hip pain Blog Posts


Hip Pain and the Feet

June 14, 2011
I’ve been working with a man who has had a history of chronic back, pelvic, and knee pain. His back would develop a lateral shift every so often to the point where he couldn’t stand up straight. The shift, his back, and knee pain have resolved and we are left with his hip pain which [...]
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SI Joint Pain and Foot Strike Patterns

February 9, 2011
I just finished treating a woman with chronic SI joint pain. She had been a dancer years ago and whose training had created abnormal movement patterns that led to her pain. Her foot strike pattern seemed to be the place to begin helping her as her pain was primarily triggered when standing or walking. I [...]
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Back Pain and Walking

February 14, 2010
I’ve been  working on an upcoming book, Fixing You: Foot & Ankle Pain, and have been experimenting with a new approach to fixing foot problems. The interesting thing is, since I’ve been trying this new approach to walking, my pelvis has not become rotated,  resulting in no back pain. Before, I’ve always b
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A Gliding Femur Causing Back Pain

November 11, 2009
I’ve had a couple people in recently with back pain. During my evaluation, I noticed the head of one of their femurs glided forward in the hip socket. Both of these people had rotated spines. Correcting the gliding femur head eliminated their back pain in both instances. I think the mechanism here is that when [...]
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Hip Injuries on the Rise?

June 3, 2009
A recent NY Times article discusses the alarming fact that hip injuries are on the rise. They point out that this may be due to changes in usage, early introduction into  sports causing bony changes in the hip socket, and better imaging detecting labral tears earlier. All of these are feasable explanations but in my [...]
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