- Okay, Brad and I are gonna show how to correct a high hip.
- The hip is high?
- Oh yeah, it's higher than the other one.
- Okay, we're talking about level, elevation, yeah.
- Right.
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- Well Bob. - Wow, dramatic.
- Sam is our man today.
- Right, so with a high hip,
what has usually happened over time,
let's say you have a sprained ankle.
- Sure.
- [Bob] So what do you do?
Walk with a height hip. A height.
- Right, you maybe limp a little bit.
You compensate for the pain of that ankle
and it changes your walk.
- Right, so let's say this hip becomes high
and this rib cage often becomes low.
- So the muscles here become shortened,
tightened. - Tightened.
- Over here they may stretch a little bit.
One way or another it is an appearance of a high hip,
but it's not like the hip is literally high
from a bone deformation.
- Right, and the problem is it can result in back pain
and all sorts of problems.
- Right, it's just, it's not good.
We need to stretch it and get things evened out again.
- So we're gonna show you four, 60 second interventions.
- Well, yeah, sometimes they're 61 seconds
but don't worry about it.
(air swooshing)
- All right, Brad, you demonstrate the first one.
- Right, so it's tight on this side, I'm exaggerating,
but just reach up, like you're reaching for that apple
just outta reach.
Stretch. - And walk.
- And then, yeah, walk around the park like this
for an hour or two
and see how many people make comments.
- They will talk.
- (chuckling) No, but you do that for 60 seconds.
- What you reaching for, an apple?
- That's what I said, yeah, that red apple
that, you know, there's
a fairytale about that. - Adam and Eve.
Right, not fairytale,
a religious tale. - No, I'm talking about.
I know, but there's a fairytale too. Don't you remember?
- Oh, fine.
- We'll get about it.
(air swooshing)
- Okay. Brad on the second one,
you need a PVC pipe, broom stick.
- Piece of doweling.
Something about five feet in length
that has some rigidity and strength to do this.
- Very simple. You grab as high as you can.
And you stretch that abdomen out
and you're gonna lean onto the right side
or whatever side it is.
- Oh yes.
So, you know, actually I think for me
I think I'm gonna have a little better luck standing here.
So you do what works.
Oh yeah, that's really stretching.
- So if do it for a minute, that's plenty.
- Yeah. Yeah.
You could do it here against the wall.
Use that wall.
Oh, look at that,
if you have something to hang on to, you could.
- Well let's show that.
- Okay, well we're waiting?
Okay. Secret.
(air swooshing)
- So let's say you're high on the right side.
Yep. Like that.
So what you wanna do is take a throw pillow.
And at night when you sleep,
you lie on the opposite side,
the left side, put the pillow under
and that will help straighten this out.
Does that make sense?
- [Brad] Yeah, but Bob, the only thing is
I usually roll around a little bit.
So you can start that way and get the traction.
- Start right, do what you.
- That's right.
(air swooshing)
- And the final thing is one armed hanging.
- There you go.
So if you got a pull-up bar, you've got a hanging handle
like this and actually we don't recommend it
but you could grab the top of a door and hang.
But if you rip the door off the wall, it's not a good idea.
- Not our fault.
- So here,
we're just gonna hang. - A beam.
- like this. - A branch.
You're using gravity.
Alls you needed some arm and wrist strength.
But it really does a nice job of stretching.
Good traction.
- Imagine if you're on the subway.
- Oh yeah, yeah, I've never been in a subway.
- Oh, haven't you?
- Yeah. Perhaps this will be a new thing.
Everyone will be hanging one arm
and stretching out that side.
Yeah. Cool.
- There you go.
- Very good.
Enjoy the subway trip.
(Bob laughing)
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