wow.I am a 77 year old ex-dancer with a PhD. in Dance Education! I am also scheduled for either a cortisone shot or a hip replacement. NONE of my doctors recommended strengthening exercises. And I did not think for myself. I am so grateful. I know these exercises, of course, in fact, I spent 3 years in Paris doing the CANCAN! But I panicked because of the actual pain. I so appreciate your tough-talking encouragement. Just what I needed. A literal kick in the butt.
Thank you for the great exercise. I am still young and the doctor advise to have a hip replacement after having an MRI. I had physiotherapy, which did not help but none of these exercises were prescribed .... The pain only started a few months ago with not having any pain before, which is weird to me. And, I have always done sport, ballet dancing, swimming, thai chi ... and never had any injuries nor pain in my hip.. So their prognostic makes no sense to me ...
I love Matt Tsu’s advice and direction sooooo much. I am a 64 male with hip arthritis diagnosis and over the last 16 months have self healed using this channel as a blueprint for recovery. ATM!
@@billiejeanbaccus159 It does hurt but moving helps. Trust. Start slow and be kind to and listen to your body. Discomfort is OK but pain = stop. Pain isn’t bad just a sensation our body uses to talk to us. Note how many reps created actual pain. Take a day or two and try again at 1-2 reps below what caused pain. Use heat, ice etc (whatever works for you) after each set of exercises. Also try micro doses of them by 1-2 exercises during day - waiting for microwave or stove, talking on phone, brushing teeth etc. Bal with ones to loosen and relax hips and pelvic floor muscles - start slow again and listen to your body. Just search YT incl Feldenkrais by Taro. Doing something consistently is better then nothing - within YOUR pain threshold. A few visits for in person assessment w/a physical therapist can help. Google your area and read staff bios or call for their experience w/ YOUR situation. It sounds cliche but relaxing incl meditation etc esp at night and when stressed helps (or laughing even crying). Anxiety/anger triggers cortisol that can incr inflammation. Not bad but whole other topic for you to google. Our mind is very powerful. Hope any of this helps. There is light. FWIW I’ve had chronic pain incl OA for ~25 yrs. It’s taught me a lot. Namaste PS: Never compare. Focus on your body and path.
I agree. I had no idea what was going on with this injury - couldn’t find it! I am (67) and still playing competitive basketball, tennis and also cycling. I’m not a drug-store solution dude. Yes, lots of these injuries happen due to age. But, it happens due to stopping!!! Keep going folks, just stretch and workout more consistently. For cyclists, our sport is a body tightening machine. You must stretch before, during and after - especially on off days. MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS PLEASE!
I work in physical therapy with the geriatric population. I explain to people every day that I will not be able to help the joint itself, but I can strengthen all the muscles around the joint for added stability, increased mobility, and way less pain. Sadly, the majority of people do not want to put in the effort and opt for some form of surgery. Then I see them again in a few months, still in pain (or worse pain), and we go back to square one. The body is amazing and can heal itself from just about anything if given the correct tools.
Thank you! I just received a shot of hydrocortisone into my hip joint and am using my pain time-out exactly for strengthening the muscle around it. Yours is a very professional advice!
Hello everyone. It's a little trickier than just strengthening. I have watched, followed and did every exercise that Matt recommends for the past 5 years. First, it has helped me become much more flexible as I started with a completely locked left hip. I'm still not able to go for long walks without suffering for a day or 2 afterwards. It's not just your hips when your whole body has been misaligned for many years. When my hips loosen up, then it's my neck and shoulder that hurts. I still do these exercises, but I have started also doing Pete Egoscue's , Pain Free (new edition) book movements. You must relax the tight muscles to get your body back into full alignment. It's working along with the strengthening. I'm 71 and have avoided ship replacement for 6 years.
Me, too. My hip and back will be fine then neck and shoulders start up. I think it's because of the shoulders tensing up to compensate for the pain the hip and back are causing
Get a soft neck brace from Chemist and wear it after walks. Build up time you use it grafually. After use do some gentle movements to relax shoulders. Gently massage opposite hip and leg with no paim. This will ballance the electrics in your nerves.
Hi Matt! I’ve been living with chronic pain since early 2001. I’ve tried injections in my spine and have been on numerous medications. The fact is, these treatments amount to placing a band aide on an severe deep cut. In other words, not efficient enough to truly help. I’ve had physical therapy, but therapists can’t do anything after you go home. I appreciate your approach to pain. Treating the entire body to pain relief that can be attained. You are very knowledgeable for being so young. You seriously look like my son…lol. Most times, I feel that youth is wasted on the young. Not true for you! You are helping my body get fit and giving me an active life again. I feel reborn! Thank you son for posting these videos! You’re very fun to watch and I even forget I’m working out! Hugs to you, your wife and your kids!🌺🙏🤟🌈💪✌👏
Wow thanks! ☺ It's a shame so many physical therapists' job is to try to "fix" you in a 15-30 minute billable time block and send you home with a printout. There's almost no chance of progress! You might like my article on RIIPS: www.uprighthealth.com/blog/riips
I really appreciate your humor and presentation Matt. Sometimes pain can be hard and emotionally discouraging.Your humor and encouragement helps to lighten that heaviness.👍🙏
I have just found Matt I’m 75 and in pain everyday. Was considering surgery but in UK the health service is suffering too. These make PERFECT sense because it’s exactly what my body hates to do. Thanks Matt.
Thank you so much Matt! I’ve been dealing with hip arthritis for years and now I have bone on bone. 3 doctors advised me to have my hip replaced and I’ve been putting it off. I have been following you for a while few years now and love your videos. And now I just came across this hip arthritis one. Thank you for addressing this debilitating issue and giving me hope. And yes I would love the free follow along guide. Will check out your stretching videos for arthritis too! Thanks again for making those wonderful, informative videos! 🙏🏼
Thank you for your integrity and your conscientious attention. I subscribed right away after the first video of yours that showed up on my feed. I didn't want to lose you! I would love to do a follow along video with you. I'm pushing 80 and people think I'm 60. Your content is valuable. If younger people started doing this, they could stave off the debilitation that comes with neglecting the body and blaming it on old age. You are brilliant
I was diagnosed with hip arthritis few days ago, the pain is severe and I’m on medications. I just stumbled on your video now and I started trying out the exercises. Thank you so much
Yes, I would like a follow-along video. I am a 67 year old yoga instructor. I see a lot of older students with hip and back pain They would do anything to avoid surgery if they could. These are great! Thanks Matt, I enjoyed watching this video.
