much

[@geraldogalliani2474]

mamma mia! those puppies are huge and beautiful!

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

so happy thanks for posting, keep up the good work get my power yoga for sports soccer edition DVD too!

[@MrCosmicAnt]

hi gwen i really love this exercices , but i have a problem my left leg its very tight , i feel inside my gluteous very tight , this makes my left leg shorter thank the other so in some stretches due to this shorter leg i feel like it isn`t the correct stretch , so can you give me some ideas to stretch that left leg and gluteous so my left side can relax and with time be at the same length than the other leg? thanks a lot in advance , love and light for your heart!

[@sonarqueen]

Thank you so much. I have hip pain and limited motion and am using your video to help improve. I can't hug my right leg to my chest. One sid Pingeon is easy... the other one I can barely do it at all.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

yipeeee, you made my day!!!! keep up the great work

[@paulhayes9200]

I did this trying to keep from having my hip replaced. Ended up getting hip replaced but with all the moves I learned here and practiced, I was up and walking in a day and back at work in 1.5 weeks. Glad I found this, Thanks Gwen. Dr. Patrick Toy did surgery at Campbells Clinic Memphis,Tn. on table at 10 am home in recliner 3:30 PM. 9 months out hitting golf ball 250+ off Tee on when I connect.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

MY HEART IS HAPPY! thank you for taking time to share this... keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!

[@cultclassic08]

Thank you for posting this! I'm definitely going to try these poses soon. :)

[@SC-vb2ui]

Awesome!!! 💙💙💙 Namaste 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@eatsleepplaysccr]

... I think I love you. I used to play soccer in high school as a goalkeeper, used to throw my body around on the ground, etc. Hips are so bad, left leg is almost 2 inches longer than the right. Started playing football and snowboarding. Tore my ACL & MCL snowboarding 2 years ago. Nowadays my lower back hurts so bad I can't stretch my legs and my hips click pretty often when walking. Gave up on flexibility. Standing at work hurts after 5 hours. Wasted so much money on the chiropractor X 3 yrs.

[@chauhanshivangi]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

your welcome and thanks for letting me know you like it!!! : )

[@vasanthapalakshappa3275]

Thanks I hope this will help

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

keep me posted

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

i am so glad they helped...great work

[@ravenwyld]

going to start doing this. i do yoga, but its hasn't helped my hip. my right hip is so painful and stiff some days I can barely walk. i would have to say it is the most severe body issue i have at the moment, very frustrating, been having to sleep with a cushion between my legs :/

[@mmeditatio]

Thank you so much for this!I have a sedentary job (sitting for 6-8h/day/only 30 mins break.Lately, I've been having this annoying feeling on my right hip (it's the back though, not the side).I can't tell if it's in the buttock or the hip? When I press on it it's a little painful. By night, it's a bit annoying, can't sleep well coz of it. Wanted to ask you: 1- If it's really caused by my sedentary job/lack of exercise, how come it's only the right hip? 2-Love your leggings, where can I get them?

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

i am so glad it helped!!! nice work

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

not long at all...be persistent and positive and you should conquer that 10 degrees quicker than you think. be in tune and mindful of your knees. breathe in and open up...a lot of hip issues are emotionally related so try to explore forgiveness and letting go

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

i am sooooo so glad i helped!!!!

[@alaalhusseini4956]

Thank you Gwen awesome video. I experience hip pain and stiffness when I'm in a squat position and that's why I started doing these exercises. I'm a basketball player and I'm fifteen years old and so I'm often forced to bend my knees but feel pain doing it. Do you think these exercises will do it for me? Appreciate it.

[@cultclassic08]

Would a thick hardback book work instead of a block? Thanks again.

[@farhadsheikh2347]

Great poses with excellent explanation. Superb. Thank you. Namaste.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

thank you so much, glad it can help

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

thank you thank you, :: )

[@ptacekova]

These really worked for me, thank you!

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

that is great to hear : )

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

excellent that is a huge compliment thank you

[@anthonyramnarine6836]

thanks for the video i am a boxer and have a big fight on espn2 and i pull my lower back scince then my hips been really stiff your video was a big help, i think you should do the pose longer so we (the viewers) feel like its a class while we are in the pose holding it togeter #yoga

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

Awesome. Keep me posted on your fights

[@hamala7437]

+Gwen Lawrence He was requesting from you a longer video!!! You did not reply Gweino

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

+Anthony Ramnarine thanks for the kind words, there are a lot of full length classes on the channel, try the yoga for runners keep on winning!! "good is the enemy of great" do not forget your mental training! G

[@subming21]

It is a really great exercise for hip pain and stiffness. It helps my chronic pain already after one cycle of exercise. Thank you!

