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Originally Posted by weese17
This is all really interesting. Thanks to my piriformis issues, I'm rapidly discovering just how interconnected all of these issues are. Just the fact that I pronate a bit on my right foot affects how my knee and hip work - and because my piriformis has been irritated, my inner thigh muscles have tightened up. That being said, I wish I knew a fix to make it all better!
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I swear I think so many dancers have mega issues with all these lovely parts that run through or connect to the hip. Consider also, that (much to my surprise) our hip socket is actually only about three to four inches to either side of the outside of the pubic bone and, all those parts, psoas, illiopsoas, piriformis literally run straight through the socket. Not much room if you get any swelling due to irritation
. This could be partly why your inner thigh hurts.
Oh, and Weese, it's about all that "leaping tall buildings at a single bound"
Strangly, I've found that stretching out very slowly, carefully and properly into the splits (as close as I can get) in each direction has helped me loosen up those areas.
Oh and Yoga, like previously suggested Lauren - that's been very helpful too. I do Bikram but Iyengar and Vineyasa seem to be some styles that belly dancers really like too.