Matt's style is great for giving his audience belief in the power of healing and improvement of strength and health, as well as the knowledge of how to attain real results.
Oh yes please, please do a follow along video, I have bone on bone hip arthritis in my left hip, I'm trying to avoid surgery, your videos are a great help 😊
You have healed yourself and now are helping others heal themselves.I so appreciate that you have the courage to encourage by calling out the shortcomings of the medical establishment on this. Your factual statement that 'It's all about muscles' makes good sense and when practiced properly, the body has the ability to heal itself. Thank you for your directness along with your clear, easy mannered and good humored direction.
Your video on hip arthritis was extremely helpful!!!! I just heard the same directive alot of people have heard about doctor prescribed hip surgery. I did have a cortisone injection today, but only conceded to do that to alleviate the pain temporarily enough to do my own at-home PT exercises. Thanks for your exercise suggestions! Please provided a follow-up video. Here's to us all feeing better!! THANKS!!!!
You make me feel that its possible to get stronger. My sisters have both had hip replacement surgery (and cant figure out why it hurt so bloody much!) i dont want that! Im 69, my daughter wants me to go to a gym and I have had miserable experiences with gym guys who push and push until I vomit from the stress of the treadmill. I want to take it slow and get stronger! You make me feel like Its possible, and I can do it.
It's absolutely possible to get stronger at 69 (my age also). I had 4 sessions with a PT, who gave me a handful of exercises to do while lying down! Yes, the progress is slow but I stay safe and comfortable while continuing "working out" on my own. The therapy sessions were a year ago and I'm now walking without a cane or a limp; starting to practice small jumps.
I am so grateful for your channel, all I was told was to stretch endlessly. Only after I started following you and building strength did I get relief. thank you!!
I've been dealing with a painful hip for several years. After giving up the stretches that caused me more pain, I followed your ATM (always think muscles) and started working more on strengthening. What a difference! I still have some pain, but it's a dull pain now and getting better. I'm so glad I found your videos and your methods.
I staved off a life of acute pain for at least 5 years by strengthening muscles-many from this site. Eventually, i did have a hip replacement because the hip became bone on bone. Is it perfect now? No but discomfort is negligible
@@judydoyle1124I am in Canada & "on the list" to get both of my hips replaced as they are both bone on bone... I'm 66 & just recently found this channel & really hoping this will help🤞🏾I'd like to avoid the surgeries altogether by doing these strengthening exercises & stretches instead. Looks like the exercises weren't enough for you after all? - as you ended up having the surgery anyway - just wondering if you thought surgery was worth it?😬
I've been going to P. T. for fluid on my knee. I'd noticed stiffness in my legs, thighs, and hips still that was getting worse the less I moved. I'm glad this popped up on my feed, as the stretches will be helpful to add to my home routine . I like your sense of humor and your empathy. Thank you for the good advice you give. I really didn't know how weak my muscles had gotten until I began P. T. I'm slowly getting better every week. New subscriber!
Yes Matt, please upload follow along video. City bus driver here and deal with crazy hip, groin and leg pain daily. Trouble sleeping cuz of pain Pain switches sides/hips every few weeks(nuts). Doc says arthritis and will eventually need surgery. Grateful I found your channel recently 😂 keep info coming
I love everything that Upright Health offers! I cured persistent shoulder pain (the docs called it shoulder cuff tear) using the shoulder program. It is amazing! But it takes time. Then I gave the hips program to my parents, who are in their 80s and were practically disabled after getting seriously ill overseas. They are now walking again, four miles per day, and still doing the program! And now I am beginning the hip program as well. I am 61 and athletic. I also do yoga. But when I end up in pain these days and think I've been injured, I turn to Upright Health for answers. Thank you, Matt and Shane!
OMG! I love this video. I was diagnosed with OA in the hip but am told the pain I describe does not coincide with the degree of damage in the joint. PT did not help me...they were way to aggressive and hurt, setting me back even more. I have since determined that I have three things going on with the whole joint (bursitis and tendonitis/ligamentitis included) and am putting together an arthritis management program to help. The range of motion limitation is my current issue to resolve. Your video explained more about what I can do for my issues than I got from anyone else in the healthcare world. I am going to continue stretching...I have problems straightening that joint, but I am definitely going to add these exercises to my workout regimen, perhaps alternating with walking on off days to help me keep moving. Thank you so much for this video. I am subscribing and will be checking out your website.
Update: Great response even during the first week. I can actually run errands and take care of household business for as much as 4 hours without losing the next day for recovery. Thank you, Upright Health!!
I would love a follow-along video of these hip-strengthening exercises! I have osteoporosis, so I need all the help I can get to make those muscles stronger.
YES - I really want the follow-along exercise video, please! I need it to help me stay focused. I'm finding that I do the exercises a couple of days and then I stop doing them. I get distracted/bored/frustrated trying to remember what the exercises are, how many reps, wondering if I'm doing them right or hurting myself. THANK YOU, MATT!👍
I had the same issue This is what I do. Choose exercises ❤Do a little sketch/picture of each exercise. ❤Write down how many reps or hold time ❤do first thing in the morning Then it’s fine and out of the way for you day to move along happily.
I have already shared this with a friend who suffers from arthritis pain. I want you to know that I appreciate all the knowledge that you have and sharing it with those who are suffering from arthritis pain. I don’t like taking pills all the time or going for those Cortizone shot Chevy three months. I’m thankful that I found you on TH-cam.
