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# 3 simple steps to pain relief Focus on iliacus & hip flexor muscles Root cause pain identification Tight Hip, Twisted Core: The Key to Unresolved Pain - by Koth, Christine and Pimas, Masha (Paperback, Aug 13, 2019)

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> 🗝️ Unlock your body’s secret to lasting pain relief and move like you mean it!

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## Key Features

- • **Actionable Protocols:** Easy-to-follow stretches and exercises designed for busy professionals
- • **Expert-Backed Insights:** 20+ years of research distilled into practical, modern techniques
- • **Unlock Pain-Free Living:** Clinically tested 3-step system to eliminate pain without meds or surgery
- • **Target the Hidden Culprit:** Discover the tiny iliacus muscle that twists your core and triggers chronic pain
- • **Comprehensive Pain Mapping:** Learn how tight hips affect your back, knees, ankles, and feet

## Overview

Tight Hip, Twisted Core by Christine Koth and Masha Pimas reveals the overlooked iliacus muscle as the root of unresolved pain. This paperback offers a proven, 3-step method combining expert knowledge and practical exercises to relieve pain caused by tight hips and twisted core muscles—no surgery or medication needed. Perfect for professionals seeking a science-backed, accessible approach to reclaim mobility and comfort.

## Description

*From The Creator Of The Hip Hook* The underlying cause of your pain could be a tight and unrecognized muscle in your hip. Do you have pain in your back, tailbone, pelvis, hip, knee, or foot that won't go away, no matter what you try? All of these issues can result from tightness in the iliacus and psoas, commonly called the "hip flexor" which can cause not just hip pain, but pain all over the body. Most people don't even know they have an iliacus, but this tight muscle can cause lower back pain while sitting, hip pain with driving & can even make you prone to hip osteoarthritis. The truth is that almost everyone has hip flexor tightness and this tension twists the core of the body. As a result of too much sitting, driving, running, biking, kicking, heavy lifting, yoga, dance, gymnastics, or stress, a tight hip could be the missing link to enjoying a pain-free life. Hip health is key to a pain free body. In this book you will: Discover how these muscles impact your body from head to toe Determine if you are one of the millions of people with a tight iliacus or psoas muscle Release the tension in these stressed tissues for good Get your body aligned for pain-free performance & increased endurance lowering your risk of injuries Prevent iliacus and psoas muscle tightness from developing ever again Get detailed hip flexor exercises, tips to address trigger points, exercises for sciatica, tools to keep the hip flexible & solutions for pelvic pain. Maintain the health of the hip joint & keep the hip stretchable. Know the cause for tailbone pain & the effective techniques for iliacus and psoas releases. Based on decades of physical therapy practice, this book outlines 3 simple steps to get your hip healthy and your core aligned, helping you resolve your pain and create hip mobility without expensive treatments, surgeries, and medications.

