Skater squats

Hi all,

iVe recently started doing skater squats and have noticed that on the decent my knees collapse inward rather then staying in a straight line with my hip and toes. 

Not it sure if this is normal. I’m wondering if this gets fixed as I keep working through it or a sign that I moved on too early from previous exercises or mobility. 

Any thoughts?

HI Arsen, knee collapsing inside is not good.

first solution: think about pulling is outside by arching the feet;

if the first does not work: put something under your heel like 1 cm height surface. loop how it goes. if this way solves the problem then the problem is the ankle mobility.

Hi Alessandro,

i suspected something like this. So I will test. I will test with elevating the heel. If I do notice that elevating the heel helps and it is an ankle mobility issue, what is the solve. Do I just keep working with an elevated heel? Do I do more ankle mobility work( ankle restore eeriest a few more times a week) while still working the exercise without elevating the heel?

If elevating the heel does not help, what is the next thing I should look for?

thanks,

I did see some improvement with being able to keep my knee in line when defending after inserting a 1 inch platform(I used a book) under my heel. I also have to mention that this only happens with my right(dominant) leg. 

Now that hat I have this somewhat diagnosed what steps do I take to fix it?

On 12/9/2018 at 4:27 PM, Arsen Giller said:

I did see some improvement with being able to keep my knee in line when defending after inserting a 1 inch platform(I used a book) under my heel. I also have to mention that this only happens with my right(dominant) leg. 

 

Now that hat I have this somewhat diagnosed what steps do I take to fix it?

Begin with the good habit of feeling the weight on the side when you are squatting. what about the normal life...walking...running etc. i think that a checkup with a PT is a good solution to understand the problem FIRST. then we can find a solution!

I got checked out at a PT. It seems my problem is flat feet and over pronation. When I showed the pt the excercises I’m doing his opinion was that’s what is causing the hip instability. 

He recomended wearing shoes with  more support while I work out.  I told him that I usually do the workouts barefoot.

What are your thoughts? Anything I can do to correct this. I’m sure you’ve seen other athletes with this issue. 

Thanks 

Arsen

Usually, hips instability can be caused by foot but also the opposite. he/she has checked you so follow his/her suggestion.

Well outside of wearing shoes he didn’t really give me a suggestion. Is there a way to streangthen arches so I can continue to work barefoot or should I just work with sneakers?

Sincerely I cannot have an answer for you because I cannot check you in person. As stated previously the problem can be both hips and feet. now use a pronation reduction and see how it goes.

Thanks Alessandro. I’ll give it shot in sneakers.