Wow thank you, at last someone who understands what it feels like to be in pain and how to try to overcome it. I am 57 with arthritis in nearly every joint... oweee is my favourite word ... but not any more .. I'm determined to follow you and try your exercises and advice...
Yes please-early 40’s here and left hip pain is just getting ridiculous. Special request for a video that gets right to the exercises with minimal talk/time before & in between. Maybe just a, “do this x times a week with a break or every day, etc.” Pain and frustration have a way of compounding the short attention span, if ya get what I mean! Many thanks!
Matt, thank you for your hard work in uploading these videos. I am 69 with a one year history of a painful right hip. It seemingly started after I started doing hip stretching exercises after being told by a trainer I had poor flexibility in my hips and lower extremities. Never had any bad nor hip pains before. I could have overdone the stretching exercises causing some injury by pushing on with the stretching despite warning pain symptoms. Finally was diagnosed with osteoarthritis by an orthopedic surgeon with x ray showing joint space narrowing and acetabular spurring. No bone on bone yet. After viewing a multitude of videos, I am getting to believe that muscle strengthening is the key. So I have become hooked to your videos, and am very interested in your follow along videos.
Matt you make these exercises feel simple but effective. I have pain in my left hip as well as lower back pain at times. I am going to start doing these exercises. I would like the follow along video as this would motivate me even more .
Your videos make so much sense! I sought out posture therapy for my back when Drs. had no answers. Strengthening muscles to function properly and loosening others that restrict movement is key. Bravo!
WOW! I just discovered you, Matt, this morning. I'm 65 and was diagnosed with mild arthritis in both hips a year ago after a Pickleball injury. I have done yoga 3x a week for years (thank goodness) and did lots of physio after the injury. My doc recommended a hyaluronic acid injection but I found Aquafit instead and I am improving! My yoga teacher likes to inform us about anatomy and was talking about hamstrings the other day which led me to do a little research and concluding my Biceps Femoris needs attention (as I sometimes feel heat and pain just to the left of my left knee). Looking for Biceps Femoris stretches led me to you. I've now watched the video above and am excited to have you confirm what I am experiencing ... improvement with attention to muscles. ATM Looking forward to more of your excellent videos and avoiding a hip replacement in the future. Thank you! I would very much like to see your follow up hip video. Kindest regards .... Liz
I'm a long time jogger and my hips currently are really beginning to bother me, enjoy your content and feel it's helpful, would certainly enjoy more videos to deal with hip pain!
Yes, I would like a follow-along video to improve my bone-on-bone hip arthritis. I would do anything to avoid surgery if I could. Thanks Matt, I enjoy watching your videos!
So glad I found this video. I had been having hip pain for about 4 months. The main cause was violently, improperly rotating my hips open when my golf swing went wrong for a couple months. Secondarily, my pilates class encouraged overstretching hip flexors with your knee on the pilates reformer (sled). I knew if I went to an orthopedist, he'd probably find arthritis (I'm 61) and blame my problem on that, despite the fact that arthritis is long-term degradation and my symptoms came on in a hurry. I tried a bunch of stretches and they didn't help, and sometimes hurt. One day I just decided to rest a dumbell on my thigh and lift my knee (much like the first exercise in this video). I told the orthopedist that it was the one thing that seemed to make things better. His response was that he would expect that to make things worse, not better, and as expected, he blamed arthritis. Lo and behold, i find this video and it recommends exactly that exercise, along with two others that also seem like they will help. I am so glad to learn from this video that there may be a muscle / training way to fix this problem. Thanks for posting it.
Love your videos, and I’ve found you’re advice very helpful..would love a follow along video…I’ve had hip pain for almost a year now, and really want to get my hip mobility back…❤
I’m so glad that I found your videos 2 days ago! I wish I found your channel earlier. I’ve had hip knee and wrist pain for some years. I’m 52. I had a bad fall from snowboarding 20 years ago. I’ve only done the hip exercises from your videos for 2 days and I’ve felt better already! Thanks so much for your amazing explanation and instructions! I hope you will do some video about wrist pain and the fix when you have time. Thanks again!!!
Please add follow along video. The above exercises address my current hip pain. The information of why there is pain and what works is invaluable. Thank you!
Thanks have been experiencing hip pain for three months . Arthritis is in my family so I have accepted my fate . I am 74 and think now that I have been sitting to much and the pain is probably muscles as you explained. Watched exercises on other you tube sites and some seem to work a bit. Yours is the only one I have found that hits the nail on the head. Anxious to try your routines
Thank you for the straight talk approach to hip OA, Matt. I was heading for hip replacement because I had forgotten the lost art of muscle-building. Thanks for the reminder. The follow along video will be a great addition.
I would love a copy of the free follow along video. I was recently told I need double hip replacement and there was NO OTHER OPTION. I was shocked but made the appointment. I made it six months down the road just to make sure I had sick time and vacation time available, but now I am way more interested in fixing the problem.
Very informative video. I was diagnosed with severe bilateral hip arthritis and was recommended a hip replacement. I refused to go that route and asked for cortisone shots and physical therapy. After a month of doing the exercises daily my hip pain has decreased tremendously and on most days pain free. I am feeling stronger and flexibility improving every week. Videos like this has helped me so much. Again, Great video!
Congratulations on feeling better. I have degenerative hip osteoarthritis (worse in the left hip). I have gone through substantial muscle weakening, and I started back in the gym over the summer for increased cardiovascular fitness and range of motion exercise (inclined treadmill, elliptical, rowing machine, and bicycle) in addition to outside bicycling and paddle boarding to offset my decreased hiking ability. I also started weights targeting my hip adductors/abductors/flexors/extensors. They are incredibly weak, and I max out at 30-50 pounds (might not be weak for some, but this is weak for me). I am getting ready for surgery because my pain has increased, I am unable to walk pain-free without a cane, and my quality of life has diminished. I say all this because strength training might not be enough. It is not for me. I will keep strengthening my muscles in preparation for surgery to live my best active life. Good luck!
