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Hook lying looks like the simplest position in the room. Knees bent, feet flat, lying on your back. Most practitioners use it as a default starting point without thinking about what it actually demands. That is a problem.
Hook lying is an early propulsive position with a strong ER bias. Getting into it correctly requires medial foot contacts, a pelvis that can superimpose IR on ER, and a thorax that can expand without compensation. If your client cannot access those, you are not starting them in a safe easy position. You are starting them in a compensation.
If you have ever told someone to…
