That was delightful! I often have sore hips/lower back, probably age and or related to balance issues, and I will definitely repeat a few times a week. This felt so relaxing, but your calm prompts helped me to be aware of how I was holding my core, whether I was engaging the right muscles, keeping my back neutral, etc. thanks so much for all you do! 💪🏼🙏🏼😊
Hello Sue, I am so glad that you found it both relaxing and helpful- that is the perfect pilates outcome! Thanks for your support and best wishes, Rachel 😊
I won’t say it was relaxing but I will say it was much needed. This is the best video I have completed for tight hips. Turning the legs to the left was painful but I continued to massage the right areas while completing your video. I ❤this video
Thank you so so much. The relaxing effect was almost immediate! It's so difficult when you have chronic pain to find exercises that help stiffness but don't aggravate the pain and your videos always help 💕💕
Recovering from a bad ankle sprain resulting in becoming a couch potato. This felt so good. For the most part, I didnt need to watch, your instruction was that clear. Any difficulties I will blame on my poor hearing confusing your accent which is lovely.
Thank you, thank you. Its great to have a session for hips. I appreciate not just the exercises its also how you explain the moves and their benefits. Thank you Rachel
I feel great! A few years ago I discovered Yin Yoga, and it really helped my hip pain. But I know (my physical therapist told me) I need to strengthen my core, so this video is a big help! I hope to return often and get relief AND strength! Thank you
I have performed this Pilates exercise six times a week for the last three months and found to have less lower back and thigh pain. Thank you Rachel. I have also increase my daily walking distances. One of your most import tips is "to walk upright as if one has a thread pulling from the middle of the head."
You're very welcome Lynn. You can turn on the Closed Captions on all of my vidoes if they help you. Just look for it in your TH-cam settings. Take care 😊
Rachel - you have saved me from 3 years of pain. I can now keep the health maintenance going. I have a Pilates machine but these exercises are an important add-on. ❤
Trying a second pilates with you! (after 40 sessions of hip physiotherapy focusing on the left hip, the painful piriformis). Hopefully I love your care!
This is my go to exercise. In February I had an hip flexor injury and literally could not walk upstairs due to the pain. I looked on line and found this and it has been invaluable. Earlier this week I did a 15 mile walk along the Pembrokeshire coastline. Not fully pain free but the varied exercise videos I’ve completed (I’ve liked them) enabled me to enjoy my favourite pastime (outside of Pilates now 😊) Thank you Rachel you made this possible and finding you has been a gift ❤
Dear Elaine, thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I am so glad you've been able to get back to enjoy life having used my Pilates session to heal yor injury. That's wonderful. I am beyond happy for you and have also made a note I must try that walk one day ❤️⭐️🤗
Thank you your an angel 😇 I've had hip injury sinceay 2022 I found doing this really helps me alot. Pain killers don't work and some stretches ill always come back here when it gets bad again. ❤ so thank you again. I'll be doing this everyday till starts to feel better again
I just finished this video and it really highlighted how much I need to devote much more time to stretching out. Goodness! I didn't realize how tight I really was. I will be doing this one often ❣️ Thank you for thinking about doing this video, Rachel!
