Many of us in the modern world have hip pain, low back and neck pain, sciatica, knee issues, etc. We grow up in schools that ask us to sit still and graduate to take jobs that have us doing the same thing while hunched over a screen. Sitting for 8 hours a day takes a toll on our physiology.<\/p>\n
When we sit excessively, it compresses the fascia around our hip socket and diaphragm.<\/strong> It also puts pressure on the sacrum and causes fascial adhesions around the bladder, stomach, and spleen organs and meridians.<\/p>\n From there, constriction pulls on our fascia in both directions, leading to problems in our legs, head, and neck, because the body continually seeks to compensate for irregular movements and excessive pressure.<\/p>\n For example, my sacrum pulls slightly to the left- which causes the right side of my atlas (top vertebrae of the neck) to pull to the right. The principle of geometric diagonals also applies to our bodies because of the spiral formation of fascia! Human Garage refers to this phenomenon as counter-rotation.<\/strong><\/p>\n Because every part of the body is connected, we can resolve many pains and problems throughout our anatomy by working on the hips.<\/strong><\/p>\n Unwinding the fascia in your hips brings both physical and emotional relief. Repressed emotion or memories from trauma can often be accessed through the psoas, hip flexors, and sacroiliac joints.<\/p>\n Here are 5 of Human Garage\u2019s favorite maneuvers to unlock your hips and balance the whole body:<\/p>\n\n