Quote Originally Posted by trinena View Post
Thanks Wahine for such an informative reply. I've printed it out and I'm taking it with me to the P.T. tomorrow morning. Thurs. I am seeing the ortho doctor right before I see the sports medicine doctor so I will be able to ask him about my motion control shoes (new pair of brooks adrenaline) and the orthotics.

I was told that I do have hip weakness (planks are hard for me), my right side is particularly weak. I was also told that I have to get my glutes to fire more (esp. for running). Through the pilates portion of the PT I also learned that I wasn't really engaging core muscles.

My P.T. told me she thought my knee issue had to be connected to my back (my doc didn't think so) but I need all of this clarified with more detail. I have a vague notion of what's going on in my body so I know I need to learn more and ask more questions. It helps to know what questions to ask!
This to me sounds like your PT has a good handle on what's going on. She may not have articulated things in the same way but she's got you working on the right stuff. What's really important is that as you get better control at your hip doing slower exercises in easier positions, like lying down, you eventually progress to faster movements that mimic rate of muscle contraction with running speeds and in weight bearing positions. But you can't do those until you have good control with slower movements.