Ahhh even better, the power of pilates- relaxed and released it just perfect. This tells me these are really good exercises for you. Keep up the great work Cheryl and thanks as ever for your support. 😊
Now one month later, I definitely have less lower back pain and feel phyisically stronger as i continue to perform these exercises 6 days a week Thank you Rachel
Various health issues with hips & lower back so been going through your library & selecting some great videos to help me so apologies for not joining you on you live sessions. This is great & fits neatly with the other stretches I’ve been advised to do. Thank you Rachel, as always great session, clear instructions & a good feels afterwards 🙏
I really needed this today, I did something to my left hip, I don’t know what, but it’s been uncomfortable for a couple days. We’ve been having work done on our house, getting up early, and with my balance and ataxia issues, on top of being tired, I think I overdid an intermediate session earlier this week😖I’ll be doing gentle sessions for the rest of the week, until my hip feels better!😊❤
Hello Veronica, hope this helped your hips feel a bit less tense. If you feel any pain please do reduce the range of movement and intensity of the exercise as this is a functional and therapeutic workout desiged to help you feel more comfortable in your hips. 😊
I didn't see any workout suggestion for today so I did this one and I could feel a knob like stress going from left side to left leg trying to denote, but couldn't. I'll keep working at it, felt good and I do feel stronger now, thank you Rachel❤❤❤❤
I'm a 20-year-old with arthritis in the hips. I've been really mobile and feeling good for over a year but recently I got a flare up due to which I've been in a lot of pain and haven't been able to walk for some days. It has triggered many negative emotions from my teenage years, when my health was at its worst. It has made me feel bad for myself because it can be really hard to be a young, pretty girl with big dreams and ambition struggling with these health issues, needing to slow down regularly and being unable to do many physical things others my age do. Currently I'm still on heavy painkillers but I'm slowly feeling better and your pilates session (the first I'm able to do since the flare up) has lifted my spirits so much. It's gentle and relaxing, and since I loved doing pilates workouts when my health was better, this made me feel like I'm getting back on track. Thank you so much.
I always enjoy this workout & do it regularly for my achey hips. I think I have the start of ostheo arthritis so find these exercises really helpful. Thank you Rachel 😊💓
I took your advice about the hips from your live session 10/20/2023 and started with this 1st video and completed. Hope as days go by I will be able undo whatever I did. Thanks!
This a such a good one Rachel I do so many of your videos for older people I have been with you from the start. I think you are amazing I was so fit until lockdown and then had so many health problems start and when I could start to walk again you helped me so much especially as I am on my own and families in Australia. You have kept me going, thank you. .
Just found this class amongst your videos. I’m a bit of a bulldog, pushing myself in my exercises. I forget sometimes I’m 70 with arthritis in my hips. Did a bit too much, and was in pain in my right hip, which clicks incessantly 😫. Wonderful, gentle exercises. Just what I needed. I feel much better after doing. I’ve saved and will be do after my walking and regular pilates classes!! Thanks Rachel ❤️
Thank you so much for these excercises Rachel, although I have an arthritic hip I can do these and find them really beneficial.. as you said doing them slowly is the key 🙂
Hello Helen, thanks so much for your message. I’m delighted these exercises work for you and help your hips to feel better. Slow and steady and keep up the great work 😊
This is very good, released horrible pain in right hip. I added a few stretching excercises with legs and it seems the pain came out through the leg... 🎉❤
Wonderful video. Really helps my hip stiffness through much dancing and exercise over many years. Will be doing this each morning followed by a standing video to get going. Love mixing your shorter videos. Many thanks Rachel.
Yay! So glad you love it. Have you tried my Pilates for Hip Bursitis and Hip Pain? th-cam.com/video/HhESfpa7838/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lYFT2lJRcSiVRHV7 And my Pilates for Happy Hips ? th-cam.com/video/2G-HCjKa9Cw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=SMEGpQiYY-qfb8_c. And this one for arthritis of the hips is lovely too th-cam.com/video/G6mZy3YAq9k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FGIAAg4Irho9nhQb xx 🤗❤️
Oh Rachel, this was amazing! I’m 65 and did the Vitality London half marathon on Sunday and my hips were very stiff, so this is just what I needed.I’m training for the London Marathon so I expect I will be doing this many times between now and then (and afterwards!). I’m not always able to join your live sessions but I can’t see how to donate later - could you let me know please? Thank you so much xxx
Hi! Do you have any lessons for iliotibial band syndrome or similar lesson that I can watch? I also have a valgus knee on the same side! You are amazing thank you for your time ❤
I loved it this Rachael, however, I get confused when breathing; that’s a technique within itself, any tips with my breathing and doing the poses, etc?
When I did the circling knee exercise. I noticed some resistance in my back. Nothing painful but a twang sensation. (Mose so on the right) What recommendations do you have to help release that?
I do need to pay attention to my core. I fail on being aware of how to exale while holding my core. I doubt whether I was engaging the right muscles. Any hint to this issue?
