Hello, I am a 46 yo man.  I have always been active and an athlete.  I played football and basketball throughout highschool and college.  I played both for my university so i was in good shape.  I had a car accident during my workup, they doctors found i have spondylosis, spondylolysis and spondylolysthesis.  This happened when i was 35. I stopped playing sports as competitively as before but put on too much weight.  I now weight 230lbs at 61.  I have always been pretty big, playing weight was 215lbs.  However, now I have some back pain but the pain in my left hip has become unbearable.  It is often difficult to get up and walk.  After a while of walking around, i can move ok but if i rotate my hip in or out, my God, the pain is terrible.  It feels like someone stabbing me in the front part of my hip reaching deep inside it.  I still play around with my colleagues on the basketball court but not very competitive now.  I cant push off well or change directions well.  I have no loss of power except due to pain.  Can you give me some advice on alleviating the pain?  I now live in China and the access to pain meds is very limited.  Even if i could get them, i dont want to take them.  Please help!
Hi you can take physiotherapy as they use IT and other modalities to reduce pain in this condition you can do strengthening exercise and light stretching but as you have spondylolisthesis so before doing any exercise for back consult physiotherapist. You can use hot water pack to relief pain and also use moist heat to relief yourself but make sure it must not too hot that it burn you wish you good health.