Do you Have an Anterior Pelvic Tilt? It May be the Cause of Hip and Lower Back Pain.

 

As a personal trainer, it was devastating to me early in my career to have my back go out every year. As a sufferer of spondylilocthesis, a condition where the 4th lumbar vertebra has been pushed anteriorly, or forward.

I always figured back pain would be a mainstay in my life. Then, a particularly gifted corrective massage therapist examined my gait and posture, then worked on my fascia (connective tissue) and muscles). He taught me that the true root of my pain was my tight hip flexor muscles at the front of my thigh and that my quadratus lumborum muscle (think the muscle that allows you to come up from a side bend position) was the spasming offender.

All of this because of my pronounced anterior pelvic tilt was worsened by the back condition. The body is not meant to function efficiently with this bad form.

This could be the cause of your back discomfort OR a pronounced posterior pelvic tilt could be responsible. In fact, the latter is more common and also to blame for most disc herniations. But if you look at yourself sideways in the mirror and your butt sticks out, while your low back is curved, then read on:

 

Do you Have an Anterior Pelvic Tilt? It May be the Cause of Hip and Lower Back Pain