Part 1 - Obturator Internus. What is it, what is its function and relationship to the hip. Symptoms of a Weak Obturator Internus:- Pain around sit bones- Difficulty with hip rotation- Pain during activities like walking or climbing stairs- Urinary urgency, incontinence or frequency- Radiating pain down the thigh due to it’s neighbor, the pudendal nerve, being irritated- Pelvic floor dysfunction- Pain with internal rotation- Pain with sitting...🩷❤️🧡💛🩶#yogateacher #pelvicpain #pelvichealth #pe

Meet the Obturator Nerve 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ This is a big nerve, traveling down from the lower back, through the pelvis and onwards to the inner thigh via the groin. Entrapment of this nerve can cause a variety of symptoms, but patients frequently report that they have felt a line of tension down through the inner thigh towards the knee. Sometimes there are no significant symptoms in the thigh, but this nerve entrapment can still be playing a sneaky role in the frustrating lower back and hip pain that k