When I first started Pilates with Lucille, I had nearly constant pain down the outside of my right thigh, my knee hurt and both my knee and foot were twisted in opposite directions. I had a hip replacement about a year ago and even with all the physical therapy, massage and everything else I did, nothing took care of that blocked, “clumpy” feeling that I had. I was not flowing when I walked or did anything else.
With Pilates I began to feel, although it was slight at the beginning, different parts of me moving more freely and independently, even if it was just a part of my foot or my leg. I became aware that I was starting to move differently and the blocked, clumpy feeling was going away.
I now can feel my hip, knee and foot beginning to line up. But even more than that, just on a daily level, the pain is gone. I no longer have that cutting, burning pain down the outside of my thigh and my knee is not hurting. It’s just not there – That is huge!