Client with chronic lateral pelvic tilt + APT + QL dysfunction finally found his "Secret Anchor" — and it wasn't his back.
Hello Everyone,
Been sitting on this case for a bit. Guy came in, 2 years of back pain, tried everything. Foam rolling, stretching, chiro, the works. Still crooked, still hurt. I look at him... waistband's slanted, shoulders off. Standard lateral tilt. But when he tucked his pelvis back, his left glute finally turned on and bam, straight. He said he'd never felt aligned like that before. So we stopped messing with his QL (which everyone told him was 'tight') and just worked that glute. 4 weeks later he's at a wedding in a tight suit and belt ..usually kills him. This time? Fine. Back didn't hurt, didn't tilt after. Pics attached... Left is before, right is after. Waistband line tells the story. Moral...sometimes the tight thing is holding you together. Don't stretch it till you know why it's tight.
Happy to discuss programming specifics or debate the biomechanics in the comments.