[sborsje]

I am not a doctor nor a physical therapist, but what helped me a lot was focusing on fixing anterior pelvic tilt. If your hip flexors are too tight due to prolonged sitting, there are a couple of things you can do that will combat that:

1. strengthening your abs / core muscles (planks, hollow holds, deadbugs, loaded carries, etc) 2. strengthening your glutes (air squats, lunges, glute bridges, etc) 3. stretching your hip flexors (kneeling hip flexor stretch, couch stretch, 90/90 stretch, etc)

[billythemaniam]

Similar experience for me. I found that many of my aches and pains as I get older are resolved by exercise and stretching. For example, I hurt my lower back in my 20s. Not extremely bad, but bad enough that it still gets sore if my back gets too weak after 20 years. I stretch and strengthen it without using weights, and it eventually gets better. I stopped running for a decade then decided to pick it back up. My knees were sore or hurt mildly initially, but eventually they got strong enough that they got better. Running is also great for strengthening the lower back.

[RohKo]

How did you figure out what worked, exercise wise?

[billythemaniam]

Trial and error. I recommend looking up non-weighted exercise, stretches, and activities that target the body parts you are interested in, and start trying them.

[RohKo]

How did you figure out this was going to help you?

[sborsje]

Trial and error, with help from coaches at my gym (CrossFit, a few of them have a background in physical therapy).

[RohKo]

How long did you iterate till you found something working?