Mostly directed at you skinny lemmys. As a luxuriously sized north American, it struck me as odd that I could not recall my knees knocking together since childhood. True, I have enjoyed powerlifting since highschool, but still. I can press my knees together just fine seated or reclining. How often does the average Lemmy feel their knees knock together?
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Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 14 pts · 35d
Wait what?
Goes through the comment section to understand what we're even talking about
I gues never
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 35d
I had to look up what that even is. So the answer, unsurprisingly, is never. It looks like it might happen if you have a serious muscular and connective tissue atrophy? So really shouldn’t be something that just happens sometimes
Vanth@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 35d
"Knock knees" is a predominantly childhood thing that most kids grow out of. It's not a less-than-luxury-size thing.
Adult peeps with knock knees who have never talked to a doctor about it, please look into PT. That shit can be potentially fixed or at least improved with good ol' physical therapy.
MantisToboggon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 35d
Only when I try to lift your mom.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 35d
You, sir, are a thespian
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 35d
As a life-long recovering klutz, I sometimes knock my ankles together. But, never my knees.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 35d
I thought that was just a figure of speech?
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 35d
Contrary to popular belief, it is not. I was a skinny boy who liked to climb and play sports. I can remember quite a few times me knees knocked together as I was growing up.
SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 35d
I assumed it was just something people tended to learn to avoid doing.
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
Never. I am constantly walking around sideways in a badminton smash-receiving stance. 🦀
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 34d
I don't think mine ever do, but they do sublux on occasion
dingus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 34d
Huh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genu_valgum
Don't think this has anything to do with being skinny unless you had malnutrition. Looks like if you have it as a kid, it's normal enough and you tend to grow out of it. If it's severe or you don't grow out of it, it's due to malnutrition or other disease processes.
So I'd wager most people on Lemmy do not have this. I'm fairly thin and I have never had that.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 35d
This basically never happens ah