Knock knees are a common presentation in people with a deep back arch.

This back arch happens when muscles at the back of the waistband get tight. This tension happens to pick up hip internal rotation by shifting the pelvis forward.

By shifting the pelvis forward to pick up hip internal rotation, the result can be the legs coming together. This is what we see in people with knock knees.

To straighten out your legs and improve hip mobility try this wall squat variation. To make sure your gains are consistent stop squatting before your back arches.

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  1. I feel pressure in my shins is that whats supposed to happen? And i also feel like im pushing my hip back is thst good?

  2. I am very embarassed with my knock knee in any wedding or occasion people noticed my legs 🧐 and starting laughing 😞 I lose my self confidence because of this damm shit disease How i solve this problem

  3. wow I definitely have noticed that I have a bit of an arch in my back plus a bit of knock knees, I wonder if I do this exercises if it would help me to correct this 🧐 I would try and see it it gets better

  4. My 17 yr old son has knock knees and doctors kept putting him off- now he’s 6’4,370 and in constant pain. I’m angry with everyone because he’s also not a good candidate for surgery- Ehlers danlos hypermobility. My heart is broken for him. A cane at 17?! This was preventable.

  5. I have PPMS (allegedly lol)… my drop leg, the knee collapses inward. I thought it was … something I could do nothing about… but I started working on tight hips, and the arches of my feet and holy cow.., I can’t believe it’s gone! Ty for all the info!

  6. Yeah me too and I'm 6"2 with knock knees and it doesn't look well wearing pants sometimes and I completely avoid wearing shorts or short jeans on the road and I have friends with bow legs and it's soooooo neat in jeans and they get admired but people would normally laugh at me for having knock knees so it creates insecurities….. Females tell me I'm not sexy or attractive enough for them to get into a real relationship with me

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