08/06/2026
Part 3 β and this one ties everything together.
Jaz has an old ankle sprain that was never properly rehabbed. She pushed through it, started running, and the pain would begin at the ankle, travel up through the knee, and land right in that hip she'd been clicking open on the toilet.
This is what we call an up the chain problem. One injury that wasn't looked after, quietly changing the way the whole body moves.
And then pregnancy happens. During pregnancy, your body releases relaxin, a hormone that loosens ligaments to prepare for birth. It's necessary and brilliant. But it also means any existing weakness or compensation in the body gets amplified. The joints that were already working harder? They feel it more. The areas that were already compensating? They speak up louder.
Jaz's hip wasn't just a pregnancy problem. It had a history.
This is why we ask about old injuries at every single consultation β even the ones that feel ancient, even the ones that "healed fine." Because the body remembers. And one of the things we love most about chiropractic is that we're not just addressing where it hurts β we're tracing back to where it started, and working with the whole picture.
That's exactly what we did with Jaz. Ankle, knee, hip and getting her pelvis moving the way it should be during this pregnancy.
So many of us have that one old injury we brushed off and forgot about. Jaz sharing her story so openly means that maybe someone reading this recognises themselves in it β the dodgy ankle, the hip that clicks, the ache that's been there so long it just feels normal. You're not alone in this, and it's never too late to get it properly looked at. π€
Thank you Jaz, truly. We're so glad you trusted us with your care and with your story.