Q. What symptoms arise when the pelvis is out of alignment?

When the pelvis is out of alignment, the surrounding nerves and fascia are irritated and pain in the lower back, pelvis and tailbone becomes more likely. It then spreads as follows.

• Hip pain, swelling and tingling in the legs, pain in the knee and foot
• Buttocks that look dropped — when the external rotator muscles of the hip weaken, the muscles that support the pelvis lose function along with them
• Low back pain from deformity of the lumbar spine (lumbar lordosis)

Quite a few people who think their pelvis is large do not in fact have large bones; the hip has turned inward so that the bone on the outside protrudes. Measuring shows the difference.