Root cause, not symptoms
We find the compensations feeding your hip (a shifted pelvis, uneven foot loading, poor trunk control) and retrain them, rather than foam-rolling the pain away for an hour.
For chronic hip pain & FAI · Melbourne
They booked me in for hip surgery. I found a better fix instead.
Two years of daily hip pain and an FAI diagnosis, and I got out of it without going under the knife. Now I retrain the movement patterns driving hip pain, so relief actually sticks.
- ★★★★★ Five-star Google reviews
- ✓ Lived it: 2 yrs hip pain, avoided surgery
- ✓ 60-min consultation · free right now
★★★★★
Five-star Google reviews · Malvern East
Lived it
2 yrs daily hip pain & FAI, resolved without surgery
60 min
60-min consultation, free right now · no lock-in
You’ve done everything right, and the hip still hurts.
Hip pain that never fully switches off: a dull ache some days, a full stop on others.
A folder of diagnoses (FAI, “tight hips”, bursitis, labral issues) but no lasting fix.
Scans that show nothing, or don’t explain how you actually feel.
Money spent across physios, osteos, chiros, with relief that never sticks.
Being nudged toward surgery when nobody has addressed how you move.
Your hip doesn’t hurt in isolation. It hurts because of how your pelvis, ribcage, feet and breathing load it, the same way, thousands of times a day. Change those inputs, and the hip finally gets a reason to feel different.
Three steps to get out of hip pain.
No lock-in. No guessing. Just a clear read on what’s driving your hip pain, and a plan to change it for good.
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Claim your free 60-min consultation
A movement & gait screen with intake and history. We map exactly what’s driving your hip pain, with no lock-in.
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Get your root-cause plan
Hands-on coaching plus homework, targeting the inputs loading your hip (pelvis, ribcage, feet), not just the spot that hurts.
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3
Book in, and stay out of pain
We train weekly and retrain how you move. I treat your hip pain and address it for good.
Claim my free consultation →Why Functional Patterns for hip pain?
A biomechanics-first method built on one principle: your structure reflects your repeated inputs. Instead of chasing the spot that hurts, we upgrade how you stand, walk, breathe, hinge, rotate and load, so your body organises around the hip differently.
The “FP Big 4”
Standing, walking, running, throwing. Restore these and the lumbopelvic region (your hips) starts loading the way it’s built to: with control, not compensation.
Detailed, hands-on coaching
Cueing at a level of detail conventional PT and mobility routines don’t reach, plus homework, so progress isn’t limited to session time.
Why I take hip pain personally
I didn’t just study this, I lived it.
For two years I was in hip pain every single day, and I was diagnosed with Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI). I did everything right, months with physios, podiatrists and chiropractors, and lasting relief never came.
By late 2021, my physio was preparing me for hip surgery. I was strongly against it: surgery wouldn’t address the movement patterns that actually needed to change. Then I found Functional Patterns, and it changed how I understood movement entirely.
By retraining my inputs and loading the right tissues around the pelvis, I got out of pain and back to living. Here’s the proof on my own running gait.
Before
After
Real client · real hip result
Alex couldn’t recover from a hip injury for 2 years. Three months changed that.
2 yrs
Struggling after a skiing hip injury, osteos & physios didn’t help
3 mo
Of Functional Patterns training, just once a week
Undeniably better
Day-to-day movement improving fast, in a short time, not years
“Osteos and physios didn’t really help my hip after a skiing accident I struggled to recover from 2 years ago. After 3 months of training Functional Patterns with Mick just once a week, my day-to-day movement is undeniably improving quickly. I can’t recommend Mick enough…”
★★★★★ Alexander Parker · Google review
Ready to stop managing your hip pain?
A free 60-minute consultation in Malvern East, Melbourne. No lock-in, just a clear read on what’s driving your hip pain, and a plan to change it.
1Assess
2Plan
3Book in & get out of pain
Limited-time offer
Reckon this all sounds too good to be true?
I hear that a lot. So let me take the risk, not you. I’m so confident I can help your hip that I’ll get you in for a free 60-minute consultation, and show you exactly what’s driving the pain. You keep the plan whether you train with me or not.
Free 60-min consultation
$49 deposit
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Claim your free 60-minute consultation
Pick a time that suits you below and it’s booked, no back and forth. A $49 deposit holds your spot. It is credited to your first session if you decide to train with me, and refunded in full if you don’t.
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Tell me a bit about your hip and what you’ve already tried, and I’ll come back to you, usually within 48 hours.
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Melbourne · Malvern East · Functional Patterns. Not medical advice; outcomes vary. If you’re under medical care, we can work alongside it.