Hip Pain

Tightness in the hip area manifests in several ways. There may be a grinding at the hip joint, in the front of the leg, or at the outer side. Pain may radiate down the front side of the leg, seeming to be inner leg pain. If not corrected, this HIP TIGHTNESS may lead to a hip replacement. In order to prevent this, or, to straighten a second leg to avoid more surgery, The Vance Stance® offers a way for you to change the painful pressure on the hip joint. By opening and flattening this joint, you will correct its position for standing to be extended, not contracted.

If you have Bowlegs or Knock-knees, the shape of those legs is exerting incorrect pressure at the hip joint. Sway-back, a tipped pelvis, also creates pressure. Learning The Vance Stance will result in an opening here, by sending the pressure of standing correctly down, into newly-bending leg joints. It will then be able to rise up through the body, flattening and making level the rest of the body.

If you have already had to have surgery, this program can help you to get the best results from the new hips. Tightness in the body can decrease their performance.

Some movements from The Vance Stance book that will help:

• Cross-Legged Sit (page 128-129), in which you learn to lift your torso up out of your hips as you press the bent legs down flat.
• Dead Bug (page 140-141), which gradually opens this very tight and protected area where hips, groin and spine intersect.
• Knees To Chest (page 138-139), which teaches the hip flexors to contract, so that can then learn to extend.
• Head To Knee On Floor (page 134-135), which lengthens the entire spine, and teaches alternate bent legs to drop down at the hip.
• Sitting Forward Bend (page 136-137), which stretches the waist, and reveals the connection of tight hips to tight shoulders.