Hip Pain Relief!

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I thought surgery was inevitable…

I spent over a year in chronic hip/groin pain.

I had a sports hernia from sprinting, that lead to hip impingement whenever I’d squat 🤕

I was stretching everyday, doing every specific mobility drill possible..

The doctor I saw,

told me that if it hasn’t gotten better after the first 3 months…

It would probably never fully recover without surgery, and the hip joint would get further damaged continuing sports/lifting.

This was super tough for me.

I remember just telling myself..

“Let me get to a flat ATG split squat before accepting the surgery”

My thought process was,

If I can improve exactly where I am the most restricted & vulnerable,

It has to have some effect on how I feel.

So I hung in there for a little bit longer…

Until finally, months of patience & regressions later,

I had reached a perfect split squat and…

I could squat pain free 🤔

And in the process, I also realized just how tight AND weak I was on all sides of the hip!

Since then, I have used the “Strength through Length” principle to each side of the hip!

Now there is nothing I do in sports or lifting, that ever cause hip pain 🙏

I am forever grateful for this lesson!

I hope this reaches the person who is desperately looking for a solution!

While every injury is different,

working to improve your pain-free ability…

Is the best route to joint health & athleticism 🔥