I would like a follow along video. I have a shooting pain from top of hip to knee. Xrays and MRI shows no bone issues. Have done some PT exercises that helped but I believe too much sitting in my recliner during covid caused the problem. PT helped but I feel like I need some other exercises and this video seems right. I will definitely do these exercises. Loved what you said about arthritis not necessarily being the culprit. I believe in food as medicine and avoiding Rx. I am 70 years old, vegan and on no Rx. I cured my acid reflux by what I avoid as food and I want to fix this hip problem completely without meds too. I hope this works.
Yes! I would love the follow along video. My hips need help! Thanks for this video. I started doing the movements along with you. I definitely need them.
Thank you Matt! I had a hip replacement because the ball of my femur had deteriorated. Now I’m strengthening..this is perfect for me! I would love the follow along. Thank you. I’m so happy I found you. Your humor is also much appreciated. 😊
That's terrific....I too am 64 , just came across this vlog ...as soon as he addressed the hip flexors , i knew I was listening to the right guy . Inspired now to reverse the pain & weaknesses that are debilitating! Thank you
You are really wonderful! I’ve been in excruciating pain with my right hip which they say needs to be replaced but I’m fearful so I’m waiting but in a lot of pain and I’m going to give your exercises to try. Thanks much.!
I was told I had OA on my right hip and loss 70% of my cartilage just by looking at an x-ray!!! I thought that was insane! Unfortunately I completely stopped exercising and now I am so weak. So I am excited to start strengthening my hips with the follow along video you send me . Thank you
Thanks for the videos Matt...I had a left hip replacement 6 months ago and was told the right one needs replacing.. I recovered quickly as I'm slightly built and regularly exercise and stretch...but I wasn't doing particular hip muscle strengthening or stretching. I'm now determined to take the exercise route so love to have follow along videos. Much appreciated 👍🙏
I am so excited. I've been suffering with hip pain for years and have been to so many doctors and no help! I used to work out so much and they told me I had bursitis and had to stop working out to let the inflammation go down but it never stopped hurting. I thought I shouldn't work out so I let my hip muscles get so weak. We're so glad to have these exercises. I do feel them warming up my hips. I have a good feeling about this!❤
Thank you!!! Would love free follow along video. I'm 51 and have major osteoarthritis in hips. After 30 years of being a professional bellydance performer and now pilates and yoga instructor I love to see what others have to offer and learn more for myself and clients❤️🕉🙏
Love your videos...such great advice with a gentle tone which is so critical to adopt a slow and steady wins the race type of program and stick with it. I have found your videos so helpful! I ended up with a hip replacement because I discovered after trying for 4 years to avoid surgery that I had a necrotic hip. But your information was super helpful getting me back to full functioning, running, jumping, aerobics...and playing with my grandkids...I'm turning 66 in 2 weeks! Thanks for the humor ...laughter makes it all easier!
Yes, yes, yes I agree🙏🏽💝🦋I am looking forward to the follow along… to ATM and not the Always Taking Money version. Been treating piroformis for a year, recent dx bone on bone and do not believe I need hip surgery and my doctor agrees… I was very much encouraged by your presentation - no longer thinking bone cancer because lower legs pain and feel weak🤔🧐🙏🏽💝🦋
Hi. Would love the follow on video . Had hip replacements for both hips and it’s not been great . I had a damage to glutes on both sides before the operation. I think your video so far has been great so thank you. Got desperate thinking I can never get theses hips better and I am a horse rider . Only ridden once and omg my hips nearly killed me after. But I am determined to get better. Horses are my joy.
Please post the follow along video! I’m 69 and I walk several days a week 2.5 to 3.5 miles plus I’m constantly busy in my garden and inside my home. With that being said, I have been experiencing hip flexor pain and plan to start doing these 3 exercises this morning! You are a God send!!! Thank you
Love the free excerise videos for hip arthritis.
wow.I am a 77 year old ex-dancer with a PhD. in Dance Education! I am also scheduled for either a cortisone shot or a hip replacement. NONE of my doctors recommended strengthening exercises. And I did not think for myself. I am so grateful. I know these exercises, of course, in fact, I spent 3 years in Paris doing the CANCAN! But I panicked because of the actual pain. I so appreciate your tough-talking encouragement. Just what I needed. A literal kick in the butt.
I would like the follow up video
I like the video please make a short video 😊
You keep working out, like dancing it will keep your body in the manner it was intended, p.S. I wish I was a dancer!
@@naniinouye2222 If you can walk you can dance even if it is not perfect .... Cheers !
Thank you for the great exercise. I am still young and the doctor advise to have a hip replacement after having an MRI. I had physiotherapy, which did not help but none of these exercises were prescribed .... The pain only started a few months ago with not having any pain before, which is weird to me. And, I have always done sport, ballet dancing, swimming, thai chi ... and never had any injuries nor pain in my hip.. So their prognostic makes no sense to me ...
I love Matt Tsu’s advice and direction sooooo much. I am a 64 male with hip arthritis diagnosis and over the last 16 months have self healed using this channel as a blueprint for recovery. ATM!
It hurts so bad.🥹🥹
@@billiejeanbaccus159
It does hurt but moving helps. Trust. Start slow and be kind to and listen to your body. Discomfort is OK but pain = stop. Pain isn’t bad just a sensation our body uses to talk to us. Note how many reps created actual pain. Take a day or two and try again at 1-2 reps below what caused pain. Use heat, ice etc (whatever works for you) after each set of exercises. Also try micro doses of them by 1-2 exercises during day - waiting for microwave or stove, talking on phone, brushing teeth etc. Bal with ones to loosen and relax hips and pelvic floor muscles - start slow again and listen to your body. Just search YT incl Feldenkrais by Taro. Doing something consistently is better then nothing - within YOUR pain threshold. A few visits for in person assessment w/a physical therapist can help. Google your area and read staff bios or call for their experience w/ YOUR situation. It sounds cliche but relaxing incl meditation etc esp at night and when stressed helps (or laughing even crying). Anxiety/anger triggers cortisol that can incr inflammation. Not bad but whole other topic for you to google. Our mind is very powerful. Hope any of this helps. There is light. FWIW I’ve had chronic pain incl OA for ~25 yrs. It’s taught me a lot. Namaste PS: Never compare. Focus on your body and path.
