Important Announcement:
No normal classes Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd, November. This is due to a home-schooling event. (Another one!)
Afternoon and Tuesday friends…. let me know if there is interest in a Thursday afternoon session on Thursday 5th November as I could do 2 sessions on that day…..
Please see further down the newsletter for Term 4 dates 💞
Newsletter Summary and Overview
As always, I am aiming to keep this entertaining and concise, with a focus towards ongoing education and beyond the linear information that you can get online.
- Intro
- Healthy Hips
- Dates….. Please make note of these dates – including checking your diary for end of year gathering
…. And hopefully no spelling mistakes – you let me know how I go! I can still edit and make changes if you find any mistakes🙏🏾
Why a specific focus on hips…. This is to support many of your recoveries, hip, sciatica, lower back, knees, feet, neck, pelvic floor and then on a therapeutic level how it impacts digestion, brain fog, fatigue, elimination and general inflammation with calming everything down.
Hips
Your hips are strong ball-and-socket joints that link your legs to your pelvis. Your hips power all the basic activities of walking, sitting, standing, and nearly every movement you make.
Hip problems are often the symptom of a complex chain of mechanics that often involve nerves from the lower back.
This then flows through the mechanics spine, feet and knees, and broader influences of fascia (the body’s connective tissue web), lymphatic flow, jaw tension, neck position, and overall posture.
Let us have a look at some of the more common labels of hip pain. I have tried to find some simple diagrams for you to see how it all fits together. All credit to original creators of artworks.
Common Hip Ailments
The hip joint has a ball (top of the thigh bone) fitting into a cup in the pelvis, lined with smooth cartilage and a rim of cartilage called the labrum.
Fluid-filled bursae and surrounding muscles/tendons keep motion smooth.
Frequent problems include:
- Osteoarthritis: Cartilage wears down over time. Bones rub, causing groin pain, stiffness, and less movement.
- Bursitis (especially on the outer hip): The cushioning sac becomes irritated. Pain on the side of the hip often worsens when lying on that side, climbing stairs, or walking.
- Labral tears: The cartilage rim tears from injury, twisting, or structural quirks. Deep groin pain, clicking, catching, or locking can result.
- Hip tendinopathy: The tendons that attach muscles to the bones around the hip become irritated or worn from overload or repetitive stress, causing pain and reduced strength—often felt on the outer side or front of the hip.
- Hip impingement: Ball and socket don’t fit perfectly and pinch with movement. Common in active people; groin pain with deep bending, sitting, or pivoting.
- Muscle strains and tendinitis: Overuse or sudden stretch of hip flexors, glutes, or other supports. Pain and weakness in the front, side, or back of the hip.
- Snapping hip: A tendon or muscle slides over bone, creating a snap (sometimes painful).
- Sciatica and piriformis syndrome: Irritation of the sciatic nerve (often from the lower back or from the piriformis muscle in the buttock pressing on it) can cause sharp, shooting, or aching pain that starts in the buttock or hip and travels down the leg, sometimes with tingling or numbness.
Many improve with rest, activity changes, and movement work, but lasting or severe symptoms need professional checking and support.
Nerve Supply from the Lower Back and Hip Health
Nerves controlling hip sensation and muscle power are supplied by the spinal cord (lumbar and upper sacral areas). This is why maintaining nervous system function is essential for recovery and wellbeing.
Irritation from a spinal disc issue, narrowing, or joint changes in the lower back can send referred pain to the hip, groin, buttock, or outer thigh, knees and feet —even when the hip joint itself is healthy.
These nerves also influence muscle control; when disrupted, movement patterns can change and overload the hip.
Limited hip motion can force the lower back to compensate (and the reverse).
And yes –
Posture and tension higher up the spine can further influence how these nerves behave.
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The Flow from Feet Through Knees to Hips
From previous newsletters, we have talked about the idea of your body as a kinetic chain of connection and energy.
How the feet meet the ground and energy travels upward.
It is also the flow of energy from head position, shoulders and spinal alignment down through to the feet.
Mechanical processes that can contribute to injury and inflammation include:
- Excessive inward rolling of the feet (overpronation, often with flatter arches) rotates the lower leg inward.
- Knees may drift toward each other, and hips can rotate or drop inward taking excess load and causing knee and hip tracking inefficiencies.
- Stresses on the hip joint overworks outer hip muscles, down through the side seams of your legs.
- Stiffer high-arched feet absorb less shock and can send more impact upward into knees, hips, lower back and leg muscle imbalance.
- The knee, mainly a hinge, suffers when forced to twist, or have altered tracking lines which can alter how the thigh bone sits in the hip socket.
- Small daily imbalances add up over thousands of steps.
- Appropriate footwear for the individual, foot strength, and knee control, core activation and muscle balance often ease the load on the hips.
- Core stability, core activation and muscle balance will all assist the ongoing health of hips and spinal health.
Take a breath and mental moment so you can grasp the holistic aspects of hip health…. 💞
The Roles of Fascia and Lymph with Hip health
Around the hip fascia forms compartments that link to the thigh, pelvis, lower back, and beyond via long myofascial lines (including connections through the abdomen and up the spine).
Healthy fascia slides and transmits force smoothly.
When fascia tightens or sticks (from injury, poor posture, or repetitive strain), it can restrict hip movement, alter force distribution, and contribute to pain or compensation patterns.
Restrictions elsewhere in the fascial web can pull on the hip region. We have talked about these cross patterns in our classes and how they can impact various flow on points way beyond the initial trigger area.
Lymph is the fluid that carries waste and supports immunity.
The pelvis and hip area have important drainage pathways.
Movement, muscle activity (especially the “pumping” action of the diaphragm with breathing and the pelvic muscles), and unimpeded fascia help keep lymph flowing.
