We Answered Your Hip Mobility Questions (AMA)

26 Sep 2026

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Sore after a fall, living with a new hip or knee, or finding it hard to stick with your mobility routine?

In this first episode of Season 3, Tom, Jenni and JP answer questions from Rose and Evelyn in The Simplistic Mobility Method Facebook group

moving when you're in pain,
doing mobility with a joint replacement,
and what to do when progress feels slow.

00:00 Welcome to Season 3: answering your questions

00:21 Announcements: Wellfest, Splits & Hips relaunch, Daily Wiggle Club

01:45 Rose: mobility work after a fall, and moving with pain
03:02 Impact injury or not? When it's a job for the doctor
03:24 More tools in the toolbox: working around pain
05:09 Why stopping completely breaks the habit
07:25 Going back to training: build it back up slowly
08:20 Permission to move: asking "what can I do?"
09:20 Evelyn's questions
10:27 Mobility with joint replacements and hardware
11:51 Hip vs knee vs shoulder replacements
15:01 Preparing before surgery (Tom's personal view)
16:11 Don't protect it, keep it strong
16:57 Improving range of motion gradually after a replacement
18:03 Strong in some areas, limited in others
19:05 How to start an SMM routine (or any new habit)
21:15 Your bare minimum: 5 minutes or one-rep SMM

22:01 The hard part: keeping it going

23:19 Missing a session isn't failing

25:18 Jenni's 20-minute rest timer

27:07 Changing how you see yourself

29:30 Not seeing progress and feeling disheartened

31:59 Work on weaknesses or lean into strengths?

33:31 SMM as your baseline

35:31 Are you doing the movements the way they're meant to feel?

39:03 Making progress without realising it

40:20 Celebrate the small wins, and wrap-up