Maybe this will help someone
I started to feel better after my new PT gave me 3 tips. I also figured out a few things recently about my body and I am 50 years old, 4 mounths total hip replacement post op.
This is not medical advice, and I
Am not a medical professional or dr.
So I am realizing we all have ballet bodies and in fact we must realize we are meant to move like graceful swans! We are not like other bodies and faces straight forward doesn’t work for our joints and muscles. Most Physical therapists work with f@straight forward muscles or joints . Ours need to be facing outwards or inwards slightly and that’s when glutes and quads will want to kick in. My physical therapist also told me to breath in with my diaphragm not belly. Also when I bend down to pick up stuff I need to exhale and do butt to imaginary wall. It helps with low back pain, glued kick in, low abs kick in by exhaling like a cough.
We also must alongate. Wherever we reach our head or upper back must look that way. Like a graceful ballet dancer.
I did an hour long zumba high cardio class with all these tips, wasn’t in pain for my very first time. Also squats are not for me, I do better with bridge and a band. Probably because quads are slightly rotated outward. Biceps, no lifting straight forward, wrist faces slightly outward or inward, depending what HSD is affecting in your body. My left first rib was higher, adjusted that. I think it keeps wanting to go back up. Lol. You will notice what feels good, but working your muscles is mandatory, so our joints stay happy and healthy.
Anxiety is still there, but I am still working on it. Let you know when I figure it out!!
Remember “I am a ballet dancer” Should be going through your mind all day.
I am apologizing to my body now for not figuring it out earlier.
Better late than never.