The Body Mechanic · Brighton · Hip Pain
Hip pain is something many people simply learn to live with — an ache when walking, stiffness getting out of a chair, discomfort that's just always there. After a while it starts to feel normal. But it isn't normal, and in most cases it doesn't have to stay that way.
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Understanding the problem
One of the most common patterns I see is the hip losing its ability to move fully — through both extension and flexion. When that happens, the body finds another way. The pelvis tips forward, the lower back works harder than it should, and the body recruits further up the chain — you might notice your shoulders getting involved, your weight shifting to one side, one foot turning out more than the other, or difficulty lifting your leg when getting out of a car.
These aren't random changes — they're strategies, the body working around a hip that has run out of options. Pain is just a flag telling you something needs attention somewhere in the system. The hip also connects directly to how the foot meets the ground, and when it's struggling that shows up further down the chain in the knee, the ankle, and the foot too.
If you've been told you have early arthritis, keeping the muscles around the joint strong and maintaining good movement makes a real difference to how it feels and functions — and that's exactly what this work focuses on.
The approach
Using Gary Ward's AIM method — Anatomy in Motion — we find what's missing in the movement system and put it back. For hip pain that means restoring movement through the hip and pelvis, looking at where the body is compensating, and giving the system back what it needs to function freely.
Strength is important — but only in the right places and at the right stage. We build strength to support the movement we've restored, not to mask the movement that's missing. This is what makes results hold over the long term.
The hip sits in the middle of the chain — connecting the lower back above to the knee and foot below. The goal is always the same — find what the system is missing, put it back, and build the strength to keep it there.
What to expect
Sessions are hands-on and practical. You'll leave with a specific exercise programme, fully videoed, that takes around 20 minutes a day at home. No gym required.
"Many people live with hip pain for years before seeking help, simply believing it's part of who they are. It isn't. When you give the body what it's been missing, it responds — often more quickly than people expect."
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Consistency with the daily exercises is what makes the changes hold. Most clients notice a change within the first few sessions.
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