So I'm not really a senior person, but I already feel weaker than one such person, & I'm not even 30 years old. For nearly 12 years, I've been a sedentary person, but I've kept myself relatively active by doing daily walks (up to 6 miles per day), & taking the stairs if need be. I have two major main issues regarding bodily mobility: complete lack of lateral & sagittal mobility in the hips, & severe lack of neural coordination between my lungs & my core muscles. For the hips, as I've stated a few sentences before, I can walk fine, but not jog nor run. It also hinders my ability to sit on any surface without holding myself to any upper surface, in fear of falling to the ground (very stiff knees). Never learned to sit naturally in my life, as in "functional movement" area; same goes for the rest of these functional movements. As of the coordination issues between my breathing & core engagement, it's something that I've suffered since I was a baby. Long story short, I almost died during my birth via C-section delivery. Turned out that I started to inhale the amniotic fluid that was in the fetus & was so deep in my lungs that I ended up in the premature aisle of the hospital. (if it wasn't for this dire move, I wouldn't be writing these words...) As I grew, my mom's pediatrician told her that I should never sleep in prone position, otherwise my lungs would be too much compressed & never work normally again. So I must avoid any natural prone position, or if I must be, I have to take a deep inhale & do whatever I have to do in prone postion while being in apnea, even if I'm nearing my 30s. I'm not asking to become the next Usain Bolt or John Cena; all I want is to be able the easiest of the basic exercises that any normal person should be able to do, otherwise the only future awaiting me is a fully bedridden life.
That was delightful! I often have sore hips/lower back, probably age and or related to balance issues, and I will definitely repeat a few times a week. This felt so relaxing, but your calm prompts helped me to be aware of how I was holding my core, whether I was engaging the right muscles, keeping my back neutral, etc. thanks so much for all you do! 💪🏼🙏🏼😊
Hello Sue, I am so glad that you found it both relaxing and helpful- that is the perfect pilates outcome! Thanks for your support and best wishes, Rachel 😊
This is the most amazing sequence for hip pain. I do it several times a week , works every time. Thank you
I won’t say it was relaxing but I will say it was much needed. This is the best video I have completed for tight hips. Turning the legs to the left was painful but I continued to massage the right areas while completing your video. I ❤this video
Thank you so so much. The relaxing effect was almost immediate! It's so difficult when you have chronic pain to find exercises that help stiffness but don't aggravate the pain and your videos always help 💕💕
Recovering from a bad ankle sprain resulting in becoming a couch potato. This felt so good. For the most part, I didnt need to watch, your instruction was that clear. Any difficulties I will blame on my poor hearing confusing your accent which is lovely.
Thank you, thank you. Its great to have a session for hips. I appreciate not just the exercises its also how you explain the moves and their benefits. Thank you Rachel
Hello Kim, glad it was helpful and you enjoy the explanation as well as the movements. Thanks for watching 😊
I feel great! A few years ago I discovered Yin Yoga, and it really helped my hip pain. But I know (my physical therapist told me) I need to strengthen my core, so this video is a big help! I hope to return often and get relief AND strength! Thank you
I have performed this Pilates exercise six times a week for the last three months and found to have less lower back and thigh pain. Thank you Rachel. I have also increase my daily walking distances. One of your most import tips is "to walk upright as if one has a thread pulling from the middle of the head."
This is very helpful thank you very much because l am feeling pain free
Yay! Thank you, Rachel, for the helpful instructions- AND for the closed captioning! 💖
You're very welcome Lynn. You can turn on the Closed Captions on all of my vidoes if they help you. Just look for it in your TH-cam settings. Take care 😊
Rachel - you have saved me from 3 years of pain. I can now keep the health maintenance going. I have a Pilates machine but these exercises are an important add-on. ❤
Trying a second pilates with you! (after 40 sessions of hip physiotherapy focusing on the left hip, the painful piriformis). Hopefully I love your care!
Amazing my hips were so tight and painful, immediate relief. thank you. I will be searching for more of your classes.