I agree. I had no idea what was going on with this injury - couldn’t find it! I am (67) and still playing competitive basketball, tennis and also cycling. I’m not a drug-store solution dude. Yes, lots of these injuries happen due to age. But, it happens due to stopping!!! Keep going folks, just stretch and workout more consistently. For cyclists, our sport is a body tightening machine. You must stretch before, during and after - especially on off days. MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS PLEASE!
Great to hear that. I'm searching for a hip cure. Thanks
I work in physical therapy with the geriatric population. I explain to people every day that I will not be able to help the joint itself, but I can strengthen all the muscles around the joint for added stability, increased mobility, and way less pain. Sadly, the majority of people do not want to put in the effort and opt for some form of surgery. Then I see them again in a few months, still in pain (or worse pain), and we go back to square one. The body is amazing and can heal itself from just about anything if given the correct tools.
Thank you! I just received a shot of hydrocortisone into my hip joint and am using my pain time-out exactly for strengthening the muscle around it. Yours is a very professional advice!
@@Tatillana Glad it helped!
So you are saying that strengthening the hip muscles can give me back a normal pain free life and prevent hip surgery for the rest of my life?
❤ I have lower back over the fake hip. L4 grrrr but yes I have very tight thighs so now I see what I should be doing.
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But I forgot to say I don't have muscle ?? In my bottom. Saggy soft!! So will I do these to help them to muscle up?.
Hello everyone. It's a little trickier than just strengthening. I have watched, followed and did every exercise that Matt recommends for the past 5 years. First, it has helped me become much more flexible as I started with a completely locked left hip. I'm still not able to go for long walks without suffering for a day or 2 afterwards. It's not just your hips when your whole body has been misaligned for many years. When my hips loosen up, then it's my neck and shoulder that hurts. I still do these exercises, but I have started also doing Pete Egoscue's , Pain Free (new edition) book movements. You must relax the tight muscles to get your body back into full alignment. It's working along with the strengthening. I'm 71 and have avoided ship replacement for 6 years.
Me, too. My hip and back will be fine then neck and shoulders start up. I think it's because of the shoulders tensing up to compensate for the pain the hip and back are causing
It's ALL connected!
Where do l become a patreon
Egoscue is very good.
Get a soft neck brace from Chemist and wear it after walks. Build up time you use it grafually. After use do some gentle movements to relax shoulders. Gently massage opposite hip and leg with no paim. This will ballance the electrics in your nerves.
Hi Matt! I’ve been living with chronic pain since early 2001. I’ve tried injections in my spine and have been on numerous medications. The fact is, these treatments amount to placing a band aide on an severe deep cut. In other words, not efficient enough to truly help. I’ve had physical therapy, but therapists can’t do anything after you go home. I appreciate your approach to pain. Treating the entire body to pain relief that can be attained. You are very knowledgeable for being so young. You seriously look like my son…lol. Most times, I feel that youth is wasted on the young. Not true for you! You are helping my body get fit and giving me an active life again. I feel reborn! Thank you son for posting these videos! You’re very fun to watch and I even forget I’m working out! Hugs to you, your wife and your kids!🌺🙏🤟🌈💪✌👏
Wow thanks! ☺
It's a shame so many physical therapists' job is to try to "fix" you in a 15-30 minute billable time block and send you home with a printout. There's almost no chance of progress!
You might like my article on RIIPS: www.uprighthealth.com/blog/riips
I want the book please
Tell her how to order the book. @@Uprighthealth
@evettewedlow3.
It is likely on Amazon.
Can you do some videos for sciatica and stenosis exercises please?
I really appreciate your humor and presentation Matt. Sometimes pain can be hard and emotionally discouraging.Your humor and encouragement helps to lighten that heaviness.👍🙏
Yes, I love his humour as well!
I have just found Matt I’m 75 and in pain everyday. Was considering surgery but in UK the health service is suffering too. These make PERFECT sense because it’s exactly what my body hates to do.
Thanks Matt.
I love it too. My 1st time here watching but I love it already ❤
Thank you so much Matt! I’ve been dealing with hip arthritis for years and now I have bone on bone. 3 doctors advised me to have my hip replaced and I’ve been putting it off. I have been following you for a while few years now and love your videos. And now I just came across this hip arthritis one. Thank you for addressing this debilitating issue and giving me hope. And yes I would love the free follow along guide. Will check out your stretching videos for arthritis too! Thanks again for making those wonderful, informative videos! 🙏🏼
Thank you for your integrity and your conscientious attention. I subscribed right away after the first video of yours that showed up on my feed. I didn't want to lose you! I would love to do a follow along video with you. I'm pushing 80 and people think I'm 60. Your content is valuable. If younger people started doing this, they could stave off the debilitation that comes with neglecting the body and blaming it on old age. You are brilliant
I was diagnosed with hip arthritis few days ago, the pain is severe and I’m on medications. I just stumbled on your video now and I started trying out the exercises. Thank you so much
Yes please make the follow-on video. This is good stuff.
Yes, I would like a follow-along video. I am a 67 year old yoga instructor. I see a lot of older students with hip and back pain They would do anything to avoid surgery if they could. These are great! Thanks Matt, I enjoyed watching this video.
I would like a follow along video. Your stretches have helped a lot, and I think the strengthening exercises are my next step.
Matt's style is great for giving his audience belief in the power of healing and improvement of strength and health, as well as the knowledge of how to attain real results.
Oh yes please, please do a follow along video, I have bone on bone hip arthritis in my left hip, I'm trying to avoid surgery, your videos are a great help 😊
Is there one yet?
Can we talk please
You have healed yourself and now are helping others heal themselves.I so appreciate that you have the courage to encourage by calling out the shortcomings of the medical establishment on this. Your factual statement that 'It's all about muscles' makes good sense and when practiced properly, the body has the ability to heal itself. Thank you for your directness along with your clear, easy mannered and good humored direction.
