Do you know hip amnesia, if this is difficult...
Jun 16, 2025
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The hips are concentrated in about 40% of the body muscles, and in particular, the femoral muscles connect the upper and lower bodies and support the spine and pelvis. Most movements, such as walking, running, sitting, and getting up, are connected to the hips.
Kim Jae-won, a professor of rehabilitation medicine at the Catholic University of Korea's Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, said, `The hip muscles play an important role in maintaining spinal stability and body balance"If the function is poor, it can put a strain on the surrounding joints and muscles such as the waist, hip, and knee, leading to pain or deterioration of function."
How do I check ◇'Hip Deterioration'?
Hip amnesia is a condition in which the femoral muscles do not function properly, causing muscle imbalance and pain due to excessive use of other muscles, including hamstrings. It is characterized by flattening the shape of the buttocks and reducing elasticity. In particular, hip muscle activity decreases if you sit with your back bent against the backrest for a long time. As a result, the back of the thigh or waist muscles are excessively used instead of the hips when lifting the legs.
Even a simple movement can confirm the deterioration of hip function. If you don't have strength in your hips when you lie on your stomach and raise your legs, or if only your back is tense when you lean your upper body and your hips don't respond, there is a high possibility that your function will deteriorate. Checks are also necessary if the left and right hip shapes are different or feel too soft.
In addition, the activity of the hip muscle can be checked by the 'surface electromyography (EMG)'. It measures how the hips, thighs, and waist muscles work during exercise to help determine whether the femoral muscles are functioning. Ultrasound imaging also checks the thickness and contraction of muscles.
Treatment is centered on re-education of exercise. It is important to stimulate the weakened hip muscles and restore the correct way to use them. The function can be restored through EMG feedback training, electrical stimulation treatment, and posture correction, and abnormal movement patterns can also be corrected through gait analysis.
Professor Kim Jae-won advised "A weakening of hip muscles reduces pelvic and spinal support, causing discs, hip joint collision syndrome, arthritis, etc."If the balance of the body collapses, the risk of falling increases, so exercise to constantly stimulate hip muscles and maintain function is necessary.'
◇Prevention exercises and lifestyle improvements?
Typical exercises include squats, bridges, and hip abduction. The squat sat with his feet shoulder-width apart With the motion that happens, you can train your hips and thigh muscles at the same time. It is the right posture to be careful not to let your knees go in front of your toes and sit like you are pulling your hips back. Bridge is a motion of lying on your back, raising your knees, and then lifting your hips. It is effective to focus on your hips and apply strength rather than your waist or thighs. Hip abduction is an exercise that lifts the legs from a lying position on the side, and it is effective to maintain tension throughout the leg and move slowly.
Improving your lifestyle is also important. It is recommended to get up and stretch every hour, and to keep a proper posture without leaning on the backrest when sitting down. When standing or walking, it is helpful to consciously apply strength to your hips and steadily practice exercises to strengthen your hip muscles, such as climbing stairs. It is better to develop the habit of moving often than sitting in the same position for a long time.
Professor Kim Jae-won said, `The hip muscles contract faster as you get older, so you need to take care of them from a young age.' `If you exercise regularly even for 10 minutes a day, you can improve your lower body health as well as your waist burden.'," he stressed.
※'Hip amnesia' Self-diagnosis method
- When the butt is pressed, it is soft or loose.
-When you raise your legs back while lying on your stomach, you can't put strength in your buttocks.
-There is pain or discomfort when lifting the leg to the side or back, or tilting the upper body back.
-Sitting is more than eight hours a day.
-When viewed in the mirror, the buttocks are sagging or flat.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