It’s close to 6PM. What a relaxing exercise. This was the end of my two hour daily workout. It’s just relaxing, Rachel.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wonderful! You're an inspiration Myrna doing two hours daily 👏👏👏😘
This is my go to exercise. In February I had an hip flexor injury and literally could not walk upstairs due to the pain. I looked on line and found this and it has been invaluable. Earlier this week I did a 15 mile walk along the Pembrokeshire coastline. Not fully pain free but the varied exercise videos I’ve completed (I’ve liked them) enabled me to enjoy my favourite pastime (outside of Pilates now 😊) Thank you Rachel you made this possible and finding you has been a gift ❤
Dear Elaine, thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I am so glad you've been able to get back to enjoy life having used my Pilates session to heal yor injury. That's wonderful. I am beyond happy for you and have also made a note I must try that walk one day ❤️⭐️🤗
Thank you your an angel 😇 I've had hip injury sinceay 2022 I found doing this really helps me alot. Pain killers don't work and some stretches ill always come back here when it gets bad again. ❤ so thank you again. I'll be doing this everyday till starts to feel better again
I just finished this video and it really highlighted how much I need to devote much more time to stretching out. Goodness! I didn't realize how tight I really was. I will be doing this one often ❣️ Thank you for thinking about doing this video, Rachel!
Interesting....my muscles relaxed and released much more hours after I did this exercise! That was unexpected!
You are so welcome Cheryl, great to hear it's one for your favourites playlist 😊
Ahhh even better, the power of pilates- relaxed and released it just perfect. This tells me these are really good exercises for you. Keep up the great work Cheryl and thanks as ever for your support. 😊
Now one month later, I definitely have less lower back pain and feel phyisically stronger as i continue to perform these exercises 6 days a week
Thank you Rachel
Just donated with thanks Rachel. Find pilates for posture and painful hips especially helpful. Please keep those videos coming!
Thank you! Will do Jennie and thanks so much for your donation 😊
Lovely for a sunny Sunday, but feeling a bit under the weather 🤧 summer cold? Thanks for a delightful session to wind up the week’s playlist!😊❤
Brilliant class. I do it every day as I have hip flexor issues.
Yay! So glad it helps you x
Thank you so much for this video!! My hips have been giving me fits for several days and this is perfect ❣️
Various health issues with hips & lower back so been going through your library & selecting some great videos to help me so apologies for not joining you on you live sessions. This is great & fits neatly with the other stretches I’ve been advised to do. Thank you Rachel, as always great session, clear instructions & a good feels afterwards 🙏
I really needed this today, I did something to my left hip, I don’t know what, but it’s been uncomfortable for a couple days. We’ve been having work done on our house, getting up early, and with my balance and ataxia issues, on top of being tired, I think I overdid an intermediate session earlier this week😖I’ll be doing gentle sessions for the rest of the week, until my hip feels better!😊❤
Sounds like a good idea Sue, take it easy and give your body a chance to recover 🤗❤️
Hi Rachel thank I try to do most of it my left hip is very tight and painfully but I did it Veronica Canada
Hello Veronica, hope this helped your hips feel a bit less tense. If you feel any pain please do reduce the range of movement and intensity of the exercise as this is a functional and therapeutic workout desiged to help you feel more comfortable in your hips. 😊
I didn't see any workout suggestion for today so I did this one and I could feel a knob like stress going from left side to left leg trying to denote, but couldn't. I'll keep working at it, felt good and I do feel stronger now, thank you Rachel❤❤❤❤
Thanks!
You're welcome 😊
I'm a 20-year-old with arthritis in the hips. I've been really mobile and feeling good for over a year but recently I got a flare up due to which I've been in a lot of pain and haven't been able to walk for some days. It has triggered many negative emotions from my teenage years, when my health was at its worst. It has made me feel bad for myself because it can be really hard to be a young, pretty girl with big dreams and ambition struggling with these health issues, needing to slow down regularly and being unable to do many physical things others my age do. Currently I'm still on heavy painkillers but I'm slowly feeling better and your pilates session (the first I'm able to do since the flare up) has lifted my spirits so much. It's gentle and relaxing, and since I loved doing pilates workouts when my health was better, this made me feel like I'm getting back on track. Thank you so much.
