Can sitting cross-legged cause severe pain in the hip joints?
1. Introduction Sitting cross-legged can absolutely cause severe pain in the hip joints by placing the hips into a sustained position of extreme external rotation, flexion, and abduction. This unnatural biomechanical alignment severely structurally compresses the joint capsule, maximizing the mechanical shear stress on the delicate labrum and the surrounding lubricating bursae. Prolonged exposure to … Read more
