[legohead]

Did you try a physical therapist? I had knee pain from rock climbing, and the usual "treatment" in this sport is just to rest and heal, but after 4 months I had no improvement. I had little faith in PT because I was convinced I had some kind of tear, or maybe a bone spur, etc.

Anyway, the physical therapist put me through motions and he showed me on the skeleton how it was actually supporting muscles that were much weaker on one side of my body. He gave me basic exercises to do every day to strengthen those muscles, and in the end it worked beautifully. No more knee issues.

I'm glad you found something that worked, but I'm also curious if you tried out PT, and what they told you?

[matwood]

You found what causes a lot of chronic pain - muscle strength imbalances. Many times the pain and the imbalance are not intuitive, but a PT can give simple exercises to fix the imbalance and the pain goes away.

Posture can also be helped with muscle strengthening. Years ago a PT gave me a ton of exercises to combat sitting at a desk all day. I still do them at the end of my usual workouts.

[Jill_the_Pill]

PT was really successful for me, too. No exercises per se, just a hip stretch and a recommendation to get orthotic shoe inserts and adopt a certain sleeping position.