Puzzled with Struggles of Low Back or Hip Discomfort?
by Dr. Liesle Elsey, DPT
It’s been a long day of standing—maybe meal prepping for the week—and now your lower back or hip feels tight and uncomfortable. You grab your trusty massage gun, and it helps for a moment, but the discomfort returns the next time you’re on your feet for a longer period of time. You try some stretches from YouTube, your physical therapist, chiropractor, or yoga class—again, temporary relief, but that same tightness keeps coming back.
This story can take many forms. Maybe after spending time caring for your young grandchildren, your lower back doesn’t feel great. You cherish the moments together but also appreciate the recovery time in between. You rely on self-care strategies you’ve learned over the years, yet nothing seems to have a lasting effect. The window of what you can comfortably do keeps shrinking while the time needed to recover grows longer.
But what if there was another approach?
