Recovery tools have come a long way in the past few years. Physical Therapy (PT) continues to evolve as well, with more and more sports orthopedic therapists practicing aggressive manual therapy to help solve some of their patients’ problems. The hips have always been an area of concern causing systemic tightness in the anterior chain and in the lumbar spine which can cause pain. This distracts people from the main issue (their hips) and has them chasing phantoms anywhere from their lower back to the lower leg. A technique known as the hip flexor release targets the iliacus and psoas major muscles, and is the most effective way to address this source of pain and dysfunction.

The Hip-Fin was first prototyped and introduced at our physical therapy clinic which focuses on sports and human performance utilizing a manual therapy approach. Our therapists specialize their treatment and care towards maintaining a high level of function and prevention of injuries for patients. One of the number one techniques they perform daily on patients is the hip flexor release. This technique consistently gives patients relief from pain and tightness in multiple areas of the body.

This led to the development of a tool that replicates our therapists’ hands while performing a hip flexor release so you can experience relief anytime, anywhere. Not everyone has time to see a PT, and not every PT utilizes the same manual therapy techniques. We have learned a lot in our decades of practicing therapy for the military, high level athletes, and everyone in between: nearly everyone has tight hips! When we started developing the Hip-Fin, our director of physical therapy put it best: "[At a minimum] I do a hip flexor release on every patient that comes in with lower back, hip, or knee pain.”