The pain comes and goes. But it always comes back. Walking, climbing stairs, squatting down—activities that used to be effortless now send sharp reminders through your hip or knee. You rest, it improves. Then one wrong move and you're back to square one. Here's what's really happening: Your hip and knee pain isn't caused by a weak joint or "arthritis" (even if that's what you've been told). It's caused by faulty walking mechanics and pelvic muscle dysfunction that quietly overload your joints with every step you take. In Fixing You: Hip & Knee Pain , award-winning orthopedic physical therapist Rick Olderman reveals why traditional treatments fail—and shows you exactly how to identify and correct the movement problems creating your pain. This book is for you if you have: Hip bursitis or IT band syndrome - Anterior knee pain (runner's knee/patellofemoral syndrome) - Deep hip pain, clicking, or labral irritation - Chronic hamstring strains that won't heal - SI joint pain or pelvic dysfunction - Knee tracking problems or instability - Pain during walking, stairs, squatting, or standing What you'll discover: Why weak gluteal muscles are the hidden culprit behind most hip and knee pain - How your walking pattern creates the forces that damage your joints - Simple tests to identify YOUR specific pelvic muscle dysfunction - Why the "big three hip flexors" (TFL, rectus femoris, sartorius) control knee tracking and hip joint stress - How to retrain your body during everyday movements—walking, sitting, standing, sleeping 🎥 Bonus: Every exercise comes with video demonstrations. Enter the code inside at www.rickolderman.com and follow along with Rick step-by-step. Why does everyone give you the same advice? Stretch your hip flexors. Strengthen your glutes. Foam roll your IT band. Rest and ice. Maybe helpful short-term—but they don't work for chronic pain because they treat isolated muscles, not movement patterns. Your hip or knee pain follows a pattern created by how you walk, stand, and move. Every step reinforces the dysfunction. Fix the pattern—especially your pelvic muscle coordination and walking mechanics—and the joint can finally heal. Real stories from real clients: Throughout the book, you'll follow Gary's gliding femur, Lara's lagging leg, Byron's bad knees, and Carol's collapsing knee—real cases showing exactly how correcting pelvic muscle function and walking mechanics eliminated years of chronic pain. This approach works even if: You've had pain for months or years - Physical therapy provided only temporary relief - You've been told you have arthritis, a labral tear, or "bone-on-bone" - X-rays or MRIs show damage but treatments aren't working - You're worried surgery might be your only option After 30 years of clinical practice, Rick has helped thousands escape the cycle of chronic joint pain. If you've been told "it's just wear and tear" or "you'll need to live with it," this book will show you there's another way. Your hip and knee pain has a pattern. This book will help you break it. Fixing You®: Hip & Knee Pain represents a new biomechanical approach to fixing hip, pelvic, or knee pain, rather than merely treating symptoms. Rick Olderman, a sports and orthopedic physical therapist who specializes in chronic pain treatment, teaches you exactly what is causing your pain and the surprisingly simple way to fix it. Fixing pain involves more than just stretching or strengthening muscles; it requires your attention to how you move. Poor movement creates weak or tight muscles which then reinforce poor habits creating a cycle of pain. Rick teaches you which muscles are at the root of your pain as well as how this creates painful movement. He then shows you how to break this cycle. Fixing You: Hip & Knee Pain is part of the Fixing You® series addressing chronic or recurring pain in the entire body. Rick simplifies complicated medical problems helping you distill the causes of your pain down to a few simple issues. His explanations remove the mystique of hip or knee pain to help you treat yourself. Used Book in Good Condition