I am not sure why but I was born with inverted hips and knee's it was noticed early on and I was just told to run a lot to try to straighten up as a kid. So sitting like a upside reversed Indian style was the position most relaxing to me. I am now 26 years old. I've dealt with always walking a little funny, running like a duck and hating yoga because my body simply could not stretch that way. It is very embarrassing to be so awkward, not to mention my hips are so tight I can't do the things I love and feel I could physically do if I were just normal. I suppose I'm upset cause I took a jazzercise class today and I was so incredibly bad at the squats constantly inverting my knees and kicks inverted, no ability to sit with such tight hips on the mats really. Even though my family is medical they pretend this isn't that big of a deal and to deal with being such a klutz. I am 5"10 and chubby, I feel like I am working for nothing. What can I do to loosen my hips? Can you ever do something to your body to normalize such inverted body parts? Do workout machines and "normal" exercises affect my body the same way, such as are my muscles getting the impact they should, if not what should I do? Is there something I should sit on for doing sitting sports like kayaking to stop my hips from tightening. How does such inverted body parts influence giving birth and your internal functions, such as the female parts.. does this influence it to having abnormal issues or pressures? Does this issues weaken muscles faster? I feel I lose muscle at a rapid rate. Thanks so much for responding or just reading, any advice would be highly appreciated.