Reduced movement, tight tissues, or poor posture can slow drainage, allowing fluid and inflammatory substances to linger. This may contribute to a sense of fullness, swelling, or ongoing irritation around the hips and pelvis. Gentle whole-body movement and good breathing support lymphatic flow.
Jaw, Neck Position, and Posture: The Upstream Influence
Posture is the big organiser.
How you hold your head and neck affects the entire spine and pelvis, which in turn changes hip loading and muscle balance.
Forward head posture (common with screens) or tension in the neck often pairs with jaw clenching or TMJ (jaw joint) habits.
The jaw, neck, tongue, diaphragm, deep core, and pelvic floor are linked through continuous fascial and neuromuscular pathways (sometimes described as part of the body’s deep front line).
- Tension at the top can travel downward:
- Jaw bracing alters neck muscle tone → changes spinal curves → shifts pelvic tilt or rotation → alters how the hips sit and move.
- The reverse also happens—pelvic or hip imbalance can change breathing and head position, leading the jaw to compensate.
- A sway-back or overly arched posture, for example, can increase demand on the front of the hip during walking.
- Balanced head-over-spine alignment, relaxed jaw, and free neck movement help the pelvis and hips share load more evenly.
Putting a plan together for great hip health
- Strengthen glutes and deep core for stability.
- Support the feet and encourage good knee tracking.
- Move regularly to keep fascia sliding and lymph flowing—walking, gentle mobility work, and diaphragmatic breathing help.
- Check posture: ears roughly over shoulders, shoulders over hips. Soften the jaw (tongue resting on the roof of the mouth, teeth slightly apart) and avoid prolonged forward-head positions.
- Address restrictions higher up (neck/jaw) or lower down (feet) if they persist, as they can influence the hips.
- Healthy hips benefit from a connected approach: local strength and mobility plus attention to the feet, nerves, fascia, lymph flow, jaw, neck, and posture.
- Small improvements across the system often create freer, more comfortable movement. steady improvements with wellbeing will always be best.
- REMEMBER When intervening patterns …. the body does not always enjoy the help and the new pathways. This is why changes must be small and consistent so the nervous system remains calm and on the pathway of reprogramming.
- Sometimes just before amazing improvements our body has to prepare which can feel like discomfort and pain….
- I am not staying to pursue pain….
- After our sessions, we should never have joint or nerve pain.
- Take immediate action with numbness.
- Muscle adaptation is sometimes acceptable.
- REMEMBER It is your body! Slow, small, consistent changes that your body accepts will always create better long-term outcomes.
When to get help
Pain lasting more than a couple of weeks, limiting daily life, or accompanied by weakness, numbness, or swelling deserves assessment by a mechanical expert such as Chiropractor or Physiotherapist.
They can sort joint, nerve, mechanical, or soft-tissue contributors.
Be wiser than seeking symptomatic relief…. also address the cause!
Disclaimer: This is general educational information, not personal medical advice. Bodies are individual—professional guidance is best for your situation.
A moment for you….
3 hours – Refocus, Renew and Recharge
There are a few spaces left for the October date
Wednesday 21st October | 9.45am – 1pm | $195
Friday 27th November | 9.45am – 1pm | $195
Whether you are Buddhist, Spiritual, Universal, Christian or any other belief and if your mind is open, my heart is ready to help you shift, rejuvenate, repair, improve, calm and restore. ~ Maree
There is no singular pathway to healing and health. It is essential to find your own individual path to build strength and resilience so you can embody all that keeps you strong.
Collaborating with the diverse healing talents of the Wellness Path Team, we provide a pause in your life where you can peel away the stress, the stored grief, physical and emotional inflammation and leave lighter and brighter to resume your day.
We know your time is precious so we will give you 3 hours to share this beautiful journey of renewal and rejuvention.
A 45 min treatment of either a facial, massage or energy healing.
Mindful movement for calming adrenals, hydrating fascia, moving lymph and feeling wonderful. Any injuries, health concerns and limitations are all catered for.
A small group with individual attention.
Meditation, sound bath and relaxation techniques to elevate your daily toolbox of fulfilling living.
Breathwork and more to elevate your emotional health and present time consciousness.
Refreshments and snacks included.
Optional extra hour for complimentary Spa and Sauna
Even though the day is with me, your booking is directly with The Wellness Path. Just click on the date you prefer at the top of this section and that will take you through the booking process🙏🏼.
Please also let me know if you plan to attend 😊
Monthly Sound Chakra Healing Meditations
Held at The Wellness Path.
Hour session (it is a bit longer) $35 cash paid on the day
November Saturday 28th – 4.15pm
December Saturday 19th – 4.15pm
Dates Reejuv Fusion for October / November 2026
Monday 4.15pm
Tuesday 8.55am
Thursday 10.45am
All at Corlette Hall
Exceptions:
No classes on the following dates
Monday 2nd November, Tuesday 3rd November
Thursday 5th November I can do an afternoon session as well as the 10.45am
All other expected sessions are on!
Last class for year will be Tuesday 22nd December 8.55am – expected recommencement date Tuesday 5th January 2027….. I just had a little panic attack typing that date!
End of year gathering
I think down at the park has been a beautiful end of year event – bring a plate to share… and manifest beautiful weather 💞
Can you have a quick look in your diaries and let me know your preference for either Tuesday 17th November or Tuesday 24th November (I will choose by popular availability).
Midday – bring a plate to share and any other suggestions. I will confirm the details in our next newsletter and at classes.
Well – how did I go?
Thank you for reading!
I hope you enjoyed the information 🤗
~ Best Wishes Always ~ Maree
