The Aletha Mark - Hip Hook

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Aletha Health | Hip Hook System

The Aletha Mark - Hip Hook Psoas and Iliacus Tool

The Aletha Mark is the current generation of the Hip Hook, a hand-held hip flexor tool built from three named parts: a tip, a platform and a handle, joined by a rotating mechanism. It weighs 10 oz and measures 10 in. long, 4.75 in. wide and 3.75 in. tall, so the whole tool sits in one hand. Aletha builds it in the USA from a polycarbonate and ABS blend with a thermoplastic elastomer surface, brushed stainless steel and molded silicone, in black or white. Aletha sells it as the Hip Hook System, so the box holds two tools: the Mark itself, and an Orbit, the 4 in. sphere you lie over on the floor at the front and the back of the same hip.

The tip is shaped to reach two separate muscles that sit behind the front of the pelvis, the psoas and the iliacus, and the rotating mechanism is how a single tip reaches both of them. With the platform flat and the tip placed further from your pelvic bone, the tip stands against the psoas. Placing the tip closer to the bone, letting it sink in for a moment and then pressing down on the handle curves the tip around the bone toward the iliacus, which lies on the inner surface of the pelvis where a flat tool cannot follow it.

The area you are working in is about the size of a hand. Put your hands on your hips, trace the front pelvic bones, then slide just inside the bone above the hip crease. You use the Mark standing, with the platform against a wall or a doorway and your body leaning gently in, or lying over it on the floor with gravity supplying the pressure. Either way the tool stays still for 90 seconds while you breathe slowly, at a pressure you can stay relaxed at, and you work one to three spots per side each day.

Three pieces of the current tool are worth naming on their own: a redesigned tip, a raised handle and a silicone pivot cover over the rotating joint. The Orbit that travels with it is one solid ball with nothing to set, and Aletha puts it ahead of the Mark in its own order of use, on the same side of the body in the same session. Aletha covers the Mark for 365 days from purchase against defects in materials and workmanship, and it is one of only two tools that sits inside Aletha's 60 day return window. Everyone using it needs to be 18 or over, and the cautions further on are worth your attention before the first hold.

Aletha Mark Hip Hook in black seen from the side with the tip curving upward

Tip, platform and handle on one rotating joint

Standing against a wall or lying on the floor

Black or white, built in the USA

Eighteen and over, with cautions to read first

The mechanism

The Tip Curves Around the Pelvic Bone

Two muscles sit behind the front of your pelvis at different depths and on different surfaces of the bone. The Mark reaches both with one tip and a joint that changes the angle of that tip while the platform stays where it is.

One Tip Reaches Two Separate Muscles

Your hip flexor is made up of the iliacus and the psoas. The two are intimately connected near the hip and they remain separate muscles, with separate attachment points and separate nerve supply. The Mark picks between them by where you set the tip and what you then do with the handle. Tip further from the pelvic bone with the platform flat stands the tip against the psoas; tip closer to the bone, sunk in first and then driven by the handle, curves it around the bone toward the iliacus on the inner surface of the pelvis.

Psoas and iliacus

Press the Handle and the Angle Changes

The rotating mechanism joins the handle to the tip, so pushing the raised handle down rotates the tip upward and inward. A flat tool has one angle and keeps it for the whole hold. The Mark starts flat, which is how the tip gets into the space just inside the pelvic bone, then changes its angle once it is already there. A molded silicone pivot cover sits over the joint where the two halves meet, and the platform is the part that stays put against the wall or the floor while the angle moves.

One moving joint

Ninety Seconds Without Moving or Rubbing

Pressure is held constant for at least 90 seconds in total, without moving the tool and without rubbing it along the muscle. The benchmark for how hard to lean is whether you can completely relax and take slow, controlled, deep breaths at that pressure; if you cannot, you have asked for too much and should back off the wall. Work one to three spots per day on each side of the body. Aletha's own guidance on timing is that consistency counts for more than frequency, and that a session before a workout is the one to keep if you keep only one.

At least 90 seconds

Where the Pressure Comes From in Each Position

Standing puts the platform against a wall or a doorway and you lean in gently, which gives you more visibility and finer control over how much you are asking for. A yoga block behind the platform buys extra space between your body and the wall if you want the angle shallower. On the ground you lie over the tool and gravity does the work, and moving your knee outward controls how quickly you descend onto the tip. Both positions run the same 90 seconds at the same moderate pressure.

Wall, doorway or floor

In the hand

Ten Ounces and One Moving Part

The Mark is a single piece of hardware with one joint in it and nothing else that moves. Its measurements, its named parts, its colors and the cover it carries are what a buyer weighs up before ordering one.

