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I'm a beginner, but I thought I'd share this in case it helps anyone else(5'2 F 270lbs). My hips have given me problems for years when doing strenuous activity, and I thought that having these issues would make working out very difficult if not impossible (because I thought it was a joint/bone issue due to being overweight). I went last night to my first personal training session, and learned about working the "core", which is essentially the torso and hips (helps with balance and is apparently crucial to working up strength and flexibility in these areas as a strong base). As I expected, my hip hurt extremely bad and I had to stop a few times. The trainer showed me a couple of stretches and pulled out this "roller bar" (essentially a 5 foot long, 8" in diameter hard piece of foam). I sat on it and rolled to my side and dug the bar into my hip until I felt the painful spots, and then rolled back and forth on it over the area with most pain. It hurt like hell, but it seriously lessened the pain (after I was done rolling on it) and made me able to finish the work out. Before trying the bar, I felt like I could barely stand up. Afterwards, the difference was amazing. I could still feel some ache in my hip, but not nearly as bad and I no longer felt like I was going to collapse if I didn't sit down. So basically I'm just saying that hip pain could be due to the lack of muscle use and flexibility, and not just "I have joint pain because I'm a fatty" like I thought. I wanted to share this because the hip pain really dissuaded me for a looong time to take the step of starting a workout, and having found this out on the first trip to the trainer, was an amazing revelation to me and makes me feel so much better about continuing this journey. Anyone else notice anything similar during their journey?
<bot>: Hip pain I thought was joint pain due to being fat is actually due to weak, unused, inflexible muscle, and something I can minimize with stretches and a "roller bar", along with strengthening my "core".