Mark: The Hip Hook™ by Aletha
Struggling with hip pain, lower back pain, knee pain, or leg pain? Aletha Health, the creators of the world's first hip hook, introduces the Mark®. Release your iliacus muscle and psoas muscle in as little as 90 seconds with its unique angle and precision engineering. Address stubborn core tension, often the root cause of discomfort in your tailbone, hips, and lower back.
When your iliacus and psoas are tight, they pull your pelvis forward, pinching your spinal joints (facets), twisting your discs, tightening your lower back and glute muscles, and making you feel crooked and stiff, and creating muscle pain. When the Mark releases both the iliacus and psoas, the ideal function of your lower back is restored.
A tight piriformis muscle presses on the sciatic nerve, causing pain in your glute and down your leg. Although releasing the piriformis with Aletha's Orbit ball seems like a direct fix for glute muscle pain, sciatica actually starts with a tight iliacus. Release the iliacus first with the Mark, then follow with the Orbit for your piriformis. Sciatica has no chance.
A tight iliacus pulls your pelvis forward and pinches your sacroiliac (SI) joint, that bony dimple to the side of your tailbone. This will make the piriformis tight as it plays tug of war with the iliacus muscle. By releasing the iliacus with the Mark and the piriformis with Aletha's Orbit, alignment of the SI joint is possible and strain in that area disappears.
Just because you have hip arthritis or a labrum tear, doesn't mean that is the source of your pain. It's muscle tension in the iliacus and psoas that compresses the hip joint and changes the alignment of your hip and your entire leg, and even creates muscle pain in the groin that looks like arthritis. Release tension in these two muscles and release strain on your hip joint.
When your iliacus is tight, it changes the mechanics of your leg, making your kneecap rub bone-on-bone. This rotation also causes pulling on the inside of your knee and pressure on the outside of your knee. No amount of quad and glute strengthening will address this imbalance unless you release your iliacus with the Mark first.
It may seem too far away, but your plantar fasciitis and bunions could be coming from the front of your hips. Tension in your iliacus rotates your pelvis forward, your leg inward, your foot flatter, and your toe outward. This puts pressure on the bottom of your foot and pushes your toe outward with each and every step. Release your hip with the Mark and Aletha's Orbit and walk normally again.
Relaxing your iliacus muscle not only stabilizes your hip and spine, but also aligns your pelvis. When your pelvis is misaligned, all of your joints, from your hips to your toes and from your SI joints to your head, will be rubbing the wrong way creating joint and muscle pain. Releasing your iliacus gets right to the root of it all.
"I was desperate and in excruciating pain to the point that I was afraid I would be in a wheel chair soon due to loss of mobility from the pain. Had MRI and told I would need facet injections every 3-6 months. Decided nothing to lose by trying these tools first. All I can say is LIFE CHANGING and I am BEYOND FOREVER THANKFUL for the invention of this specifically targeted tools. "
"I've been a PT for over 33 years, on top of playing sports and doing just about any other odd-ball stuff over the years. Body "mileage" is a reality, even for us old-timers who still try to stretch and watch our body mechanics. So after the hip hook arrived today (and me doing some fairly strenuous yard work), I gave it a go. Moving onto the floor.....WAAAAAAAAAAAA! Nailed it!!!
"With the Hip Hook, the mobility I have is great! I can't stop sharing the book and talking about the Hip Hook. I have always been active, but felt like, at 60, I was just getting old, especially getting out of chairs with painful hips and then trouble with knee pain and IT band pain, even some sciatica. If you are in tune with your body, and notice problems, use this first, before you end up with surgery, cortizone shots, or just are unable to walk or run like I was."
"A DPT friend of mine recommended the Hip Hook. It arrived last week and immediately began using it. Fantastic. I am a 30-year veteran massage therapist and this may be the most innovative device I have ever seen. As an athletic person, my hip flexors have been an issue for decades. The Hip Hook has made a huge difference for me. I can easily find the right spot and put pressure to alleviate my issues. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE????"
