Movement

Fixing Hip Shift in the Squat


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Are you having trouble shifting to one side during your squat? If this causing you hip or knee pain? Dysfunction in the adductors is a common culprit for this issue. Dr. Quinn Henoch describes some techniques that Chad Wesley Smith has used to address this problem for himself:

 

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