Background

My right hip started hurting me in August 2011. At first I felt a pain at the top of my right glute and my right leg felt weak when getting into the car. A friend suggested I get Pete Egoscue's book "Pain Free". I picked up the book and started doing the hip exercises. I discovered my right hip flexor was very tight. The exercises in the book definitely helped to loosen the hip flexor. In the 4 months that I had been doing the exercises in "Pain Free", my lower back hasn't hurt at all. I used to occasionally get pain in my lower back if I was bending too much. I highly recommend this book to anyone in pain.

Since I had developed a slight limp, I went to see my doctor. He took x-rays which determined I have bad arthritis in my right hip. Short of surgery, he just recommended over the counter pain killers. I started taking Alleve and it seems to do a good job reducing the pain; I am hoping it will also reduce the inflammation. I also started taking glucosamine / condroitan to hopefully improve my joints.

I noticed that my posture was leaning to my right and I was putting more pressure on my right side. I decided to get a postural assessment from an Egoscue Postural Alignment Specialist. I contacted Deborah Preachuk at Pain Free Posture MN. I sent her 4 pictures of myself (front, back, right and left) and within 24 hours, Deb had analyzed my posture, given me a report of what my problem areas are and sent me a dozen exercises to do at home to correct the problems.