Jen L.

My problems with hip pain started 6 years ago after the birth of my 3rd child. Even walking and going up stairs was painful.

I saw a physical therapist who told me I had anterior pelvic tilt caused by a weak core from pregnancy. I worked with him on loosening my quads with basic stretching and massage and strengthening my core, and my hip pain went away. Now and then over the years the pain came back, but I could always handle it with taking a short break from working out and doing the exercises the physical therapist gave me.

About 6 months ago that stopped working. The hip pain was worse than it had ever been (walking, stairs, getting into my car, sleeping, even swimming) and my lower back was hurting too. I noticed that my clothes were getting all twisted on me and I could even see that my pelvis was twisted.

I tried a physical therapist again, and he did a lot of stretching with me that improved the twisted pelvis, but my hips were hurting more than ever. He referred me to...

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Bryce B.

I started having a “nagging” hip issue over three years ago. Soon, I spent all my time thinking, How far do I have to walk? How long do I have to stand? It was maddening. I’m 45 years old. I used to run, swim, bike, lift, and golf. Now, all I could think was, How far/long…?

One day, I was walking through the grocery store with my wife, using the cart as a crutch. Then, my hip just gave out and I almost ended up on the floor.

I finally went to the surgeon. After all the tests, I was diagnosed with FAI, a labral tear, and arthritis. The surgeon said, “You can keep trying all the stuff you’ve done up to this point, but you’ll be back here sooner or later for surgery.”

Up to that point, I had tried massages, A.R.T., going to a chiropractor, ice, heat, more exercise, and less exercise. But I still couldn’t find the silver bullet.

I finally decided on the surgery because I didn’t see any other option. At that point, I had never...

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Shari B.

I’m not sure where to begin this message other than saying thank you so, so much. It’s been a while since we last spoke but since our last visit and after buying the FAI Fix in December, my hip and glute pain has been tremendously better. The success came gradually, which is why I haven’t emailed you until now. For some reason I was waiting for this dramatic moment where I would suddenly be back to normal in the span of a few days. But it never happened. Instead, just a few things at a time starting getting better. The changes were so gradual I didn’t even realize how much I had improved until I caught myself mid-way through my yoga class going through all of the movements…completely pain-free (something that had never happened in the past. Yoga always caused me pain). I started tearing up at that moment during the class.

I still have days where my hip flexor pinches and when my glutes start firing painfully but it really only happens when I fail to...

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Brittany

Here is my FAI Fix hip story. I started training in ballet when I was three years old, and I continued on until I was 17 very seriously in pre-professional (and one professional) companies. After that I only took a few classes here or there, but most of my adolescence was spent doing 10-20 hours of ballet per week.

I had always struggled immensely with flexibility. It took me many years of hard work to achieve the splits, which is really the bare minimum of flexibility required in ballet.  It was always so frustrating how little I progressed compared to my peers. I also struggled with turns (I think I’ve finally put together an explanation for this which I’ll mention later).

When I was 23, my fiance and I were preparing our “wedding” bodies and started doing P90X workouts regularly. We obtained our goals and became strong and durable. I’ve never been successful, or frankly, that interested in running, but during this period of confidence I hopped...

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Cortney

My FAI experience began with lower back pain and weakness, and I was treated for that for six weeks with physical therapy (the theory of   multiple experts being that carrying twins with a particularly small frame years prior had destroyed my core).

That work was invaluable, because I HAD lost a great deal of core strength and stability along the way. After repeated set-backs, my therapist said this was likely rather a hip issue and I had an X-ray followed by MRI arthrogram that revealed cam impingement and labral tear. I read those results before the follow-up with my surgeon and started researching. I came across The FAI Fix and assumed it was a scam, looking forward to my next appointment with my surgeon.

At that appointment, he briefly discussed the controversy of surgery for FAI, and suggested that it be considered a last resort.

He wrote “The FAI Fix” on a piece of paper and handed it to me, saying it was a great source of information and would be worth...