After working as a Physical Therapist for decades, a pattern started to emerge. Tightness in the iliacus caused by too much sitting, overuse in athletics, or being too flexible was causing problems all over the body. I talk all about this in my best selling book, Tight Hip, Twisted Core - The Key to Unresolved Pain.
After mastering how to release the iliacus with my own hands for my clients, I went on a mission to develop a self-release tool so people everywhere could empower themselves and get rid of pain on their own.
I tested dozen of existing tools but none of them could provide the right amount of pressure to the right spot. Over the last few years, I have painstakingly tested many variations and finally perfected the Hip Hook (now evolved to the Mark). It is the only tool that mimics my fingers and perfectly targets the iliacus muscle and releases tension the way only a professionally trained PT can.
Christine Koth, MPT
Experience Tension Relief in Just 90 Seconds. The Mark's anatomically precise shape and carefully engineered contours replicate the targeted pressure of a skilled practitioner's thumb for rapid relief.
Engineered for Durability and a Comfortable Experience. The Mark's reliability comes from its carefully chosen materials: brushed stainless steel, biocompatible rubber, a PC/ABS blend, and molded silicone, all meticulously combined to ensure lasting performance and user comfort.
Feel secure and in control. The Mark's strategically wide footprint and non-slip surface provide unwavering stability, empowering you to confidently and safely work through muscle pain.
The Mark's optimized range of motion ensures you can effectively reach and release tension in your iliacus muscle and psoas muscle, maximizing therapeutic benefits with every use.
Trusted by industry experts and successfully used by a wide range of patients for effective results.
Unlike other tools, The Mark is carefully crafted by physical therapists to target the specific muscles you need to reach for effective relief.
Designed for universal comfort and effective relief, fitting all body shapes and sizes.
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Other tools on the market do not release or address the iliacus muscle at all. While both the psoas muscle and iliacus muscle must be addressed, the iliacus muscle is the key to resolving long term pain relief.
The Mark releases both muscles by replicating a skilled practitioner's thumb, offering a more precise pressure on the psoas muscle when you lie on it. The Mark's tip then rotates to access the previously inaccessible iliacus muscle. This is the key to resolving hip flexor pain and tension.
The Mark is far superior at releasing the hip flexor muscles than balls, foam rollers, and other tools.
A tennis ball is not large enough to reach your psoas muscle, let alone your iliacus muscle. While a larger ball may be able to press into the psoas muscle, its round shape does not let you reach the iliacus muscle with direct pressure. A foam roller is far too bulky to effectively target either muscle.
The size, shape, and function of the Mark allows you to get deep enough to reach the psoas muscle and access the iliacus muscle on the inside of the pelvic bone. Its tip creates more precise and direct pressure to these key muscles, leading to a better release of tension to solve your pain long-term.
The psoas and iliacus are intimately connected but two separate muscles. If there is tension in one, there is likely tension in both. If you release the psoas without addressing the iliacus, your results will be short term.
The iliacus is directly responsible for sacroiliac pain (SI joint pain). A tight iliacus muscle will play tug of war with the piriformis muscle and create severe tension, often resulting in piriformis syndrome and sciatica. This tension around the pelvis commonly results in pelvic floor muscle tightness as well. Tension in the iliacus muscle creates a cascade of issues up and down the body.
Technically a muscle strain is when there is a small tear in a muscle that occurs with overuse or overload of a muscle. A muscle strain will typically completely heal over the course of 4-6 weeks. Any pain that persists after that point is usually not related to the muscle strain, but is a result of the muscle tension. Muscle tension is when a part of the muscle stays contracted even at rest. Muscle tension can develop as an ongoing problem after any injury like a muscle strain. Muscle tension can also develop from stress, static postures, and unstable joints.
Although useful in some emergency situations, muscle relaxors that are used treat muscle tension is a short term solution with many side effects. Addressing muscle tension with gentle and prolonged pressure results in long term changes to your muscle tension and allows for better alignment, muscle activation, and pain relief.
Release your core, restore your foundation, and remember what it's like to be pain free.