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The FAI Fix is no longer open to new students.

The FAI Fix was a joint effort between Matt Hsu of Upright Health and Shane Dowd from 2015 to 2024.  

 To serve you with faster updates, more in-depth troubleshooting, honest perspectives, and a more complete hip program, I parted ways with Shane Dowd. 

Old students are still able to access the program and have also been granted access to the updated Healthy Hips program at uprighthealth.com. 

If you're looking to help yourself with hip pain, click the button below. 

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Matt Hsu

A Brief History of the FAI Fix and Clarification on Hip Programs 

In 2013, I released the first edition of the Healthy Hips program to help people with hip pain. In 2015, I asked Shane Dowd of GotROM.com to partner with me to build a program for people with FAI.

Things were rocky at the start, but I was young and inexperienced. We forged ahead. Over 8 years working together, I was constantly uncomfortable with his approach to business and marketing. Things felt wrong to me on many levels. But we persevered. 

After losing both my parents to dementia in 2022 and 2023, I stepped back and reassessed my relationship with Shane. I did not want to waste any more life or energy partnered with someone with whom I had so much discomfort and friction.

While I am proud of the work we did on this program and the lives we changed, I am more excited by what I can offer on my own. I have massively upgraded and updated the Healthy Hips program to help people with hip pain.

The program is comprehensive. I can update it as frequently as I wish. I can communicate freely and clearly about its strengths and weaknesses. Nothing and no one holds me back from doing my best work. 

This allows me to be as honest and effective as possible while adhering to my own ethical standards. 

 

Healthy Hips Confusion

My hope was that this fork in the road would lead Shane to develop his own unique, comprehensive online course. In fact, I wish I could heartily recommend Shane's own new and independent project.

Unfortunately, since closing the FAI Fix, I've seen him make highly dubious promises about his coaching program, assert success rates for suspiciously large numbers of people, and even use testimonials from my clients to market his coaching program.

I also learned that he had previously been using videos of me in his coaching program without my authorization. 

He has also added "Healthy Hips" text and titles to some of his marketing pages. This has caused confusion; we have received multiple emails from people asking for clarification. 

 

Let me be clear:

  • If you are on a website with Shane Dowd's face on it, it is not in any way affiliated with Upright Health and is in no way the same or similar to any Upright Health program. 
  • Any "Healthy Hips" references on GotROM.com or hippaingone.com are not related in any way to Upright Health or any Upright Health program. 
  • Because of deceptive and deliberately confusing practices, I do not currently endorse or recommend any GotROM.com program or course. 
  • If you see any content featuring me in a GotROM.com program, please know that it is unauthorized, and I ask that you notify my team at uprighthealth.com/contact

 

I hope this provides context and clarity.

If you're looking for an updated program to help you, click the button below. 

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 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT


The conventional medical theory is that the bad bone shapes lead to labral tears, arthritis, pain, and immobility.
Surgery is supposed to be the only answer.

Recent research on hip impingement undermines that theory.

FAI bone shapes are normal anatomic variants and not indicative of a disease.

Cam and pincer impingement do not lead to arthritis

Labral tears and other joint pathologies aren't linked to hip pain

Surgery for FAI often fails to meet patient expectations.