How do you get hurt?

“Ouch! Damnit. Shit. My leg hurts!” I complain to myself as a junior in college, walking to class, passing through the historic stone arch by the university steps. It’s then I realize that in order to move straight forward I’m forced to lean a bit left.

Screenshot from a diagnostic video taken to document my hitching stride

That’s how far my hips are out of line.

Frustrated and in pain, with a major cross country meet looming this weekend, I decide to skip class. Making…