I haven't done the one hundred in your videos . It is one of my favorites exercises and I usually do it before the others
I always enjoy this workout & do it regularly for my achey hips. I think I have the start of ostheo arthritis so find these exercises really helpful. Thank you Rachel 😊💓
Thanks for sharing! I’m really pleased these exercises help you 🤗
Thank you❤
Thanks
You're welcome 😊
So grateful to finding you...Love and light
🙏🌻💫💙💫🌻🙏
Great hip stretching to start the day…thanks Rachel ❣️
You're so welcome! Thanks Yvonne 😊
Wonderful. A day without any pain after doing these exercises.Thank you Rachel
I took your advice about the hips from your live session 10/20/2023 and started with this 1st video and completed. Hope as days go by I will be able undo whatever I did. Thanks!
Wonderful, be sure to rest a little too. Well done ❤️
Weekend is just about here so I will, but I just enjoy your workouts.
I love your videos! I do them everyday. Thank you so much!!❤
Thank you- really helped my tight hip which have micraculously appeared since I had a birthday that ends with a 0 just three months ago!😬
Awwww 😘 Congratulations on you 0 birthday Sarah! Glad this one helped the tight hip, one to add to your regular sessions 😊👏
thank you, that felt so good!!
This a such a good one Rachel I do so many of your videos for older people I have been with you from the start. I think you are amazing I was so fit until lockdown and then had so many health problems start and when I could start to walk again you helped me so much especially as I am on my own and families in Australia. You have kept me going, thank you.
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I needed this one this again morning- I had forgotten how good it was!
Thank you Rachel. I have arthritis in my hips . I will make this part of my daily routine xx
Just what I need, thank you so much for your help . Looking forward to my right hip becoming more flexible. You are an awesome instructor!!!
Just found this class amongst your videos. I’m a bit of a bulldog, pushing myself in my exercises. I forget sometimes I’m 70 with arthritis in my hips. Did a bit too much, and was in pain in my right hip, which clicks incessantly 😫. Wonderful, gentle exercises. Just what I needed. I feel much better after doing. I’ve saved and will be do after my walking and regular pilates classes!! Thanks Rachel ❤️
Thank you i will try this....i have terrible back pain and hip pain. Physio doesnt help me much.
Really helpful when we are tired. Thank you so much Rachel
I really enjoy your style of guiding exercises- so soothing and gentle.
Wonderful. It’s amazing how apparently small movements can make such a difference to achy hips. I do this most mornings.
Thank you so much for these excercises Rachel, although I have an arthritic hip I can do these and find them really beneficial.. as you said doing them slowly is the key 🙂
Hello Helen, thanks so much for your message. I’m delighted these exercises work for you and help your hips to feel better. Slow and steady and keep up the great work 😊
I loved your relaxed manner and clear instructions. The exercises felt really good and I already feel more supple!
Hi Rachel, marvelous workout as always, thank you, much appreciated. 🙏🙏😘😘❤️❤️🌸🌸
This is very good, released horrible pain in right hip. I added a few stretching excercises with legs and it seems the pain came out through the leg... 🎉❤
Wonderful video. Really helps my hip stiffness through much dancing and exercise over many years. Will be doing this each morning followed by a standing video to get going. Love mixing your shorter videos. Many thanks Rachel.
I just finished and now on my way to the chiropractor. Thank you for a great warmup!🦋
Just amazing really helped my sore hips xx
Thanks from Brazil !!
You are my mentor. Love all you do for us.
Thank you so much ☺️
Another great experience for my sciatic pain. Thank you!
Excellent video. Just what I need at present with tight hips. Many thanks Rachel. 🙏💜
I love it and keep doing it ! Any other workout for very painful hips?
Yay! So glad you love it. Have you tried my Pilates for Hip Bursitis and Hip Pain? th-cam.com/video/HhESfpa7838/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lYFT2lJRcSiVRHV7 And my Pilates for Happy Hips ? th-cam.com/video/2G-HCjKa9Cw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=SMEGpQiYY-qfb8_c. And this one for arthritis of the hips is lovely too th-cam.com/video/G6mZy3YAq9k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FGIAAg4Irho9nhQb xx 🤗❤️
Brilliant as always Rachel 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕happy Saturday to you and yours x
wonderful! thank you
You’re welcome 🤗
Thank you so much!!! You are just wonderful.
