Bio-Structural Integration™: Exaggerated Pelvic Tilt

New studies have indicated that too much sitting will shorten your life, especially if you are a woman! One study found that women who sit for more than 6 hours per day are about 40% more likely to die, that those who sat for less than 3 hours a day, compared to men at 20% more likely to die.  IT CAN KILL YOU!

Bio-Structural Integration™: Pelvis Tilt

Bio-Structural Integration™ is a unique, trademarked pain rehabilitation process at Osteoklinika. Over 15 years ago we discovered that therapy centered on only one system simply does not work! 

Why? The body functions as a unit. When we get injured the central nervous system may be affected, the joints will develop misalignment, the muscles will be in spasm, connective tissue and fascia become tight, the inflammatory process sets in, even internal organs can be affected. Every cell in our body works synergistically together to maintain homeostasis.

When one system is disturbed the other cannot function properly. In our method of Bio-Structural Integration™ we address the dysfunction at every level.

Within one treatment Cranial Osteopathy is used to release central nervous system lesions. After that Osteopathic Structural Adjustments are used to correct the joints, followed by Myofascial Release of connective tissue. 

Neuromuscular Massage is implemented to reduce muscular tension, and Electrotherapy helps to interrupt the pain cycle.

All of the above is done within a one-hour treatment. After the structure is realigned, we recommend BioFlex Low Intensity Laser Therapy to deal with inflammation. Now the healing is stimulated at the cellular level. This session may take 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the condition being treated. Elimination of inflammatory process assists in structural stabilization of the joints.

The program of rehabilitation is a 5 -week process and provides consistently over 90% of success in bringing back a pain-free life. If you have tried every possible known therapy and still have pain, you should never give up! During many years of my practice I developed protocols for numerous difficult-to-treat conditions. 

Grim Long Term Effects of:

• Watching TV

• Playing Video Games on TV or computer

• Sitting in your car while commuting

• Computer use at work during the day and at night at home

In addition to the grim long term effects of so much sitting, a sitting posture causes your hip flexors and quadriceps muscles to become shortened.  This will put your pelvis into an exaggerated tilt. This tilt can put stress on the musculature of the lower back resulting in tightening of the posterior chain (hamstrings and calves), an increase in the possibility of disc herniation as well as a host of other posture and load distribution related injuries.  All you need is the desire to get more mobile!  In fact, I have heard from some of my patients they stand up whenever they can; sometimes even working on the computer in a standing position or  on a phone call from time to time. Certainly getting up regularly from the work and home computer walking around for a few minutes every hour (every 20 minutes is recommended) is a great way to avoid serious pelvis tilt.  In addition, a few minutes an evening, 2-3 times a week, can help to offset the poor metabolic heath and structural problems.

Be creative, walk to the store at night, park far away from your destination and walk a few seconds longer, eat a small meal at lunch and then go for a walk, avoid sitting one solid hour during your lunch break. However, for some it has gone too far. You may be experiencing chronic pain and difficulty sleeping due to too much sitting. There are so many serious health hazards associated with too much sitting and if you are unable at this stage to cope with the pain or the inability to bend to do your gardening or simple household duties, even minor exercise, then I can help you at OsteoKlinika Pain Management and Rehabilitation clinic. 

Are you sitting all day long, and into the evening on the computer or on a couch watching TV or playing video games?  I believe this has become quite a problem in the 21st Century.  Sedentary behaviours include sitting in many different settings:

How much time do you spend sitting?  

All these repetitive ways of sitting during our busy lives are examples of very how little energy we are expending during the course of a single day.  It’s time to pay attention to how long you are sitting during each day and night! 

During the course of an entire day, repeated throughout weeks and months, accumulated sitting time may have negative consequences for your health. Recent evidence reports associations between television time and poor metabolic health, indicating that overall sitting time is related to increased health risk caused by higher waist circumferences, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, triglycerides, plasma glucose, and fasting insulin, as well as lower high-density lipoprotein, which are biomarkers of obesity and cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.


If you are doing a training program, you may find you are not able to get a full hip extension in your exercises, such as squats or running and will therefore feel stiffer and less energetic than is normal. A few key exercises for a few minutes 2-3 times per week can help to offset this problem. Attending regular Yoga classes are also a great way to offset all the sitting, as a further example.

And, if you or your children are playing video games for hours per day, it is great to know there are now great video games that promote a wide variety of activity, such as the Wii Sports, Xbox Kinnect, all of which will help to get you and your family up on your feet!  Seriously, all this sitting can kill you!

My approach is very unique and effective. It took me many years to develop specific trademarked protocols to treat conditions affecting the lower back, shoulders, knees, feet, wrists and other parts of the body.  To discuss your situation, please call me at 905.660.8810 or email me at Andrew@osteoklinika.com.  - Andrew Subieta M.Sc., R.M.T., CLT