Hip pain is rarely a hip problem on its own. Something around your pelvis has stopped carrying its share, and your hip joint has been absorbing the difference. Garrett finds where the load shifted and teaches you how to move it back where it belongs.
Book your first sessionYour hip joint is compressed because the muscles around your pelvis have stopped sharing the work. When one part goes quiet, the hip ends up carrying force alone that was meant to be split across your whole lower body.
When your pelvis tips forward, it compresses the front of your hip joint. When the muscles around your hip stop engaging, the joint loses its main stabilizers and other structures step in that were never built for the job. The tightness and the catch you feel with certain movements come from the joint absorbing force alone.
If your pelvis is still out of position, stretching the front of your hip or strengthening your glutes can lock the compensation in place. You end up tighter or stronger in the same faulty pattern, and the pain returns because the underlying cause never moved.
Injections and rest can ease things for a while. But if nothing changes the mechanical pattern compressing your hip, the relief fades on its own schedule. Garrett works both ends of the problem at once. What's overworking releases. What went quiet wakes back up.
The body wants balance, not pain relief. Once your pelvis and hip are sharing the load again, the joint stops carrying it by itself.
Full assessment, guided protocols, and a take-home practice. About 60 minutes, in San Francisco or over video.
Garrett assesses how your pelvis, hip, and lower back are sharing load, not just where it hurts. That's usually the pattern behind chronic hip pain.
Using a yoga block or foam roller, Garrett guides you through positions matched to your specific pattern. You're moving, not lying on a table.
Most clients feel less pinching and more ease of movement in their hip before the session ends. The parts that were overworking start to let go.
You leave with a short practice for what you worked on, about five minutes on your living room floor, to keep the change going between sessions.
Virtual sessions work well for hip pain. Garrett watches your posture and movement over video and guides you through the same protocols in real time.
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Prolonged sitting shortens the front of your hip and changes the position of your pelvis. Over time, the hip joint adapts to a compressed, restricted position. The longer you sit, the more your body reinforces that pattern. The protocols in the Amari Method are designed to counteract the effects of sitting and restore what it disrupts.
In most cases, yes. Functional hip impingement is largely a positioning problem. The hip joint is compressed because the pelvis is out of position and the surrounding structures aren't sharing the load, not because the bones are shaped wrong. Correcting the pattern removes the mechanical cause of impingement. Many of Garrett's clients who were told they needed hip surgery have avoided it by addressing the mechanics first.
Almost certainly. The hip connects your pelvis to your legs and interacts directly with your lower back. When the hip isn't moving correctly, your lower back absorbs extra load from above and your knee absorbs abnormal forces from below. Correcting hip and pelvic position often resolves all three areas at once.
Trochanteric bursitis, the pain on the outer hip, is typically caused by structures repeatedly rubbing over the bony prominence because the hip isn't moving correctly. The bursa is inflamed, but the inflammation is a symptom of the pattern, not the cause. Restoring proper hip mechanics reduces the friction and lets the bursa heal on its own. Many clients avoid repeated injections by addressing the root cause.
Chronic hip pain, even years-long, almost always has a pattern that can be improved. Your body has been carrying this compensation for a long time, but the underlying pattern is still correctable. How long you've had pain doesn't predict the outcome. The pattern does.
Book a session with Garrett. If you don't experience noticeable relief, he keeps working with you until you do, at no additional charge.
$225 · First session · San Francisco + virtual