There are several possible causes to hip, knee, ankle, and foot pain, in some cases related to one another. Lower extremity pain is a common and often painful problem, which can begin with an injury, accident, or from long-term habits. When your upper body is not aligned with your lower body, weight bearing is not balanced and you put uneven pressure on your lower extremity when you move.

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The nerves that control your lower extremities begin in the lower back and lower spine which is why low back posture problems are a common cause of pain radiating to the hip, thigh, knee, leg, ankle, and foot. When structural distortions in the lower back caused by chronic poor posture or trauma cause a spinal distortion and compress delicate nerves, pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness traveling down the lower extremity often result.