[@mmeditatio]

It seems more like the muscle that hurts a little, not the the bone. I can totally do all the moves you showed. None of them were painful (even though I haven't exercise for a while). I'm usually a pretty fkexible person. I'm thin (5.4 weight=114.5 pounds). I wonder if the mattress I sleep on is making this worst or is responsible for this pain? (it's an air mattress. I've been sleeping on it for about 3 months (it's flat and it's really for camping and to sleep on for 3 months I think)

[@SareeceSews]

Is this a suitable remedy for postpartum hip pain? I am not an athlete, but really suffer after having a baby. Can hardly walk after doing aggressive physical activity. I'm not grossly overweight, but carried two very large babies more than two years ago.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

thanks you are very kind

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

i feel you really need to stay with it and open the glute to get the leg length in check. you can focus on stretching the groin with a 5 minute frog hold, still do the pigeon pose, heros pose, squat, even if it is against the wall, and standing forward bend, perhaps holding a sandbag across your forearms . do each pose 3-5 minutes stay committed and keep me posted, the leg length difference is a big deal and will throw off your back and create a multitude of other problems

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

you can put blocks under the bent leg hip as high as you need to feel a stretch but not pain in the knee, stick with it and eventually lower down more and more

[@cultclassic08]

Thanks! :)

[@Shakuu280]

Do I need to warm up before doing these stretches? My taekwondo teacher always stresses the importance of warming up before stretching, but whenever I watch yoga stretching videos I never hear about warming up beforehand, so I'm a bit confused. I would greatly appreciate it if you could clear that up for me!

[@mesramsatya1245]

hi I am a r.a patient and my totally body joints are stiff and my postere gone bend in 90° front and I want to loose my hip stiffness first so suggest some good ones thanks

[@Rash2oush]

Is it good for hip bursitis too?

[@Svensvenson7777]

How often (days per week) do you recommend doing these stretches?

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

+777Thebear yoga can be done everyday, depending on your time constraints and level of pain start with 2-3 and see how it goes than add and subtract as your body tell you, your body will tell you best -gwen

[@Svensvenson7777]

+Gwen Lawrence thank you

[@kitamarie4209]

is this safe for adults with hip dysplasia?

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

it is different for everybody depending on severity age etc... make sure you check with a great physical therapist first

[@sds1011974]

Having a hard time with Pigeon or any pose on my left leg. Tore my meniscus and its healing. What can i do so my knee doesn't hurt so bad? My hips and lower back as well as sciatic hurt sooo much. I am stiff. Hate it! Help!

[@johnmcnamara8741]

any reason you only focus on one side? Pigeon was only done on the left and the last stretch.

[@christri25]

I work at a desk all day and I have really bad lower back pain and hip pain. Those moves you due are just too hard to even start with. I cant even put my knees down sitting Indian style. Do you have really basic moves just to get started ?

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

try some of my regeneration restorative videos

[@pinbota]

I just started your workout for stiff knees and hip pain, I hope it helps me. BTW you look hot!

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

start slow and cautious before you know it it will all be easier... use your intuition

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

all i can say is doing it will not hurt so give it a try the leggings are lululemon good luck

[@Karaisoke]

You. Are. MY NEW BEST FRIEND.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

sure as long as it is stable for you!

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

you have a VERY different situation. i need you to know that during pregnancy your body releases a hormone called relaxin which changes the pliability of your muscles to accommodate the changes and the baby's size.also the changes in the shape of the hipsn pelvis are enormous. before you begin exercise post baby you need a doctor to clear you and assess your specific situation and make sure your hips and pelvis are back to normal AND your abdominals have retracted back to a position to resume

[@gwenlawrence4230]

+Rasha s it is once your inflammation is decreased and your doctor clears you

[@ravenwyld]

also hard coz i have knee issues, so knee poses are hard for me, i was seeing a physio every 2 weeks but cant afford it anymore.

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

i am so psyched to read your comment, thank you! come visit me at my studio, studio 14 in Port Chester NY and we can eliminate all motrin.!!!! keep up the great work!!!!

[@hac5x3]

Just keep hitting this link and that's the best part of this entire video (although the rest of the video is actually pretty good too). I hit it like six times already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g36vinlph6h4iKs

[@dariosimone2383]

Ouch ,,,ouch ,, pose

[@anthonyramnarine6836]

thats a reall rude comment, and she has way more class to respond to you lil boy

[@GwenLawrenceYoga]

Thanks for the big brother protection appreciated

[@anthonyramnarine6836]

I dont think it was a Big brother protection more of a Respect for woman that are confident , positive and also helping people.. i could say more bout you but not here for that :p. He just needed to know he never got a reply from you because a woman with class will never give 2 seconds of thier time for him ...and yes for sure ill let you know i dont have a dte yet but month in november and WHEN I DO WIN ill give you a shout out #Gwen"Yoga"Lawrence

[@LynnGustafson]

Too much talk, not enough yoga.