After almost two years of hip problems, which was during the two years post lumbar surgery, I finally went to a hip specialist. My symptoms were that both hips, especially my left, hurt so badly that I was not able to walk much further than to the mailbox. He quickly diagnosed It problems and sent me to physical therapy. They did a bunch of stretching which helped a little, but not much. I went back to the doctor, but after waiting in his waiting room for almost two hours, I got disgusted and walked out and haven't been back since. I then decided to get serious about exercise and do my own thing. I started going to water aerobics 4-5 times a week and gradually worked my way up on the recumbent bike. With the bike I started out and could only do two minutes. Now I routinely do 20 minutes on level 4, using either the random or hill function.
Bottom line, my hips are 90% better, in that I can walk much farther without much hip pain. I also massage the IT bands myself each day while doing stretches.
Hope this helps and encourages.
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