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TIFU by not using my abs properly and messing up my hips

Three things to know : I weightlift often, I have no abdominal definition, I go to physical therapy a lot.

I've been fairly athletic for about 5 years, turning myself around with regular running and weightlifting. I always include ab work in the routine, planks and crunches and stuff.

3 years ago I started doing long distance running and I ran a half-marathon after preparing for 2 months. After the race I noticed developing knee pains, so I started physical therapy to strengthen my support muscles. Immediately the therapist noticed a lack of hip flexor developed but we focused on quads.

The results were mixed but sufficient, and I also got some insoles to help my posture.

Then a few months ago I turned to a more strength-training oriented workout. Lots of squats, deadlifts and bench presses. One day as I'm warming up my hips give out beneath me. I'm back in physical therapy, now working on hip mobility and core stability. Once again, my therapist sees that I have no balance and stuff that should be simple is hard. So she asks me to do a plank, but keeps saying my back in buckling, when I feel its straight. She asks me to crunch more and more with my core, until she says "Now your back is straight, how does it feel" and I reply that it's the hardest ab workout Ive ever done.

As it turns out, I'd never actually been using my core in my core workouts. Instead I put all the loads into my arms and lower back. As a result my upper and lower body are essentially disconnected and I have very little means to correctly orient my hips causing me chronic pain in my knees and hips. Also, despite fairly regular workouts I have never had any core definition, and I know why.

TL;DR My abs have gone unused for years. Now I'm flabby and injury-prone despite working out lots.

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