Thanks for replying neuromuscular
No I haven't been assessed for angle as far as I know.
I've just tried what I think you meant (layperson interpretation?)
For a start, to stand feet 30cm apart without my heel raise my weight is thrown completely onto my left leg. Trying to pull the weight back to the centre uses a lot of muscles and tension. Stood like that the right ASIS is higher. As I move my feet apart, still keeping the weight centred, my right ASIS drops most until at 90cm apart it's dropped below the left ASIS. Having just tried the same exercise with my shoes on (heel raise in), they start level, and as my legs widen the right drops slightly more but unsure how well I'm centering my weight here? I think I have a learned tendency to put more weight on the left now? Hardly suprising (RTHR and leg length difference).
The thing I notice too...... You know how you can drop the hip out to side to take all the weight on that leg? my left hip will go out to the side very normally... if I try the same with my right hip it a] feels awkward to do and takes concentration and muscle power to hold, b] instead of going out to the right it goes backwards too? sticking my buttock out and up? This is similar to the problem I have walking... as this gradually causes tightness and knots around both iliac and lumbar. Even though I walk tall with weight centred and hips held in straight, not with hip swing. I should add here that I'm very overweight which won't help. To be able to walk round a full supermarket I have to lean on a trolley.. if I try walking it unaided but with heel raise in I end up with backward curl on lumbar spine, muscle knotted, pain. This, even when I concentrate on lower abdo muscles pulling pelvis forward the whole time.
Does any of this make sense?
Last point.. for comfort sitting, the left corner of my sofa works like magic. With my back shoved hard against the back, left leg curled on seat, right leg up and straight on seat, with left foot against it, left arm resting on sofa-arm.... is the one position that will ease my back pain. (a fact no-one else has been interested in, but I'm sure should be valid?)
Thanks