How to Fix a Hip Shift in Your Squat & Using Knee Sleeves |#AskSquatU Show Ep. 6|

In this episode, Dr. Aaron Horschig talks with elite powerlifter Ryan Baylark about how to fix a hip shift during the squat and whether or not you should use knee sleeves when squatting heavy.

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Often athletes show a shift in their hips to one side or the other due to imbalances in strength or coordination. Using a single leg bridge test and glute medius strength test, we can hope to uncover and expose some of these weak links so we can fix them and restore quality movement in the squat.

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[karlmel]

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[Benganboy]

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[alainvincente]

I've got a client with a really bad tilt to his right side during his squat as he approaches parallel. I'm gonna make use of this and strengthen his weaker side and hope it works out well. Really good video.

[johndonaghey]

Brilliant video. Thanks so much. I thought people were shifting to one side because they were tight on that side. This helps explain a lot.

[yashikavakil]

OMG! I cannot believe there is a reason for this shift and a way to correct it! THANK YOU for understanding this and for helping so many of us!!

[wees]

I use titan sleeves. They definitely make my knees stay warm and stable. I lose a small amount of depth but I also have a naturally narrow squat so I could widen to get a little more if I wanted. Love you man!

[jonahmoore]

I love this channel I’m highly interested in going back to school for physical therapy its in the works!

[melissasharmini]

This is so relevant for me! Thank you, Dr Horschig, for taking the time to make these helpful and easy to understand videos.

[SMydland]

I saw this video today, so at the beginning of my workout today I did an air squat, and my hip shifts both at the beginning and out of the bottom.. I did the 3x20rep glutebridge hold, and some banded side walks, and after that my airsquat was hugely more stable and symmetric straight away. Thnx for making the video!

[jamescalvert]

I've tried a few brands and SBD is top personally, get a good amount of compression and feel very stable.

[xyrw]

Thanks so much for this information. My squat suffers because my gluteus medius is practically useless as a result of having no hip joint for a year and then having a leg length discrepancy after the joint was finally replaced. I see I can benefit from doing more bridges to strengthen that muscle before trying to squat heavier weight.

[hearttokitchen]

Awesome video! Thanks so much! I kept pausing to test myself, take notes, and practice. I can't wait to implement what I Iearned!

[moona]

SBD and strong, they give a great compression feeling, makes me much confident while squatting heavier weights

[wabodhlamini]

You are awesome! I'm definitely going to try these, I hardly ever go to the squatting rack anymore because I just feel helpless.

[unclemoneymoneyuncle]

Went to osut(basic/ait) with Baylark. Pretty sweet to see him chasing his goals with lifting too! Been aggravating my knee lately so I'm going to be picking up some knee sleeves. Compression def helped my elbow so I just gotta get the right size for the knee.

[ChromosomeDeficiency]

Great video man, this really helped me a lot. I always shift to my right side, and after testing the one legged bridge, I noticed that I was unable to contract my left glute anywhere close to my right one.

[magalybanuelos]

Definitely going to try this! My squat form is horrible right now!

[arttupaivinen]

Does it matter if you do this as a seperate exercise or warm up? This one is spot on with what im struggling with and causes me pain in my lowerback on the left side, i’m excited to see if this helps me, getting frustrated of the pain :D keep doing your amazing work, it is so valuable!!

[jeremyarguellesbullfrogend]

Good Job Guys! Very professional and informative!

[joelheath]

These are all so good! Very helpful and informative!