Ten Inches End to End

The Mark measures 10 in. long, 4.75 in. wide and 3.75 in. tall, and it weighs 10 oz.

The Platform Takes the Wall

The flat platform is the face that rests against a wall, a doorway or the floor while the tip does the work.

The Handle Drives the Rotation

Pressing the raised handle down rotates the tip around the pelvic bone and toward the iliacus.

A Silicone Cover Over the Pivot

The rotating joint carries a molded silicone cover at the point where the two halves of the tool meet.

Two Colors and One Country

Aletha builds the Mark in the USA and sells it in black and in white.

A Four Inch Orbit Travels With It

The Hip Hook System puts an Orbit in the box with the Mark, a 4 in. ball for the front and the back of the hip.

One to Three Spots a Side

Work one to three spots per day on each side of the body, a spot at a time across the area.

Covered for 365 Days

Aletha's warranty runs 365 days from purchase against defects in materials and workmanship.

In detail

Two Positions and a Hand-Sized Area

Aletha Mark Hip Hook in white with the platform face and handle visible

Standing

The Platform Against a Wall or a Doorway

Standing is the position with the most visibility, because you can see where the tip is going and you control the pressure with how far you lean. You set the tip in place first, rest the platform flat against a wall or a doorway frame, then lean in gently and let the tip sink in before anything else happens. A yoga block placed between you and the wall opens up extra room if the angle feels too steep for your height. Once the tip is where you want it you stop moving entirely and hold for 90 seconds, breathing slowly the whole time.

Tip set in place before the platform meets the wall
Pressure controlled by how far you lean in
A yoga block adds space between body and wall
Ninety seconds of stillness once the tip has sunk in

Wall or doorway Most visibility 90 seconds

On the floor

Lying Over the Tool and Letting Gravity Press

On the ground your own weight does the work the wall does. The tip goes into place, you lie face down over the Mark, and the tool sinks in under gravity while you stay still. How fast you descend onto the tip is governed by your knee: taking the knee outward on the working side lets you down more gradually, and bringing it back in adds load. The floor position asks less of your balance than standing does, and it leaves both of your hands off the tool. The hold is the same 90 seconds at a pressure you can breathe through.

Body weight and gravity supply the pressure
Knee position governs the rate of descent
Both hands stay away from the tool
Same 90 second hold as the standing position

Gravity assisted Knee controls descent

Aletha Mark Hip Hook held in one hand to show its scale

Finding the spot

A Hand-Sized Area Inside the Front Pelvic Bone

Finding the place to put the tip is a matter of anatomy and not of guesswork. Put your hands on your hips and trace the front pelvic bones with your fingers until you have the ridge of bone under your hand. Slide your fingers just inside that ridge, above the hip crease, and the area you land on is roughly the size of your own hand. Everything the Mark is shaped for sits inside that patch, so one tool covers both muscles without needing a separate shape for each. Work across it a spot at a time, and leave the rest of the patch for another day.

Trace the front pelvic bones with your hands on your hips
Slide just inside the bone, above the hip crease
The working area is roughly hand-sized
One to three spots inside it per side each day

Above the hip crease Hand-sized area

Safety

Who Should Not Use the Mark

The cautions here come with the Mark itself and they are worth reading before the first hold. Consult your doctor before use, and do not use the Mark at all if any line applies to you.

Serious or fatal injury can occur by using any Aletha product incorrectly or if you have a pre-existing condition.
Aletha products are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18, and adult supervision should be provided for anyone under that age.
Aletha products are not intended for commercial use.
Do not use if you have, or suspect you have, abnormal sensations, numbness or altered sensation, pressure sensitivity, or an allergy to the materials.
Do not use if you have a bleeding disorder, bruise easily, or take blood-thinning medication.
Do not use if you have a skin condition in the area, including a rash, wounds, blisters, infection or tumors.
Do not use if you have a neurologic condition affecting sensation, extreme pain, hypertension, diabetes, or cancer or affected lymph nodes in the area.
Do not use if you have vascular insufficiency or vascular disease, a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator, a history of embolism, varicose veins or deep vein thrombosis.
Do not use if you have severe cardiac, liver or kidney disease, osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, scoliosis or spinal deformity, an acute fracture or injury, recent surgery or a surgical site or hardware in the area, or a connective tissue disorder.
Do not use the Mark at the front of the hip if you have an inguinal hernia or have had an inguinal hernia repair, or if you are pregnant.
Consult your doctor before use, follow the instructions exactly and make no modifications, stop immediately at the first sign of discomfort, and check equipment for damage before each use.
Stop and reposition if you feel tingling, numbness, burning, shooting sensations, or throbbing.

