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webcore
24-10-2007, 18:12
Some questions for anyone in the know....


What is the cause of externally rotated legs i.e toes pointing outwards?

What can be done to remedy externally rotated legs?

Does forcing a proper stance (toes pointing directly infront) conflict with the knee joint whilst performing a squat?
JB
24-10-2007, 18:18
do you squat with your toes pointing directly forward?
webcore
24-10-2007, 18:21
No, just curious...
JB
24-10-2007, 18:27
me neither, just tried it with a slightly wider than shoulder stance just now, and my knees felt pretty nasty, wouldn't fancy it with any weight
NJ
24-10-2007, 21:03
Some questions for anyone in the know....


What is the cause of externally rotated legs i.e toes pointing outwards?

What can be done to remedy externally rotated legs?



I'm sure that was covered under some T-nation articles to do with posture that I forget the name of...sorry.
webcore
24-10-2007, 21:15
"Neanderthal no more"?
PikeKing
24-10-2007, 21:35
piriformis?
webcore
24-10-2007, 21:45
Yeah the piriformis rotates the thigh laterally....(just done a quick Google)

So to go about solving the problem of externally rotated legs / feet a person would approach the antagonist of the piriformis whatever that happens to be?
PikeKing
24-10-2007, 21:46
i would prob just stretch the piriformis to begin with but i would also ask the question why you think you need to correct it, how bad is it
webcore
24-10-2007, 21:50
It's not much of a problem. It was just an observation. Its actually quite hard for me to determine a natural stance since I'm concious of what I'm attempting to do.

I note it mostly when I have my feet on my desk. My legs will flop to the side to the point where the side of my feet touch the desk.
NJ
25-10-2007, 09:28
"Neanderthal no more"?

Ye, that's the one.
ATZ
25-10-2007, 09:53
It's not much of a problem. It was just an observation. Its actually quite hard for me to determine a natural stance since I'm concious of what I'm attempting to do.

I note it mostly when I have my feet on my desk. My legs will flop to the side to the point where the side of my feet touch the desk.

To quote Chi in quoting Dan John, to find what your natural stance is, relax and jump up and down three times on the spot, have a look down at your feet afterwatds and that should be pretty close to as natural as atance as possible.
NJ
25-10-2007, 10:07
I thought it was jumping from a box or from height that determined that, not jumping on the spot.
Either way, I think you can pretty much pre-determine where you want to put your feet prior to landing.