[Trig]

The answer is Trigger Point Therapy.
Start here:
http://www.mypressureproducts.com/pa...ence_chart.htm
They sell a device which you do not need.

There is also a great book on the subject highly recommended:
http://www.triggerpointbook.com/ also available at Amazon for less.

All you need to get started is a large super ball or lacrosse ball. Using a wall or the floor start deep massage on the trigger points. Depending on the injury and history it can take days or months to completely dissolve the trigger point. It is painful (in a good way) work but well worth the effort. Best of all you heal yourself at your own rate and at no cost.

Once you have the trigger points unlocked begin a strengthening program
to prevent future injury. Keep using the trigger point therapy to keep the muscles free of pain.

I am dealing with lower right/hip issues right now. I found a guy that does trigger point therapy and it has been helping me a lot.

The main culprit is my hip flexors. Learning to stretch those properly is critical to the sciatica issue. However, the sciatic is just a symptom of some of the other mucsles in the low back pulling on the vertabrae. According to my guy, this can cause bulging and pressure on the nerve. Many doctors recommend drugs and surgery for this type of injury. But I remain hopeful that surgery will not be needed in my case.

The type of treatments I'm getting are based on the Chinese healing art known as "qigong anma". Westerners do a similar thing and call it trigger point therapy. By the way, these sessions can be brutal. But they work.