Why Your Hips Hurt After Sitting All Day — And What to Do About It
After a full day at a desk — or a long commute, or a day of back-to-back meetings — a lot of people notice something: their hips ache. Sometimes it’s a deep, achy tightness at the front. Sometimes a nagging pain through the outer hip or buttock. Sometimes it’s hard to even pinpoint exactly where it is.
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Sitting-related hip pain is one of the most common complaints we see at our clinics at Bells Corners and Montreal Road — and it’s becoming more common as more Ottawa residents work from home, often in chairs and setups that weren’t designed with hours of daily use in mind.