Does anyone here have any history/experience with a rotated pelvis and then recovered from it or corrected it? I am looking for any sort of help I can get as this has been bothering me for 6 months!!! please and thanks!!
I’m not sure what rotated is, but mine gets tilty sometimes (like now). I can feel it when I walk – one leg gets longer than the other and it makes my hip flexor hurt when I walk/run, plus usually some deep glute tightness when I run. A local chiro can usually get it back but it can take a few weeks. Once it’s back to normal it usually stays that way… until I screw it up again.
I get mine out of whack by doing dumb things, like sitting really crooked for extended stretches, or lifting heavy things improperly.
I find that core exercises and hip abductor/adductor work helps prevent it, and get it back to normal.
I supposedly had a rotated pelvis last fall. I believe the cause stemmed from my bike seat being a tad too high + leg differential. Went to a chiro for a total of 3 visits, each time he basically beat on my hips / ass and used a stick and jammed it into upper IT band area (not pleasant) and then used a muscle stim machine to re-align it.
In all honestly I think that lowering my bike seat did more to help than him. It seemed like he just pushed and cracked however he pleased…
Can you find one medical journal or book that actually documents that there is such a thing as “rotated pelvis”? I dont think its a real condition…unless you consider bad posture a disease.
I believe that a tilted or rotated pelvis are the same thing-the pelvis gets stuck in an abnormal position. It basically causes the piriformis muscle to spasm and the rest of the body compensates. The misalignment of the pelvis and spasm in the piriformis can cause the muscle to become fibrotic if left untreated.
I had this last year. My misalignment actually stemmed from an old ankle injury and the rest of my body compensated as I increased my mileage (I’d never really run more than a 5k before and did my first ironman last year), causing the tilted pelvis and then the chain reaction through the priformis and then the ITB. I ended up working with a chiropractic who is certified in ART. I also did a lot of core-work and gluteus medius strengthening to help stabilize the pelvis. While it took a while to sort through the injury, this season has been fantastic so far. Haven’t really run anything over 17 miles yet, but no more ITBS, no more piriformis pain and no more tilt!
My point is that I think this is a disease made up by chiropractors. The pelvis cant literally be “stuck”, its all just muscular tightness or possibly weakness that causes one’s posture to be poor
I am being treated right now for a rotated pelvis also called swayback position, which is atributed to my swimming background, surfing and just poor posture. Basically, my lower back muscles are really tight causing an arch in my lower back. This as my chiro has shown me, has rotated my pelvis forward and has caused tightness in my hamstrings and compression of my lower discs. I have been getting treatment for the past 2 months and right now it’s just treatment to relax the muscles and alleviate the tightness. I have a host of lower back and core strecthening exercises to do as well and I concentrate now on maintaining proper posture. I can tell you the treatment has done wonders for my back pain and I just feel better.
good luck.
Hi, that sounds interesting!! It’d be cool if you could share some of that with me!! thanks
Hi Plod, I believe that my current condition must’ve stemmed from an older injury (not sure what though, I did snowboard though and got a concussion somehow). My piriformis isn’t really bothering me, I can sit on the TP balll all day and not be able to find a spot that’s super sore. It’s more my hams, lower back and TFL/Glute med/lateral hip flexors? area. Chiro says L5/S1, specialist says left hip is “stuck”, PT says the same thing that my right is anterior rotated and left is stuck in the back. I can definately feel it during the run especially in the hams and also it feels like the tracking of my left foot when I run is “off” because the hip flexors are tight. Please share how did you improve? thanks
Hey Jeff, I agree with you to a certain degree. I don’t believe my hip is “stuck” moreso than it’s my muscles “holding” it in that position. My problem is that I am looking for ways to “place” my hip back in place, but how to do that? I’m trying to loosen the surrounding muscles via trigger point and foam rollers, performing certain motions that “put” the hip in place, then strengthen the abs, multifidus, QL hoping to keep it in place. Not sure if it’s doing anything though… Do you have any pointers? thanks
A knowledgable Physical therapyst is a good start. I honestly think that “trigger points” and rollers are “voo-doo”, i mean how could a trigger point change anatomy. Stretching makes sense and most importantly strenghthening the muscles which are apposing the way the pelvis is “tilted”.
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This can all be cured through simple stretching and strengthening exercises, but it is difficult to do without first understanding how everything is connected. For example, I have hamstring problems that I often solve by stretching my hip flexors, abs, and theighs. “What? But aren’t they on the opposite side of the body?” Yes. But when they get tight, they rotate the pelvis forward causing a stress in the hamstring.
You can do a self diagnosis in the book and start doing the exercises and see some progress. For about $40 (I think), you can send them pictures of yourself and get more specific exercises. For $250 you get a personal appointment. My posture has improved imensly in the last 4 years by doing exactly this.
Hi, I know you posted this a long time ago. I too, am under the care of a chriopractor with plenty of core exercises, some hips. He is amazing and I am feeling a lot better. How long is “awhile to sort through”? I know it can be tricky with a tilted hip as it requires training from multiple muscles.
Thanks!