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coreJack · 03-19-2009, 09:15 AM

The right side of my hip is slightly higher than the left side. The right side also seems to jut out laterally more so than the left side. A massage therapist recently noted that my right quadratus lumborum was noticeably tighter than the left QL.

With the imbalances I've had/have - APT, quad dominance, etc., and also because I've only noticed this hip asymmetry in the last couple of years (mid-30s now), I suspect it is a result of muscle imbalances or tightness rather than bone length discrepancies.

If I'm correct about it being muscular in nature, what's the best way to reduce the hip asymmetry? I've been doing hip hikes equally on both sides - mostly because I wasn't sure which side I should be hiking to balance things out.

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coreJack Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 64	Hip asymmetry The right side of my hip is slightly higher than the left side. The right side also seems to jut out laterally more so than the left side. A massage therapist recently noted that my right quadratus lumborum was noticeably tighter than the left QL. With the imbalances I've had/have - APT, quad dominance, etc., and also because I've only noticed this hip asymmetry in the last couple of years (mid-30s now), I suspect it is a result of muscle imbalances or tightness rather than bone length discrepancies. If I'm correct about it being muscular in nature, what's the best way to reduce the hip asymmetry? I've been doing hip hikes equally on both sides - mostly because I wasn't sure which side I should be hiking to balance things out.