Hips hurt side sleeping? How to wake up the right muscles so you can get to sleep.

Summary by Krater

This video demonstrates a side-lying leg lift exercise designed to wake up the gluteus medius and help relieve outer hip weakness, discomfort when lying on your side, and lower back pain.

From the video

Answers: How do I fix weak outer hips and hip pain when lying on my side?

• gluteus medius strengthening
• hip stability exercises
• side-lying leg lift technique
• relieving hip and lower back pain

Exercises

• side-lying leg lift · mat · 2 sets of 10-20 reps per position

What it concludes

• Weak outer hip muscles and instability in the hip joint and pelvis can cause discomfort and poor sleep when lying on your side.
• Performing side-lying leg lifts at both 135-degree and 90-degree hip angles helps properly engage and strengthen the gluteus medius.
• Doing 2 sets of 10 to 20 repetitions of side-lying leg lifts per position helps stabilize the femur in the hip socket and reduces side-lying discomfort.