Knocked knees are a result of the body trying to find joint actions it is naturally missing in order to complete the gait cycle, or allow for full human movement. This comes at a cost of stressing tissues and joints around the pelvis and knee. To fix it, we should start with the root of the problem – the pelvis in Anteiror Tilt.
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If your feet are flat, you are not going to get your arch to “re-rise” without a lot of help, especially from something like an orthodic. Pay attention to your pelvis because it’s a primary factor.
Feeling like one side of your pelvis is higher than the other? Or maybe your hips feel “uneven” to a…
Breathing is generally a highly underappreciated aspect of our posture and daily lives. Given that we take 20,000+ breaths per…
High arches prevent the arch from dropping and lowering into the ground in walking/running. This causes a lack of “yielding” into the ground which can result in many compensations. In order to address this, we should re-teach the missing link: Pronation and also likely internal rotation.
SURPRISE – Your body is not symmetrical. Actually, almost everything we do is quite asymmetrical.
What it ultimately comes down to is that we favor our right sides and our asymmetrical nature puts us in this position.