These tools are not intended to diagnose, cure, prevent, treat, or mitigate any medical condition or disease.

The family

Five Aletha Tools Side by Side

Every Aletha tool is the same transaction with a different shape: something is placed on the body, pressure comes from a wall or the floor or your own limbs, and it is held. The Mark is the only one of the five with a joint that changes the angle of the contact point while you are on it.

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Aletha Mark Hip Hook in black with the tip and platform in view

The Mark (Hip Hook)

A hand-held hip flexor tool with a tip, a platform and a handle on a rotating joint, shaped for the psoas and the iliacus at the front of the hip.

10 in. long, 4.75 in. wide, 3.75 in. tall, 10 oz
Rotating tip, angled by pressing the handle down
Pressure from a wall, a doorway or the floor
Ships with a 4 in. Orbit in the same box
Returnable inside Aletha's 60 day window

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Aletha Range neck tool in black showing three pairs of tips

The Range

A neck and chest tool carrying three pairs of tips at three widths, shaped for the upper trapezius, the suboccipitals at the base of the skull and the pectoralis minor.

5.06 in. long, 3.94 in. high, 9 oz
Three pairs of tips spanning 1.63 to 3.06 in.
Body weight from the floor, or a wall for the chest
Returnable inside Aletha's 60 day window

See the Range

Aletha Orbit hip release ball, a black sphere

The Orbit

A 4 in. sphere you lie over on the floor, shaped for the psoas and the hip crease at the front of the hip and the glutes and the piriformis behind it.

4 in. across, one shape, nothing to adjust
Lain on, with the floor supplying the pressure
Does not reach the iliacus the way the Hip Hook does
Not returnable inside Aletha's 60 day window

See the Orbit

Aletha Band, a black closed resistance loop laid flat

The Band

A closed resistance loop you put around your legs for clam shells, glute bridges, hip pulses, planks, squats, hamstring bridges, glute kickbacks, fire hydrants and band walks.

30 to 50 lb of resistance
Resistance set by how far the loop is stretched
No pressure point and no 90 second hold
Not returnable inside Aletha's 60 day window

See the Band

Aletha Full Body System with the Mark, Orbit, Range, Band and book

The Full Body System

The Mark, the Orbit, the Range and the Band in one box with a printed guidebook, covering the six keystone muscles.

Four tools and a printed guidebook in one box
Six keystone muscles, hip crease to base of skull
Black or white Mark, with a black Range
Only the Mark and the Range are returnable

See the Full Body System

Questions

What Buyers Ask About the Mark

Yes. The Mark is the current generation of the Hip Hook and Aletha still leads with the Hip Hook name, so the two names describe one article. Aletha's own marketplace listing runs both names together on a single title. What you receive is the tool described here: a 10 oz hip flexor tool with a redesigned tip, a raised handle and a silicone pivot cover.

The psoas and the iliacus, the two muscles that make up the hip flexor. The psoas runs down from the spine and passes in front of the hip. The iliacus lines the inner surface of the pelvic bowl, behind the ridge of bone you can feel at the front of your hip. They are separate muscles with separate attachment points, and the Mark's tip is shaped to reach each of them from the same starting place.

Place the tip further from your pelvic bone and keep the platform flat, so the tip stands vertically and does not curve. Rest the platform against a wall or lie over the tool on the floor, let the tip sink in, and hold still for 90 seconds. The handle stays where it is for this one, since the psoas is in front of the bone and needs no curve to reach.

Place the tip closer to your pelvic bone with the platform flat to start, let the tip sink into place for a moment, then press down on the handle. That rotation curves the tip around the bone and turns the contact point inward, toward the inner surface of the pelvis where the iliacus sits. Hold the new angle for 90 seconds without moving or rubbing.

At least 90 seconds in total, holding constant pressure without moving or rubbing. Pressure should be moderate: the benchmark is whether you can completely relax and take slow, controlled, deep breaths while the tip is in place. Work one to three spots per day on each side of the body, and use it daily or a few times a week as suits you.

10 in. long, 4.75 in. wide and 3.75 in. tall, at 10 oz. The build is a polycarbonate and ABS blend with a bio-compatible thermoplastic elastomer surface, brushed stainless steel and molded silicone. Black and white are the two colors, and Aletha builds it in the USA.

