the things i noticed are subtle, and may only be relevant to this picture. please remember that i can only make judgements by what i see in this pic. definitely go see someone who has expertise in assessing and fixing muscle imbalances and postural distortion:
- it looks like most of your weight is on your left leg (i can see the striations in your left quad area, but don't see the same muscle activation on the right. it could be that you have shifted your wieght to left to avoid pain, or that you were walking and had not yet shifted your weight back to the right side. either way your hip is migrating slightly to the left.
- as i move up your left side above your hip i see that the distance between your arm and your side is slim compared to the distance between the two on the right. it is likely that your lat and/or quadratus lumborum on the left side are overactive. again this could possibly be your body moving away from pain or just the way you walk. either way i would take a closer look at those areas.
- the other thing that i see is that the front of your shorts are very wrinkly just below your hip line and toward your inner thigh. this tells me that your hip flexors are tight. i also can tell this by the fact that your wastline is not flat.
these types of distortions could easily lead to a glute strain. along with your it band, i bet your piriformis is also very tight and overactive.
by the way you look great and it's clear to me that you train very hard. even minor muscle imbalances can lead to injury when explosive movements are made on an unstable surface.
the bottom line is that for you to continue your training pain free you definitely want work through these imbalances.
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