Thank you so much..I'm 64 been on pain killers and rubs for years....great results
One of the best yet!!! Thanks
I’m finding your hip strengthening and stretching exercises really helpful and would really appreciate your follow along video.
Your video on hip arthritis was extremely helpful!!!! I just heard the same directive alot of people have heard about doctor prescribed hip surgery. I did have a cortisone injection today, but only conceded to do that to alleviate the pain temporarily enough to do my own at-home PT exercises. Thanks for your exercise suggestions! Please provided a follow-up video. Here's to us all feeing better!! THANKS!!!!
You make me feel that its possible to get stronger. My sisters have both had hip replacement surgery (and cant figure out why it hurt so bloody much!) i dont want that! Im 69, my daughter wants me to go to a gym and I have had miserable experiences with gym guys who push and push until I vomit from the stress of the treadmill. I want to take it slow and get stronger! You make me feel like Its possible, and I can do it.
It's absolutely possible to get stronger at 69 (my age also). I had 4 sessions with a PT, who gave me a handful of exercises to do while lying down! Yes, the progress is slow but I stay safe and comfortable while continuing "working out" on my own. The therapy sessions were a year ago and I'm now walking without a cane or a limp; starting to practice small jumps.
Hello, Try the pool I love the water exercises for my hips.
I’d love the follow along video. Thanks for the great information and exercises! Much appreciated!
I am so grateful for your channel, all I was told was to stretch endlessly. Only after I started following you and building strength did I get relief. thank you!!
AWESOME!! Glad to help!
Yes great ideas about hip arthritis ! Yes would love a you tube video! Thank you !!!
I've been dealing with a painful hip for several years. After giving up the stretches that caused me more pain, I followed your ATM (always think muscles) and started working more on strengthening. What a difference! I still have some pain, but it's a dull pain now and getting better. I'm so glad I found your videos and your methods.
How awesome! Thats my goal right now, a dull pain. Hes right, atrophy hurts
I staved off a life of acute pain for at least 5 years by strengthening muscles-many from this site. Eventually, i did have a hip replacement because the hip became bone on bone. Is it perfect now? No but discomfort is negligible
@@judydoyle1124I am in Canada & "on the list" to get both of my hips replaced as they are both bone on bone... I'm 66 & just recently found this channel & really hoping this will help🤞🏾I'd like to avoid the surgeries altogether by doing these strengthening exercises & stretches instead. Looks like the exercises weren't enough for you after all? - as you ended up having the surgery anyway - just wondering if you thought surgery was worth it?😬
@@leannemorin3063 Our Country and it’s never ending waiting lists while people suffer are a complete joke.
Thankyou for giving me hope.
Yes!Yes! Yes! Free Follow-Along Video! ❤️ Thank you!
I've been going to P. T. for fluid on my knee. I'd noticed stiffness in my legs, thighs, and hips still that was getting worse the less I moved. I'm glad this popped up on my feed, as the stretches will be helpful to add to my home routine .
I like your sense of humor and your empathy. Thank you for the good advice you give. I really didn't know how weak my muscles had gotten until I began P. T. I'm slowly getting better every week. New subscriber!
Thank you!!...finally actually movements/exercises that people with severe mobility issues can use easily...GREAT MODIFICATIONS TOO!!!!!
Yes, follow along, thank you sir. 🌷
I am voting for the full version of do it along video. Thanks so much.
Yes Matt, please upload follow along video. City bus driver here and deal with crazy hip, groin and leg pain daily. Trouble sleeping cuz of pain Pain switches sides/hips every few weeks(nuts). Doc says arthritis and will eventually need surgery. Grateful I found your channel recently 😂 keep info coming
I love everything that Upright Health offers! I cured persistent shoulder pain (the docs called it shoulder cuff tear) using the shoulder program. It is amazing! But it takes time. Then I gave the hips program to my parents, who are in their 80s and were practically disabled after getting seriously ill overseas. They are now walking again, four miles per day, and still doing the program! And now I am beginning the hip program as well. I am 61 and athletic. I also do yoga. But when I end up in pain these days and think I've been injured, I turn to Upright Health for answers. Thank you, Matt and Shane!
OMG! I love this video. I was diagnosed with OA in the hip but am told the pain I describe does not coincide with the degree of damage in the joint. PT did not help me...they were way to aggressive and hurt, setting me back even more. I have since determined that I have three things going on with the whole joint (bursitis and tendonitis/ligamentitis included) and am putting together an arthritis management program to help. The range of motion limitation is my current issue to resolve. Your video explained more about what I can do for my issues than I got from anyone else in the healthcare world. I am going to continue stretching...I have problems straightening that joint, but I am definitely going to add these exercises to my workout regimen, perhaps alternating with walking on off days to help me keep moving.
Thank you so much for this video. I am subscribing and will be checking out your website.
Update: Great response even during the first week. I can actually run errands and take care of household business for as much as 4 hours without losing the next day for recovery. Thank you, Upright Health!!
I'd love a follow along video. Your videos are so helpful
I would love a follow-along video of these hip-strengthening exercises! I have osteoporosis, so I need all the help I can get to make those muscles stronger.
Great video. A follow up video would be fantastic. Many thanks.
YES - I really want the follow-along exercise video, please! I need it to help me stay focused. I'm finding that I do the exercises a couple of days and then I stop doing them. I get distracted/bored/frustrated trying to remember what the exercises are, how many reps, wondering if I'm doing them right or hurting myself. THANK YOU, MATT!👍
I had the same issue
This is what I do.
Choose exercises
❤Do a little sketch/picture of each exercise.
❤Write down how many reps or hold time
❤do first thing in the morning
Then it’s fine and out of the way for you day to move along happily.
I have already shared this with a friend who suffers from arthritis pain. I want you to know that I appreciate all the knowledge that you have and sharing it with those who are suffering from arthritis pain. I don’t like taking pills all the time or going for those Cortizone shot Chevy three months. I’m thankful that I found you on TH-cam.