Anyone under the age of 18, and anyone on the caution list that comes with the tool. Do not use it if you have an inguinal hernia or have had an inguinal hernia repair, or if you are pregnant. Consult your doctor before use if you have a pre-existing condition of any kind. Serious or fatal injury can occur by using any Aletha product incorrectly.

Yes. The Mark and the Range are the only two Aletha tools that fall inside Aletha's 60 day return window, counted from the delivery date, with the item like-new and its original packaging kept. The Orbit and the Band sit outside it, and the Orbit that arrives in the box with the Mark sits outside it in the same way. Returns on your order with us are handled under our own terms.

365 days from the date of purchase, covering defects in materials and workmanship for the original purchaser. Aletha either puts the tool right or supplies a replacement, at its own discretion. The cover excludes superficial damage, misuse, accident, liquid exposure, normal wear, unauthorized modification, and open-box or internet-auction purchases.

Shape, and what that shape can get to. The Orbit is a 4 in. sphere you lie over, and a sphere cannot curve around the inside of the pelvic bone, so it does not reach the iliacus the way the Hip Hook does. The Mark's tip can be turned inward by the handle once it is past the ridge of bone. The Orbit covers the hip crease and the glutes, and the Mark is the one that reaches the iliacus. Both shapes arrive together, since an Orbit comes in the box with the Mark.

No. It arrives ready to use and works entirely on your own body weight against a wall, a doorway or the floor. The single moving element is the pivot between the handle and the tip, covered by molded silicone. There is no battery, no motor and no cable.

Yes. An Orbit comes in the box. The Hip Hook System is the Mark and a 4 in. Orbit packed together, along with a printed safety guide. The ball is the shape Aletha uses ahead of the Mark on the same side of the body, so the two are meant to be owned together. Ordering a separate Orbit alongside this one leaves you with two balls, and an Orbit falls outside Aletha's 60 day return window, so the basket is worth a second look before you check out.

Aletha builds the Mark in the USA. The box holds three things: the tool itself, a 4 in. Orbit, and a printed safety guide, which is the document to read before the first 90 seconds. For the four tools together, see the Aletha Full Body System.

Weight: 10 oz
Length: 10 in.
Width: 4.75 in.
Height: 3.75 in.
Materials: PC/ABS, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), brushed stainless steel, molded silicone
Colors: Black, White
Country of manufacture: Made in the USA
Warranty: 365 days from purchase, defects in materials and workmanship
Returns: Inside Aletha's 60 day return window
US patents: 11,246,791; 12,186,262; 12,226,366; D1,061,916; D1,095,862
European patent: 3,982,903
Design registrations: Canada 196728; International DM/208896; Australia 202013372; UK 82088960001000

Tool type: Hand-held hip flexor tool with a rotating tip
Named parts: Tip, platform and handle on a rotating mechanism
Shaped for: Psoas and iliacus, the two deep hip flexors
Psoas setting: Tip further from the pelvic bone, platform flat
Iliacus setting: Tip closer to the bone, then press the handle down
Standing position: Platform against a wall or a doorway, leaning in
Floor position: Lying over the tool, gravity supplying the pressure
Hold time: At least 90 seconds without moving or rubbing
Frequency: One to three spots per day on each side of the body
Adjustment: Rotation of the tip, driven by the handle
Pivot cover: Molded silicone over the rotating joint
Power: None: no battery, no motor and no cable
Age limit: Not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18
Commercial use: Not intended for commercial use

Aletha Mark: The Hip Hook tool itself, in black or white
Aletha Orbit: A 4 in. ball for the front and the back of the hip
Printed safety guide: Read it before the first use

Overall rating: 3.857143 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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Hip hook

"The item is exactly as they said it would be, delivered quickly and less expensive than anywhere else I’ve seen."

— Charles R. (5/5)

A very good tool to release hip flexors

"I have used the original Hip Hook for several years with good results. The only tool to get a deep muscle release. The Mark is an improved version."

— William B. (5/5)

"Handle Much too short, it's not made for larger ppl and it doesn't tell you that when ordering. If your a 3xl , don't buy."

— Tracey (1/5)

So good!

"Hits in all the right spots. Muat have!!"

— Miri B. (5/5)

sorry, need to return

"Hello, I'm trying to return the hip hook. My order # is 39899. When I try to start the return on your website, its says it can't find my order number or email address. Please advise. thank you!"

— J. H. (5/5)

Hip Hook

"We love our hip hook! We had a patient introduce us to this magical tool! We work in a Chiropractic office and this has been helpful to both us and our patients."

— Alicia S. (5/5)

"cause severe and lasting pain not for me"

— Sarah (1/5)