Review: This book and product has changed my life! - I stayed up until midnight and I binge read this entire book last night (the first book in my entire 30 years I ever binged). It is the first time in the past few months I have cried tears of joy instead of tears of pain and frustration. Everything shared in this book has described my situation to a tee. Following reading the book, I immediately ordered the Hip Hook Release Tool as well as the Ball. This book and these tools have changed my life to say the least. Update: Words cannot describe the first time I used this tool. After 90 seconds of placing this tool on my psoas/illiacus, I instantly felt a release or almost melting feeling of the muscle. I then realigned my pelvis according to the book and stood up to walk around. Wow! My lower back tightness disappeared, my knee and my over pronated foot went into a better position. I still have some work to do in terms of strengthening due to these misalignment issues however, I now know what direction to go in and I will be referencing the book and using the Hip Hook routinely in my practice. I will be sharing the book and tool with my PT because knowledge is power :) My Story: I noticed my right hip felt extremely tight specifically, my hip flexors. It didn’t matter how much I stretched, foam rolled or used a tennis ball I could not get rid of that uncomfortable tightness. That night, I experienced a sharp pain on my right inner thigh. It went away the next morning luckily so I thought nothing of it. Over the next couple of weeks, I began experiencing what I perceived as nerve pain on my right leg and when I would walk I felt misaligned like one leg was longer than the other. It was then I decided to refer out to Physical Therapy. My Physical Therapist suspected I had FAI, pelvic obliquity and lumbar spine derangement. Halfway through my first phase of PT, my PT seemed stumped of why I had new referred pain and why some modalities I would respond successfully to and then the next session, it would not work. I decided to make an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to get a second opinion on my hip. After observation and testing, he concluded there were no signs of hip impingement and my hip seemed functional. Additionally, my lumbar spine MRI was unremarkable. I completed my first 12 visit phase of PT with significantly decreased pain and increased mobility of my hip. I was relieved to be almost pain-free but something still did not feel right with my body. I felt lopsided, my gait was off, when looking down at my legs I looked misaligned and my right knee had difficulty tracking in its groove. Seeing all of these specialists who told me I’m not sure what was going on was an extremely frustrating process and left me perplexed. Being a clinician myself, I felt there were so many puzzle pieces that were not connecting together. I decided to take a different route and looked into seeing a chiropractor who specialized in postural neurology. After hearing my story, my chiropractor suspected all of my concerns were related to my posture. The chiropractor stated I presented with functional leg length discrepancy, lordosis, right QL tightness, and had a right collapsed flat foot. For two weeks and presently (3x/ a week), I would receive adjustments and practicing diaphragmatic breathing, however, I was still experiencing the same “misaligned” feeling after leaving the office. At our last session, she stated, “Your psoas muscles are so tight. Your right psoas muscle is staying contracted for some reason.” After leaving her office, I went home and researched psoas stretches and how to release the psoas muscle. The more I researched the more I realized static stretching would only help temporarily. A video of the Hip Hook and book popped up on my Instagram and the rest is history. Thank you so much Christine!
Review: Great book on the iliacus and you get more too! - Many years ago, a therapist released my iliacus. It was probably one of the most memorable moments I've ever had. It was super tight and I squirmed as he dug his fingers into there. But within a week of that release, my 400m time dropped from a struggling 2 min to 1:30. What a difference a more relaxed hip makes in running! It was then I truly experienced what a tight iliacus (among other hip flexors) could do for athletic performance. Fast forward a few years, and I had studied a number of rehab disciplines. Some had knowledge of the iliacus, many did not and simply grouped them under the big category of hip flexor. But also I learned a number of things about muscles and treating movement. It is wonderful that many of these concepts that took me years and many courses to learn are all summarized in this book. Also, many current techniques and concepts are highlighted, which are unfortunately not covered in many other texts. They tend towards older techniques and concepts. Things like prolonged pressure, which is something I learned recently at a workshop, and lighter pressure than you would think. So not only do you get a lot of information about the iliacus, you will also get a lot about current thinking on techniques to treat muscles in general. Nicely covered is a deep dive into the iliacus and its function and what happens when dysfunction occurs and other structures are affected. There is a great section on how the iliacus is involved with other conditions like hip arthritis. Many diagrams are provided which, through simple illustration, show the iliacus's action on the various structures of the body, and what happens to you when you have a tight iliacus. As a bonus, the book also covers some other areas, like organs and blood vessel effects, nerve effects, as well as emotions and their role in muscle tightness. I highly recommend this gem - you'll get all you'll want to know about the iliacus and a lot of other great material as well.

## Features

- 3 SIMPLE STEPS: Based on decades of study and clinical practice, the book gives you the three simple steps to live a pain-free life without surgeries, medications, or thousands of dollars.
- KEY TO UNRESOLVED PAIN: What if the key to your unresolved pain was a tiny muscle no one ever told you about? The iliacus muscle connects to the pelvic bone and blends with your psoas muscle, making up your hip flexor.
- IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF YOUR PAIN: Step-by-step instructions on how tightness creates pain and tension in your body.You'll learn how a tight iliacus muscle twists the core and creates pain down the chain areas like the back, hips, knees, ankles and feet.
- STOP THE PAIN: Get the proven system and techniques in your core and hip flexor and stop the pain once and for all. You'll get stretches, exercise, and protocols designed to combat long hours of sitting, driving, over-stretching, and over-exertion.
- A TESTED AND PROVEN METHOD: Christine Koth has spent over 20 years discovering the root cause of pain. She is now sharing everything she learned so you can take control of your pain at home.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #85,642 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book and product has changed my life!
*by A***R on December 2, 2020*