Thank you I do the ones you do while sitting on a chair fir hips and knees. So good. Thank you
This looks good. I’ll give it a try 😊
Now this looks like a pilates workout I can do! will definitely try this out.
Wonderful, hope you feel great afterwards 😊
This worked. Thank you!
Calming yet intense
Lovely and so helpful!😊❤
Glad it was helpful! Xxx
Lovely workout, nice and gentle, enjoyed it, thanks Rachel x
Amazing thank u so much really helped my sore hips xx
Brilliant thank you Rachel
Oh Rachel, this was amazing! I’m 65 and did the Vitality London half marathon on Sunday and my hips were very stiff, so this is just what I needed.I’m training for the London Marathon so I expect I will be doing this many times between now and then (and afterwards!). I’m not always able to join your live sessions but I can’t see how to donate later - could you let me know please? Thank you so much xxx
Fantastic for pain ! Thanks
You’re welcome 🤗So glad you feel better 😘
Thank you!
Thank you so much
Thanks. Your voice was a relaxing tone. Flattering outfit too. Enjoyed 👏🔔
Thank you so much 🤗
Definitely enjoyed!
Thank you
Thank you!!!
Super! Thank you!
I struggled due to the pain :( but hopefully by doing this it will help me :) thank you ❤
Did it work for you?
thankyou that was very helpful
Hi! Do you have any lessons for iliotibial band syndrome or similar lesson that I can watch? I also have a valgus knee on the same side! You are amazing thank you for your time ❤
Feeling better!❤️🦋
Such a great stretch. 🦋
I loved it this Rachael, however, I get confused when breathing; that’s a technique within itself, any tips with my breathing and doing the poses, etc?
Thankyu already feeling pain relief😅
Thank you dear
THANKS RACHEL
Love your videos thank you so much. Do you do Reformer videos? Olivia
Hi Rachel, love your videos thank you so much. Do you do reformer classes? Olivia
When I did the circling knee exercise. I noticed some resistance in my back. Nothing painful but a twang sensation. (Mose so on the right)
What recommendations do you have to help release that?
I do need to pay attention to my core. I fail on being aware of how to exale while holding my core. I doubt whether I was engaging the right muscles. Any hint to this issue?
Lovely lovely stretch for my Sunday rest day thank you Rachel 🙏
Rachel, what can I do for an extremely tight and sore piri formis?
So I'm not really a senior person, but I already feel weaker than one such person, & I'm not even 30 years old. For nearly 12 years, I've been a sedentary person, but I've kept myself relatively active by doing daily walks (up to 6 miles per day), & taking the stairs if need be.
I have two major main issues regarding bodily mobility: complete lack of lateral & sagittal mobility in the hips, & severe lack of neural coordination between my lungs & my core muscles.
For the hips, as I've stated a few sentences before, I can walk fine, but not jog nor run. It also hinders my ability to sit on any surface without holding myself to any upper surface, in fear of falling to the ground (very stiff knees). Never learned to sit naturally in my life, as in "functional movement" area; same goes for the rest of these functional movements.
As of the coordination issues between my breathing & core engagement, it's something that I've suffered since I was a baby. Long story short, I almost died during my birth via C-section delivery. Turned out that I started to inhale the amniotic fluid that was in the fetus & was so deep in my lungs that I ended up in the premature aisle of the hospital. (if it wasn't for this dire move, I wouldn't be writing these words...) As I grew, my mom's pediatrician told her that I should never sleep in prone position, otherwise my lungs would be too much compressed & never work normally again. So I must avoid any natural prone position, or if I must be, I have to take a deep inhale & do whatever I have to do in prone postion while being in apnea, even if I'm nearing my 30s.
I'm not asking to become the next Usain Bolt or John Cena; all I want is to be able the easiest of the basic exercises that any normal person should be able to do, otherwise the only future awaiting me is a fully bedridden life.
Thank you how do I donate please
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