Ken,

OOPS, my bad! The excercises were for swallowing and for the neck pain. I learned the others from a PT. Interesting to hear your hip has been bothering you. I woke up one day last March and could not cross my right leg over my left. It never stopped hurting until I had the physical therapy. The therapist stretched the joint a bit, several different ways and had me do some excercises.

One, is the clamshell. You lay on your side with a pillow under your neck, bad hip up, knees bent. Without rotating your hip, lift your leg up for a 2 count and let back down. Do this until you can do 20 with a 1 min rest between 3 sets.

Two, on your side with a pillow under your neck, legs straight, back side against a wall, lift your leg with your calf and your heel against the wall. Keep your knee straight, hold for a 2 count. Work up to 3 sets of 20, 1 min rest between sets.

Three, flat on your back, squeeze your buttocks together and lift your pelvis as high up as you can. Hold for a 2 count and work up to 3 sets of 20 with 30 sec between sets. After you do this for a few weeks, work towards doing the same on one leg only, with your good leg crossed over the bad hip leg.

I hope this helps.

Ed

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