Welcome to another weekend short of The Matter Over Mind Experience
I am your host, Master Trainer & Weight Management Expert, Narado Zeco Powell
This weekend, want to talk about knee valgus
Many new and even experienced athletes hurt themselves because they aren’t familiar with this
I will break down what it is and how to improve it.
Let’s begin
Knee valgus is characterized by your knee collapsing inward when your hip flexes.
You may also notice that the opposite side of your pelvis may collapse downward.
This is seen most often in squats, lunges, jumps, landing, and descending steps.
Unless you are paying attention to your form, you may constantly train this way which over time leads to knee pain, joint stiffness, unsteadiness in your gait & more!
Knee valgus is when the knees buckle inward, most often, you’ll see this during a barbell squat.
To varying degrees, it may look like a bow being strung and released.
Your knees will gravitate toward each other momentarily, then drift apart again as you clear the toughest part of your squat.
Here are ways to correct it;
Strengthening the knee and hip muscles can improve valgus knee and performing a squat with a resistance band can help improve function.
Valgus knee can happen when lowering or rising out of the bottom of the squat.
Resistance bands are great tools to help correct valgus knees and provide strength to your hip muscles.
I recommended during your warm-ups before training
There are many short Youtube videos that can help you accomplish this .
There it is!
Enjoy your weekend fam