Wow thank you, at last someone who understands what it feels like to be in pain and how to try to overcome it. I am 57 with arthritis in nearly every joint... oweee is my favourite word ... but not any more .. I'm determined to follow you and try your exercises and advice...
Please do a follow up video. I love your show. It is very encouraging!!!!
Yes yes yes!!! Strengthen these neglected muscles! It helps SO MUCH!!!❤
I also would like follow up video. Thks for these simple easy exercises.
Yes please-early 40’s here and left hip pain is just getting ridiculous. Special request for a video that gets right to the exercises with minimal talk/time before & in between. Maybe just a, “do this x times a week with a break or every day, etc.” Pain and frustration have a way of compounding the short attention span, if ya get what I mean! Many thanks!
Matt, thank you for your hard work in uploading these videos.
I am 69 with a one year history of a painful right hip. It seemingly started after I started doing hip stretching exercises after being told by a trainer I had poor flexibility in my hips and lower extremities. Never had any bad nor hip pains before. I could have overdone the stretching exercises causing some injury by pushing on with the stretching despite warning pain symptoms. Finally was diagnosed with osteoarthritis by an orthopedic surgeon with x ray showing joint space narrowing and acetabular spurring. No bone on bone yet. After viewing a multitude of videos, I am getting to believe that muscle strengthening is the key. So I have become hooked to your videos, and am very interested in your follow along videos.
I absolutely love your videos, and yes, I'd really appreciate having a video with a follow along of these exercises. Thank you so very much!
Matt you make these exercises feel simple but effective. I have pain in my left hip as well as lower back pain at times. I am going to start doing these exercises. I would like the follow along video as this would motivate me even more .
Your videos make so much sense! I sought out posture therapy for my back when Drs. had no answers. Strengthening muscles to function properly and loosening others that restrict movement is key. Bravo!
WOW! I just discovered you, Matt, this morning. I'm 65 and was diagnosed with mild arthritis in both hips a year ago after a Pickleball injury. I have done yoga 3x a week for years (thank goodness) and did lots of physio after the injury. My doc recommended a hyaluronic acid injection but I found Aquafit instead and I am improving! My yoga teacher likes to inform us about anatomy and was talking about hamstrings the other day which led me to do a little research and concluding my Biceps Femoris needs attention (as I sometimes feel heat and pain just to the left of my left knee). Looking for Biceps Femoris stretches led me to you. I've now watched the video above and am excited to have you confirm what I am experiencing ... improvement with attention to muscles. ATM Looking forward to more of your excellent videos and avoiding a hip replacement in the future. Thank you! I would very much like to see your follow up hip video. Kindest regards .... Liz
I'm a long time jogger and my hips currently are really beginning to bother me, enjoy your content and feel it's helpful, would certainly enjoy more videos to deal with hip pain!
Yes! Please do a follow along video! This is awesome information. Thank you!
Yes, I would like a follow-along video to improve my bone-on-bone hip arthritis. I would do anything to avoid surgery if I could. Thanks Matt, I enjoy watching your videos!
Your approach has resonated with me for the last couple years. I am 73 and improving mobility and reducing pain.
This is so helpful. I appreciate you and the sharing expertise you bring. I’d like a free video too.
Please provide a follow along video. This is great and so are you. :)
I’d like the follow along video
Thank you! This is inspiring, empowering and really helpful. More follow up vids please!
Thanks Matt. A follow along video would definitely be appreciated! Thanks for all of the very informative videos that you post!
So glad I found this video. I had been having hip pain for about 4 months. The main cause was violently, improperly rotating my hips open when my golf swing went wrong for a couple months. Secondarily, my pilates class encouraged overstretching hip flexors with your knee on the pilates reformer (sled).
I knew if I went to an orthopedist, he'd probably find arthritis (I'm 61) and blame my problem on that, despite the fact that arthritis is long-term degradation and my symptoms came on in a hurry. I tried a bunch of stretches and they didn't help, and sometimes hurt. One day I just decided to rest a dumbell on my thigh and lift my knee (much like the first exercise in this video). I told the orthopedist that it was the one thing that seemed to make things better. His response was that he would expect that to make things worse, not better, and as expected, he blamed arthritis.
Lo and behold, i find this video and it recommends exactly that exercise, along with two others that also seem like they will help. I am so glad to learn from this video that there may be a muscle / training way to fix this problem. Thanks for posting it.
Love your videos, and I’ve found you’re advice very helpful..would love a follow along video…I’ve had hip pain for almost a year now, and really want to get my hip mobility back…❤
Danke!
Danke für deine Unterstützung!
I’m so glad that I found your videos 2 days ago! I wish I found your channel earlier. I’ve had hip knee and wrist pain for some years. I’m 52. I had a bad fall from snowboarding 20 years ago. I’ve only done the hip exercises from your videos for 2 days and I’ve felt better already! Thanks so much for your amazing explanation and instructions! I hope you will do some video about wrist pain and the fix when you have time. Thanks again!!!
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Yes please! I love your approach and would love to have a follow-along video. Also anything you have for knees!
The most helpful video I watched,simple and clear.
Thanks!
Big thanks to you!
Love This!! Thank you!!
I am so grateful for this presentation, yes please provide a follow up video
Thanks for sharing ❤
absolutely love how you demonstrate the exercises and are honest about it all💝
Great teacher! Thank you so very much!
New subscriber here. ❤
Please add follow along video. The above exercises address my current hip pain. The information of why there is pain and what works is invaluable. Thank you!
Thanks have been experiencing hip pain for three months . Arthritis is in my family so I have accepted my fate . I am 74 and think now that I have been sitting to much and the pain is probably muscles as you explained. Watched exercises on other you tube sites and some seem to work a bit. Yours is the only one I have found that hits the nail on the head. Anxious to try your routines
Thank you for the straight talk approach to hip OA, Matt. I was heading for hip replacement because I had forgotten the lost art of muscle-building. Thanks for the reminder. The follow along video will be a great addition.
