Bottom line here is either you are kicking correctly or you are not. Since I can;t correct your kicking without working one on one with you, I can offer only this.... do your kicks slowly. If you feel any binding in your hips, then you are not doing the kick correctly. Then you need to hold on the the wall so that you can do the kick very slowly and adjust the kick until you find the motion that no longer binds your hips.
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I chamber side kicks horizontally. Piercing kicks start with the sole against the thigh. Thrusts start with the sole facing the floor.
I only know one side kick and that is the taekwondo sidekick that Bruce Lee used, keep on practicing that
Did you try to do a search on Google?
Whar are the advantages to the traditional vertical chamerred side kick?
Modern sanda fighters tend to chamber it diagonally/ horizontally which is more the direection the kick is gonna go.