The foundation of your body is the hip area, the pelvis, sacrum and ilia (hip bones). This area holds up the structure of your body and your spine.
Unseen problems in the hip area can cause other problems on your body. Your spine, which keeps the head erect, must make up for any imbalance in the hips. Imbalances cause stresses on the body at the hip level and farther up the spine. When the spine compensates, the whole structure is compromised, causing dysfunction and pain.