Does anyone else have this problem? One leg that wants to point out when you stand relaxed?
If so, have you had it checked? Was it due to tight muscles, bone problems, etc.?
How has it affected your running?
Does anyone else have this problem? One leg that wants to point out when you stand relaxed?
If so, have you had it checked? Was it due to tight muscles, bone problems, etc.?
How has it affected your running?
More than likely your psoas major, minor, and illiacus are causing the lateral rotation of your leg, especially if the rotation begins at your hip and move all the way down your leg. If the rotation begins at your knee, then you're dealing with a little bit of tibial torsion. If it does begin at your hip start searching out ways to stretch and relax your hip flexors. I'm betting that your pelvis is also tilted a little bit forward. Most of all, this imbalance in your pelvis and hip flexors can be the root cause for injury down the line if you don't work to rebalance both sides of you pelvis.
I believe I have a rotation at the knee as well as in my hip. Both rotations are on the right side. What exercises/stretches can you recommend for the tibial part? I know 16x recommends egoscue for the hip area.
i have external rotation in one foot and doc says it is due to leg length discrepancy
shortend piriformis and outer hamstring, most likely a shorted psoas will create outward rotation and "longer leg"
16x wrote:
shortend piriformis and outer hamstring, most likely a shorted psoas will create outward rotation and "longer leg"
And how might this be remedied? Stretching, strengthening, orthotics...?
A pirates life wrote:
Does anyone else have this problem? One leg that wants to point out when you stand relaxed?/////How has it affected your running?
Wow, do I ever! My left leg is outwardly rotated, and has been for as long as I remember. It's good for golf, but sucks for distance running.
It never bothered me in HS, 30 years ago, with up to 70 mpw. The first time I started having trouble was a couple years ago, when I finally got serious about running again. I had patella tendonitis in the left knee, then some left achilles issues, then a nasty battle with IT Band Syndrome (left side), and most recently some problems with my left piriformis. It's ALL due to the left leg's position, and the fact that it's muscles, over my 46 years of existence, have been trained to operate a certain way, and don't at all like my attempts to adjust them.
I've worked a lot on strengthening my quads, hips and gluteal muscles, and keeping everything well-stretched. I'm more recently working on the oblique abs. Also got custom orthotics, and get regular ASTYM therapy. Everything has helped get me back and keep me running and make slow improvement, but SLOW is the operative word. At my age that's all I expect, and I'm thankful.
Good luck!
This is sort of confusing, but try to follow.
If your gym has an abductor machine (seated, spread legs). Get on the machine, on your knees, facing opposite way as usual, attempt to spread your fee apart. This activates the hip rotators, which are probably dormat.
You can also get on the adductor machine, backwards on knees, spread the foot pads wide, and pull them together, relax, and stretch the hip flexors as much as possible.