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Submitted by: Bart - SII

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From what you describe two things come to mind that might be causing your problems. The first one is neural tension. This basically means that there are restrictions around the nerves, causing them to stick to the surrounding tissue rather than slide. When this happens, they become irritated and they refer pain. There are several major nerves that run down the leg from the hip, and the pain that you describe when you turn your hips and the "pulling" at your knee are very common signs of this neural tension. This is a fairly advanced (complicated) problem and is often overlooked. It is however, somewhat easy to treat if your clinician is a skilled manual therapist. Try a google search for neural tension or neural flossing and you can probably find a lot more and better information on this. The second thing that comes to mind is myofascial tightness or mobility restrictions in your lumbar spine, especially in the lower lumbar fascia. Limited lateral trunk flexion (bending sideways) can cause restrictions in the hips that then lead to tightness of the soft tissue extending down into the knee. Myofascial release techniques or positional release therapy might help with this. I would talk to your clinicians about these things and see what they think. Hope this helps comment back with any other questions

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