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Hip Loader

In this class, Gorgone teaches their version of the Hip-Loader with their model Becky.

This minimalistic and wonderfully versatile hip harness is mostly used to support the center of gravity to relieve upper body pressure during vertical suspensions.

It can also be used for a face-down Scorpion Pose, single-point inversions, bridges and face-up torsions. It is the isolated version of the hip-loading block of Gorgone's 'Butterfly Harness' and Gestalta's 'Bamboo TK'.

It can be incorporated in any chest harness with a waist wrap or used separately with any upper body tie – even with a harness that could not be suspended otherwise, such is Kinoko's 'Forearm Binder'.

*Captions available for this series: English

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Hip Loading Harness | Tutorial

In-depth tutorial for Gorgone's 'Hip Loading Harness'.

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leopardslugJuly 11, 2023
I find this puts a lot of pressure on the tendon in the front of the groin (adductor). Any tips? Or another hip harness good for face-down?
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1. ShibariStudyMay 23, 2024
  Thanks for your question! There could be a variety of contributing factors at play here. A few things to lab:
  1) does it help to move the inner thigh wrap just slightly down from the groin? You don’t want to move it too far down, as it won’t stay in place, but just about two fingers down from the actual groin area, right where the thigh starts to become fleshy and the tendon is less exposed.
  2) are you loading appropriately? As in- for a facedown are you using a long epsilon off of both thigh cuffs? This is the correct loading for a facedown, not from the main friction at the waist.
2. ShibariStudyMay 23, 2024
  3) are positional factors at play here? If you’re lifting the hips too low the thigh cuffs will slide into the groin. And if you’re over-loading the hips (lifting them too high relative to the rest of the body) rather than distributing load throughout the upper body harness and ankles, that could also be a problem.
  
  4) What is your order of operations for suspension? For a face down, ideally we’ll load the upper body and then take up both legs via ankle or thigh cuffs. Then a suspension line from the hips to the point can be added for additional support. If you’re loading the hips before the ankle and/or thigh, then that will be very uncomfortable.
3. shibari2324December 16, 2023
  It is what I faced in practice, my model suffered unbearable pain in the inner thigh,but I don't have a clue if I don't make right rope tension or wrap rope in place.
GYZMay 17, 2026
When I use hip loader to hang someone a single-point inversion, I often find that if the other person has thicker legs, they tend to feel painful constriction around their thighs easily. How should this be handled?