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Cameron

Hi FAI Fix team,

I just want to start by thanking you for putting this program together. I have been doing the work daily for 10 weeks and it has really changed things drastically for me.

I am 31, work as a doctor and live in Australia. I stumbled upon your program while tirelessly researching a solution to my chronic left gluteal pain which was getting so bad it was limiting my ability to work full time. After 6 hours of sitting with patients my left butt was on fire. I felt impaired and had to cut back to part time.

I have always considered myself fit (although always have been VERY inflexible) and am now starting to enjoy running, surfing and hiking again. I just returned from a 2 week skiing holiday which felt so great! I still have a long way to go but I am feeling hopeful for the first time in a very long while.

Thank you.

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Maureen L.

I actually don’t think I need much guidance at the moment…I just wanted to write to say THANK YOU.

I had chronic hip pain for years before having bilateral hip arthroscopy in 2011, which did very little at all. After having my first kid in 2015 I went back to the orthopedist who ordered and MRI and said there was a lot of damage in my hips (labral tears, cartilage thinning, bone hardening, etc.) and sent me off to do physical therapy which was not effective whatsoever. Since my second kid was born in 2016 I’ve basically been an absolute mess. Nearly everything I did would throw my back out (sometimes even coughing or sneezing!) and I felt like I didn’t have the strength to live my own life! Out of desperation I went back to the orthopedist again and he recommended cortisone shots, another MRI and, pending those results, a conversation about replacement.

This was totally unacceptable to me so I started my own research and first found the Upright Health...

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Karen A.

I am a 55-year old very active personal trainer and orthopedic exercise specialist. I have enjoyed challenging athletic activities for over 40 years as a competitive cyclist and runner. I also enjoy weight training, skiing, hiking, etc. A year ago, I developed hip impingement which has caused a lot of pain. X-rays and an MRI revealed a torn labrum, cyst, and a structural abnormality but good bone health and minimal arthritis. Over the past year I have seen doctors, physical therapists, massage therapists, and a chiropractor with no improvement. I ended up a month ago at a visit with an orthopedic surgeon with whom I reluctantly scheduled surgery for January 2020. I was told that I was out of options.

The night I scheduled my surgery I could not sleep at all because surgery just did not feel right at all to me. I have worked with a lot of people that have experienced pain and was troubled that I could not seem to help myself. I started doing some research and found Upright Health....

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Willow B.

 

I just wanted to send a note thanking you guys for this course. I struggled with daily hip pain for the past 4 years. I am a wildlife habitat biologist and spend a lot of time in the field and in my personal life am also very active and do a lot of outdoor activities. I kept doing them anyways, but it hurt to hike…. which is essential for my job and many of my hobbies like hunting. After navigating the medical system and spending a lot of time and money, I was told I had FAI and my options were to continue doing what I was doing (yoga, massage, chiro) or surgery. My chiropractor discouraged me from surgery because she said it wasn’t very successful. Also it didn’t make sense to me that I had lived life for a long time with the same bones but previously had no pain. I did more yoga, but my husband told me he thought it made things worse. Yoga teaches you that negative emotions are stored in your hips – the cure – more hip openers. I then started...

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Rafael M.

 In 2016, I was having lower right back pain. After numerous visits to the back doctor, we discovered that it was not my back but my hips.

In 2017, I went to see a renowned hip specialist in NY and he informed me that I had labrum tears in both hips. He was honest and said there was an 80 percent chance arthroscopic surgery would fix my lower back issue. I said no, let’s do PT and etc.

After several months, there were no big improvements. So I said, ok let’s do the effin surgery, I mean Arod (Alex Rodriguez of the NY Yankees) had the same thing – WHY NOT??

In November 2017, two weeks before the surgery, I was diagnosed with heart disease and eventually had to have a bypass. Yup, never mind about the hip! I had to attend to the heart. It was awful, but it saved my life and I feel like a teenager again. I will spare you the details…

Anyways, back to the hips. I was skeptical and distrustful of the program you offered, but I said, what the hell.

Six months...

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