I stayed up until midnight and I binge read this entire book last night (the first book in my entire 30 years I ever binged). It is the first time in the past few months I have cried tears of joy instead of tears of pain and frustration. Everything shared in this book has described my situation to a tee. Following reading the book, I immediately ordered the Hip Hook Release Tool as well as the Ball. This book and these tools have changed my life to say the least. Update: Words cannot describe the first time I used this tool. After 90 seconds of placing this tool on my psoas/illiacus, I instantly felt a release or almost melting feeling of the muscle. I then realigned my pelvis according to the book and stood up to walk around. Wow! My lower back tightness disappeared, my knee and my over pronated foot went into a better position. I still have some work to do in terms of strengthening due to these misalignment issues however, I now know what direction to go in and I will be referencing the book and using the Hip Hook routinely in my practice. I will be sharing the book and tool with my PT because knowledge is power :) My Story: I noticed my right hip felt extremely tight specifically, my hip flexors. It didn’t matter how much I stretched, foam rolled or used a tennis ball I could not get rid of that uncomfortable tightness. That night, I experienced a sharp pain on my right inner thigh. It went away the next morning luckily so I thought nothing of it. Over the next couple of weeks, I began experiencing what I perceived as nerve pain on my right leg and when I would walk I felt misaligned like one leg was longer than the other. It was then I decided to refer out to Physical Therapy. My Physical Therapist suspected I had FAI, pelvic obliquity and lumbar spine derangement. Halfway through my first phase of PT, my PT seemed stumped of why I had new referred pain and why some modalities I would respond successfully to and then the next session, it would not work. I decided to make an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to get a second opinion on my hip. After observation and testing, he concluded there were no signs of hip impingement and my hip seemed functional. Additionally, my lumbar spine MRI was unremarkable. I completed my first 12 visit phase of PT with significantly decreased pain and increased mobility of my hip. I was relieved to be almost pain-free but something still did not feel right with my body. I felt lopsided, my gait was off, when looking down at my legs I looked misaligned and my right knee had difficulty tracking in its groove. Seeing all of these specialists who told me I’m not sure what was going on was an extremely frustrating process and left me perplexed. Being a clinician myself, I felt there were so many puzzle pieces that were not connecting together. I decided to take a different route and looked into seeing a chiropractor who specialized in postural neurology. After hearing my story, my chiropractor suspected all of my concerns were related to my posture. The chiropractor stated I presented with functional leg length discrepancy, lordosis, right QL tightness, and had a right collapsed flat foot. For two weeks and presently (3x/ a week), I would receive adjustments and practicing diaphragmatic breathing, however, I was still experiencing the same “misaligned” feeling after leaving the office. At our last session, she stated, “Your psoas muscles are so tight. Your right psoas muscle is staying contracted for some reason.” After leaving her office, I went home and researched psoas stretches and how to release the psoas muscle. The more I researched the more I realized static stretching would only help temporarily. A video of the Hip Hook and book popped up on my Instagram and the rest is history. Thank you so much Christine!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book on the iliacus and you get more too!
*by D***N on August 26, 2019*

Many years ago, a therapist released my iliacus. It was probably one of the most memorable moments I've ever had. It was super tight and I squirmed as he dug his fingers into there. But within a week of that release, my 400m time dropped from a struggling 2 min to 1:30. What a difference a more relaxed hip makes in running! It was then I truly experienced what a tight iliacus (among other hip flexors) could do for athletic performance. Fast forward a few years, and I had studied a number of rehab disciplines. Some had knowledge of the iliacus, many did not and simply grouped them under the big category of hip flexor. But also I learned a number of things about muscles and treating movement. It is wonderful that many of these concepts that took me years and many courses to learn are all summarized in this book. Also, many current techniques and concepts are highlighted, which are unfortunately not covered in many other texts. They tend towards older techniques and concepts. Things like prolonged pressure, which is something I learned recently at a workshop, and lighter pressure than you would think. So not only do you get a lot of information about the iliacus, you will also get a lot about current thinking on techniques to treat muscles in general. Nicely covered is a deep dive into the iliacus and its function and what happens when dysfunction occurs and other structures are affected. There is a great section on how the iliacus is involved with other conditions like hip arthritis. Many diagrams are provided which, through simple illustration, show the iliacus's action on the various structures of the body, and what happens to you when you have a tight iliacus. As a bonus, the book also covers some other areas, like organs and blood vessel effects, nerve effects, as well as emotions and their role in muscle tightness. I highly recommend this gem - you'll get all you'll want to know about the iliacus and a lot of other great material as well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Eye opening information. Easy to read & understand!
*by A***R on November 2, 2019*

With some extra free time I was able to read this book in just a couple of days. I appreciate how well Christine explains complicated anatomy and body mechanics in terms anyone can understand. I am a health care provider so these concepts aren't new to me, but her descriptions gave me a new visual understanding that even I find helpful as I consider sensation and movement in my body. A new way of looking at form layered over function. I also appreciate that the book is laid out in a way that you can read the parts that are more specific to your needs. You don't have to read the whole book cover to cover to be well informed and have a solution. I tweaked my hip a few months ago in my yoga practice. I spent a lot of physical and emotional resources on extra appointments to my usual healing practitioners, significantly modifying my practice for a couple of months, and worry before the issue resolved. I really wish I would've had this book at that time! I'm glad to now have the information and solution for the future. Christine's advice on attention to the Iliacus will also help my partner address his ongoing lower back and knee challenges. He's an avid runner and tennis player. Yoga definitely helps mitigate his issues, but they still flare up, so I'm looking forward to seeing if some regular attention with the Hip Hook will be the ultimate solution. As one reviewer acknowledged, the primary solution offered in the book is a product Christine also sells. We have one on order and are looking forward to giving it a try. She does offer a couple of other solutions that don't involve buying her product. Most importantly for me, I appreciate having a better understanding of something that is little understood about the body and managing injuries and pain. I know a lot of active people who all have nagging back, hip, and knee pain. I'll be passing this resource on for sure!

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