06/23/2026
How an Aligned Pelvis Can Be the Key to Pain-Free Mobility
Without the pelvis, the amazing and fun movements we often take for granted as humans would be much more difficult (or impossible altogether).
We generally don’t hear much about the pelvis. Why is that? My guess would be that’s because its function isn’t as eye-catching as some of our other more mobile joints. Nonetheless, it plays an essential role in both our mobility and our stability. I can tell you in my three decades of experience as a Postural therapist that pelvic function plays a major role and is oftentimes the source of neck, shoulder, lower back, knee, ankle, and yes, even hip pain.
These deviations can and will predict function, or lack thereof, but also help provide the starting point for allowing the body to heal and perform as designed again.
Pelvic Imbalance and Misalignment
The pelvis and hips are our center of balance; so, logically, if the center of balance is not centered, what will be the consequence? Compensation!! Remember learning about Newton’s laws in school? Well, here is a real-life example of Newton’s Third Law of Motion. If you don’t quite remember, it’s essentially “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” All the parts of our musculoskeletal system are interconnected. An imbalance or action at the pelvis will create a reaction somewhere else, potentially impacting any combination of the other joints including the shoulder, spine, knee, foot and hip!
Good news! These joint deviations are all created by muscles! Do you know what’s cool about muscles? You have control over them. You can strengthen them, stretch them and move them in many amazing ways. My mission at Pep4pain.com is to move them into a position of balance. More accurately, it is to teach you how to move them into a position of balance, so that you have the power to impact how you feel and function every day.
Time for an At Home Test
Curious if your pelvis is contributing to your pain or limiting your body’s function. Here is a simple, straightforward way to check for yourself. Find a full length mirror and take an assessment of your body’s position. You can use your hands to find the bony landmarks of your pelvis at the bottom of your abdomen. Take note of where your fingers come to rest.
Are your fingers level from side to side or is one hand higher than the other?
What about the positioning from front to back – is one hand resting farther forward than the other?
How does the position of your pelvis line up with your shoulders and knees?
Take note of these or other imbalances you perceive in your at-home test. These deviations can and will predict function, or lack thereof, but also help provide the starting point for allowing the body to heal and perform as designed again.
Take Action
Armed with the knowledge of how the pelvis can impact the way our body feels and function, if you identify an imbalance, the next logical question is “what do I do about it?”
Look at some of the P-cises posted on the face book page of pepe4pain.com and give em a try?
To our long time followers, these may look familiar and even be the E-cises that you continue to use every day.
To our new followers, while these P-cises look like they have nothing to do with your pelvis (and maybe pain), remember the body is an interconnected unit (it’s time to start singing “the foot bone is connected to the shin bone”).
Start Your Journey to Become Pain-Free
In closing, whether you are dealing with symptoms from arthritis, cartilage loss, sciatica, or even a lingering pain in the butt, we challenge you to take a look at the whole picture of your body rather than focusing exclusively on where it hurts. Use the pelvis as your starting point. If it is out of balance, it’s only a matter of time before your body lets you know about it.
At Pep4pain.com, we view pain as a signal or message asking you to pay attention. So let’s pay attention to the position of the body and get curious about finding balance again and what that will do for you. As WE say, “pain is not something to be feared, but understood.” Let’s identify, understand, and then take action to solve the problem!
