The BEST Corrective Exercise for KNEE PAIN: The Runners Hang

Here's a live example of the dynamic version of this exercise called "hip airplanes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9svtEV4vkp0

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The chances of knee injury and knee pain are increased drastically by postural and positional misalignments. Foremost among these is dynamic knee valgus. Often called knock knees, the dynamic version of this knee misalignment is not postural but is instead seen during movement. This is often seen in runners, lifters and athletes and is a common cause of ACL tears, MCL tears, meniscus and cartilage tears and runners knee. The runners hang is simple exercise that helps strengthen and stretch the hips and legs in order to make the body more durable against this misalignment. And most importantly, the runners hang helps teach proper knee alignment so that the skill of healthy movement can more easily translate to athletic activities.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:47 Glute Medius
2:28 Over Pronation
3:21 Kinesthetic Awareness
3:56 Runner's Hang
5:04 Runner's Hang Instruction
5:52 Variations
6:29 Lateral Hip Hike
6:58 Programming and Progression
8:40 End Art and Quote