Not another loss of coordination in leg thread

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Really this thread is gonna die while a thread about hot moms at the gym pushing strollers gets replies?

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Op here- it's been two years and I thought I would chime in with my experiences as well as breathe some life into this old thread in case anyone could help. Since I last posted two years ago I have suffered from several injuries that I belive stem from my poor coordination in my left leg. The past year I had a bad femoral shaft stress fracture in my right leg (the uncoordinated one is the left leg), a torn left groin while steeplechasing, minor posterior tibialis tendon inflammation and Achilles tendinitis both in the left leg. I believe the assymetry of my stride is causing these injuries. My left leg has to loop around my right leg since my right leg lands directly under the center of my body and I lean to the right while running. I've noticed that the best way to keep the coordination issues minimal is doing lots of drills, strides and hill reps however this doesn't address the structural damage my lack of symmetry is causing. Any help/advice would be appreciated as my love of running is deteriorating with each set back.

that's a lot of running on terrible mechanics...

did you ever take time after coming back from any of those injuries and spend time at a lower mileage and focus on form?

have you every had your left hip examined to see if there is an impingement in the socket (and the more obviously like weak hip flexors and stabilizers, etc)? or even more general to look at the big picture like leg length problems, etc?

have you ever strapped a weight to your and and swing your leg through an exaggerated running motion (stand on a step and do the skip B motion - but maybe a little less emphasis on kicking the foot out after knee drive)?

have you tried another sport and/or lifting to try and balance yourself out more (take a little break for a while)?

gone to get A.R.T. or the like?

all people land with each foot slightly across the midline (so left foot lands just to the right side of a line drawn down your spine and vice versa for the other leg). so if you struggle to get the left leg around the right during the swing phase that suggests some combination of weak hip stabilizers on the right side, so problem with the left hip flexors bringing the left leg straight through, and tight left glutes (or piriformis m.) so that the hip flexors have too much resistance against them.

Thanks for the reply I just noticed it. To answer your question I have done all the things you mentioned (period of low mileage, emphasis on form, starting year long lower body lifting program) and only ever gotten to the point where it was a manageable nuisance. Unfortunately the coordination of still bad enough that I have to think about it on every run and it gets much worse the less I run strangely. After years of reading I believe I may have an FAI (femoral acetabulum impingement) in my left hip socket. At some point in the next few months I will try to get diagnosed (I think this is done with an MRI). And yes years of running on this deteriorating leg have definitely left my body very asymmetrical. Not sure the best way to correct years of running on a peg leg.

push a stroller while you run to activate your leg muscles evenly.