01/09/2026
THIS MAY HELP KEEP BACK PAIN AWAY!
Hingeing is such a fundamental part of human movement, yet SO MANY PEOPLE don’t know how to do it, usually causing some sort of back pain as a result of it.
A hinge is a translation of the pelvis forwards and backwards and is a VERY Strong movement pattern that we have. But because there is a constant fear mongering over bending over and having any extra spinal movement in the mainstream medical world, the average people misunderstand that for “never move your pelvis and bend over”. What doctors are talking about is doing excessive, uncontrolled and unbraced spinal flexion under load when picking things up. But because most doctors don’t lift or really know anything about movement, they just say “don’t bend over” or “don’t lift with your back!” despite not really understanding their own advice.
Here comes the hinge pattern. But first, spinal flexion isn’t inherently bad, especially if you know how to brace, create tension, and not have major changes of tension or joint position while under that kind of load. Even with the most perfect hinge, you will go through some degree of spinal flexion, which is fine. And in fact excessive extension isn’t great either as it can cause facet joint issues, stenosis, joint compression issues, entrapment issues, and more.
The hinge pattern allows you to load into major force generators of the body - your hamstrings and glutes, to take load when bending over and help produce force to move heavy objects. BY learning this pattern, you can offload excessive forces on the spine, put them into strong hip muscles, and create movement there. Couple that with a good bracing strategy, and you have yourself a VERY strong movement to help pick heavy s**t off of the floor, carry things, and put things back down on the ground.
If you don’t know how to properly hinge, you should learn. It could quite literally change your life and make you more independent and less fearful of movement and exercise.
