<span style="font-weight: 400;">In our running biomechanics workshop we discuss anatomy, lower limb mechanics, the integrated system, assessing pronation &amp; supination, dorsi flexion ranges &amp; hip drop. We also discuss normal anatomical variations.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the problems with simply looking at the way our client’s run (or move) is that we are often taught (&amp; assume) coaching better alignment &amp; technique can improve symptoms like runners' knees....and it might!</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Knock knees or knee valgus is a commonly seen 'issue' in running clients but there may be a cause that we cannot see nor alter. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Did you know they could have been born with internally rotated femurs!? This means they could be genetically pre dispositioned to knee valgus, ligament dominance &amp; maybe runners knee!</span>

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In this weeks juicemail we will share the femoral version tests with you &amp; how you can learn tactics, concepts &amp; principles to help your runners complaining of sore knees....

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<h2><b>Femoral Version  </b></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Femoral</em> means relating to the femur &amp; <em>version</em> relates to angles of the bone/s</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Femoral <strong>Ante</strong>version - femur neck medially/internally rotated, towards the midline (maybe with the foot) </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Femoral <strong>Retro</strong>version - femur neck laterally/externally rotated, away from the midline (maybe with the foot)</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This can be assessed to allow us to appreciate the limitations we may be faced with when programming our runners' strength training plan.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">If our client is limited by a bony hip variation that we cannot change then their movement &amp; running style may not be aesthetically comparable to what is suggested as the ideal alignment.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">However we can condition &amp; train the muscles &amp; nerves to control the movement for risk reduction / performance optimisation. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This can contribute to reducing excessive knee valgus, hip drop or a visible flick when running - none of which are inherently bad, however can be used for visual monitoring of movement quality </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">To score positively you would need to observe more extreme differences ie beyond 40-45 degrees of rotation in the femoral version test.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This means that if there’s not much movement generally then we might alter what we do about it but this is not a positive result for excessive version.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">To measure version, have your client supine, hip/knee both at 90 degrees, or prone knee at 90 degree, leg should internal &amp; externally rotate 40-45 degrees to both directions - internal &amp; external rotation. </span>

This could be done prone with the knee flexed to 90 degrees &amp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">internal &amp; external rotation of the hip can also be evaluated for the same degrees of rotation. </span>

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<h1><a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/running-biomechanics-workshops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Running Biomechanics Workshop </a></h1>
Join us n the classroom &amp; learn all the lower limb tests algn with all of the research/evidence for each running style, common injuries &amp; how to address them with your runners.....

Scotland Nov 5th 2021

Nottingham Nov 20th 2021

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