Thanks for your offering. I am interested in your follow-along video. Thanks for helping us to be healthy
I would love a copy of the free follow along video. I was recently told I need double hip replacement and there was NO OTHER OPTION. I was shocked but made the appointment. I made it six months down the road just to make sure I had sick time and vacation time available, but now I am way more interested in fixing the problem.
Very informative video. I was diagnosed with severe bilateral hip arthritis and was recommended a hip replacement.
I refused to go that route and asked for cortisone shots and physical therapy. After a month of doing the exercises daily my hip pain has decreased tremendously and on most days pain free.
I am feeling stronger and flexibility improving every week. Videos like this has helped me so much.
Again, Great video!
Congratulations on feeling better. I have degenerative hip osteoarthritis (worse in the left hip). I have gone through substantial muscle weakening, and I started back in the gym over the summer for increased cardiovascular fitness and range of motion exercise (inclined treadmill, elliptical, rowing machine, and bicycle) in addition to outside bicycling and paddle boarding to offset my decreased hiking ability. I also started weights targeting my hip adductors/abductors/flexors/extensors. They are incredibly weak, and I max out at 30-50 pounds (might not be weak for some, but this is weak for me). I am getting ready for surgery because my pain has increased, I am unable to walk pain-free without a cane, and my quality of life has diminished. I say all this because strength training might not be enough. It is not for me. I will keep strengthening my muscles in preparation for surgery to live my best active life. Good luck!
I would like a follow along video. I have a shooting pain from top of hip to knee. Xrays and MRI shows no bone issues. Have done some PT exercises that helped but I believe too much sitting in my recliner during covid caused the problem. PT helped but I feel like I need some other exercises and this video seems right. I will definitely do these exercises. Loved what you said about arthritis not necessarily being the culprit. I believe in food as medicine and avoiding Rx. I am 70 years old, vegan and on no Rx. I cured my acid reflux by what I avoid as food and I want to fix this hip problem completely without meds too. I hope this works.
Yes! I would love the follow along video. My hips need help! Thanks for this video. I started doing the movements along with you. I definitely need them.
Thank you Matt! I had a hip replacement because the ball of my femur had deteriorated. Now I’m strengthening..this is perfect for me! I would love the follow along. Thank you. I’m so happy I found you. Your humor is also much appreciated. 😊
You are a wonderful instructor with encouraging words. Thank you.
That's terrific....I too am 64 , just came across this vlog ...as soon as he addressed the hip flexors , i knew I was listening to the right guy . Inspired now to reverse the pain & weaknesses that are debilitating! Thank you
I love how encouraging you are👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You are really wonderful! I’ve been in excruciating pain with my right hip which they say needs to be replaced but I’m fearful so I’m waiting but in a lot of pain and I’m going to give your exercises to try. Thanks much.!
I was told I had OA on my right hip and loss 70% of my cartilage just by looking at an x-ray!!! I thought that was insane! Unfortunately I completely stopped exercising and now I am so weak. So I am excited to start strengthening my hips with the follow along video you send me . Thank you
Great instruction!!! Thank you!
I would really appreciate a follow along video.
Thanks for the videos Matt...I had a left hip replacement 6 months ago and was told the right one needs replacing..
I recovered quickly as I'm slightly built and regularly exercise and stretch...but I wasn't doing particular hip muscle strengthening or stretching.
I'm now determined to take the exercise route so love to have follow along videos.
Much appreciated 👍🙏
Love the way you explain this!!!
You’re so honest, I love you thank you for being real and telling the truth all authenticities is true love
A follow on video would be good xxx thank you Matt xxx
I am so excited. I've been suffering with hip pain for years and have been to so many doctors and no help! I used to work out so much and they told me I had bursitis and had to stop working out to let the inflammation go down but it never stopped hurting. I thought I shouldn't work out so I let my hip muscles get so weak. We're so glad to have these exercises. I do feel them warming up my hips. I have a good feeling about this!❤
Thank you!!! Would love free follow along video. I'm 51 and have major osteoarthritis in hips. After 30 years of being a professional bellydance performer and now pilates and yoga instructor I love to see what others have to offer and learn more for myself and clients❤️🕉🙏
Love your videos...such great advice with a gentle tone which is so critical to adopt a slow and steady wins the race type of program and stick with it. I have found your videos so helpful!
I ended up with a hip replacement because I discovered after trying for 4 years to avoid surgery that I had a necrotic hip. But your information was super helpful getting me back to full functioning, running, jumping, aerobics...and playing with my grandkids...I'm turning 66 in 2 weeks! Thanks for the humor ...laughter makes it all easier!
Yes, yes, yes I agree🙏🏽💝🦋I am looking forward to the follow along… to ATM and not the Always Taking Money version. Been treating piroformis for a year, recent dx bone on bone and do not believe I need hip surgery and my doctor agrees… I was very much encouraged by your presentation - no longer thinking bone cancer because lower legs pain and feel weak🤔🧐🙏🏽💝🦋
Hi. Would love the follow on video . Had hip replacements for both hips and it’s not been great . I had a damage to glutes on both sides before the operation. I think your video so far has been great so thank you. Got desperate thinking I can never get theses hips better and I am a horse rider . Only ridden once and omg my hips nearly killed me after. But I am determined to get better. Horses are my joy.
Yes.. we would love free follow along free videos.
Hi Matt. It was wonderful from you to share the research on hip arthritis. I understand much better what I have and what doctors have told me. Thanks
I would love a follow along video…I trust your advice and enjoy your compassionate approach
Thank you! slow and easy does it. Feeling so much better.
Thanks a lot sir.Your teaching gives me hope and healing to my hip arthrithis .
Tnx.love your exercises.dutch pensionering is very grateful!
Please post the follow along video! I’m 69 and I walk several days a week 2.5 to 3.5 miles plus I’m constantly busy in my garden and inside my home. With that being said, I have been experiencing hip flexor pain and plan to start doing these 3 exercises this morning! You are a God send!!! Thank you
Yes please. Sound advice and delivered in a very relatable and practical manner. Thank you