For 49 years, I pushed my body passed its limits. Heavy lifting. Intense martial arts. Years of hard manual labor. Long hours sitting at desks and in cars. Injuries I shrugged off instead of properly rehabbing. Over time, those decisions added up.

Eventually, my body stopped being able to compensate. I developed herniated discs… chronic low back pain… hip instability… SI joint dysfunction… nerve compression… sciatica… and piriformis syndrome. I lost my power, explosiveness and mobility. My posture declined. Simple movements like bending, twisting, or simply putting on my socks became painful.

I was broken down! Yet the turning point didn’t come from a complicated medical procedure. It came from changing the way I sit.

And that change happened with the Hunkerin Stool.

This blog explains exactly how my body broke down, the diagnoses behind it, and how the Hunkerin Stool helped me reverse-engineer years of damage and restore strength, mobility, and alignment from the ground up.

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The Root Causes of Breakdown

My chronic issues didn’t appear overnight. They were the result of five major contributors working together over time:

1. Collapsed Arches and Flat Feet

My feet were the first domino to fall.

When the arch collapses or the foot excessively pronates:

• The tibia and femur rotate internally

• Knees collapse inward

• The hip rotates out of proper position

• The pelvis shifts out of alignment

This foot-to-pelvis chain reaction is well-documented in biomechanics. Poor foot alignment directly alters:

• Hip stability

• Pelvic positioning

• Lumbar spine loading

2. Static Sitting and Modern Chair Culture

Traditional chairs:

• Lock down the pelvis

• Shut off glutes and deep core muscles

• Shorten hip flexors

• Compress the lumbar spine

Over time, sitting becomes a postural habit that shapes the body. The more I sat, the more my body became dysfunctional.

3. Old Injuries

Instead of properly rehabbing, I worked around the pain. Often times I didn’t have the money or health insurance for proper medical care. The body compensated. Muscles shut down. Others took over. Stability was lost.

4. Overtraining

I pushed harder when my body needed balance. More load… more intensity… more dysfunction. Also, years of hard drinking dehydrated my fascia and caused bad inflammation.

5. Trapped Energy and Nervous System Compensation

Years of stress and trauma manifest physically. My body held onto negative energy and that energy was trapped in my lower chakras. In my case:

• My low back froze

• Pelvis locked down

• Breath became shallow

• Root and sacral chakras were trapped

• Mobility and flexibility decreased

My body wasn’t just tight. It became guarded trying to protect me.

The Result: A True Lower Back-Pelvic-Hip Complex Dysfunction

All these factors combined into a clear clinical picture:

A. Lower Crossed Syndrome / Anterior Pelvic Tilt

My hip flexors were chronically tight. My lower back overarched. My glutes and deep core turned off.

This pattern:

• Increases lumbar shear stress

• Weakens pelvic control

• Forces compensation into the SI joints

B. SI Joint Dysfunction

When pelvis alignment and hip stability break down…the SI joints become irritated, unstable, and painful. I alternated between stiffness and “instability shifts,” a sign of SI dysfunction.

C. Weak Adductors

With foot collapse and glute inhibition:

• The femur drifted outward

• Pelvis lost frontal-plane stability

• My right adductor specifically became underactive

That muscle is a pelvic stabilizer. Without it, forces twist the pelvis instead of moving through it.

D. Herniated Discs, Piriformis Syndrome, Sciatica

These were not the core problem but secondary effects:

• Disc overload from poor hip mechanics

• Piriformis overworking because the glutes weren’t

• Sciatic nerve irritation due to altered joint spacing

In short:

The pelvis locked down. The spine became the shock absorber. And nerves suffered the consequences.

I wasn’t injured…I was out of alignment. Biomechanically broken down

How the Hunkerin Stool Helped Me Reverse-Engineer the Damage

This is where everything changed. Traditional sitting was reinforcing the dysfunction. Every minute in a chair was pushing me deeper into the problem.

The Hunkerin Stool did the opposite.

It naturally places me into a posture that:

• Decompresses the spine

• Opens the hips

• Wakes up weak muscles

• Restores pelvis mechanics

• Strengthens posture while resting

Here’s how, piece by piece:

1. Restores Natural Hip Position

Deep-squat-based hunkerin:

• Lengthens tight hip flexors

• Improves pelvic positioning

• Stops lumbar hyperextension

• Unloads the SI joints

It literally puts the pelvis back where it wants to be.

2. Activates Glutes, Adductors & Hip Stabilizers

Unlike a chair, the Hunkerin Stool keeps you:

• “Active” while resting

• Using hip and core muscles for balance

• Supporting the pelvis instead of collapsing into it

My right adductor finally came back online. My glutes started firing again. This was a neuromuscular reboot; not just muscle strength. 

3. Spinal Decompression

When the pelvis aligns:

• The lumbar discs stop taking excess load

• Nerves get relief from decompression

• Deep stabilizers activate rather than spasm

My back stopped feeling like it was broken and has slowly released the tension.

4. Reinforces Proper Posture as the Default Setting

We spend massive amounts of time sitting. That means:

The posture you sit in is the posture you live in.

By shifting resting positions:

• My nervous system relearned neutral alignment

• My body recovered instead of regressing all day

Hunkerin became both rehab and prehab.

5. Integrates Movement, Breath & Core

The pelvis is the crossroads of:

• Gait

• Power output

• Balance and stability

• Breathing mechanics

• Pelvic floor function

• Sexual vitality

The Hunkerin posture activates every one of those systems simultaneously.

It’s holistic by design.

Why This Worked When Other Approaches Failed

I had tried:

- pain medication/muscle relaxers

- cortisone shots

- PT

- Chiropractic

- Massage

- Stretching

- Strength work

- Mobility drills

They helped temporarily. But they didn’t change what I was doing the other 8–12 hours a day. To fully correct my pelvis and spine, I needed activation before load and alignment before power

Hunkerin gave me the solution to address my root problems!

What I’ve Rebuilt from the foundation up

Through consistent use of the stool I have recovered:

• Proper glute function

• Adductor → pelvic floor engagement

• Balanced SI joint mechanics

• Spinal decompression

• Improved lumbar mobility and stability

• Stronger arches and better gait

• Increased hip mobility and internal rotation

• Reduced nerve irritation

• Posture restored from the ground up

I didn’t just treat pain. I corrected what caused it.

Where I Am Now

I’m training again. I’m moving athletically again. I can hike, grapple, lift, and play with my children without pain dictating my life. My body feels like my body again. I’ve called my power back!

Why I Share This

Millions of people are silently breaking down the same way:

• Sitting too much

• Losing their glutes

• Locking their pelvis

• Compressing their spine

• Blaming age instead of alignment

This is preventable. This is reversible.

If changing my resting posture can help me reverse decades of dysfunction and reclaim performance…It can help anyone.

Your posture is not just the way you sit. It’s the way you age.

Stop Sitting. Stop collapsing. Stop compressing. Start Hunkerin.

Every moment you spend in a chair is reinforcing dysfunction. Every moment on the Hunkerin Stool is reinforcing health and wellness.

& Power!

Hunkerin isn’t just resting.

It’s healing.

It’s Time to Hunker Down!