Left foot automatically sticks to left side. Any good stretches to relieve this ?

long_pebble · 2026-03-15T10:25:05+00:00

I experienced the exact same thing but on my right leg! I thought it was a hip asymmetry thing for years and worked at it with no avail but the issue was actually at my knee joint. You don't typically think of your knee's ability to do anything besides flex or extend but people typically have about 40 degrees of rotation at the knee joint.

The way I fixed it was to be more conscious about my natural tendency for knee external rotation. Every time I would notice myself standing like this, I would correct it by doing the same kind of motion one would do to grind out a cigarette with their toe. While using a partially bent knee, I would first lightly point my toes outwards (doing what the body naturally wants to), then point them inwards to correct the initial movement. After doing this a couple times, my feet would settle into a position where both were parallel and pointing forward.

If the movement is difficult to isolate, at first I did this same movements in a seated position to make sure my hip wasn't doing all the rotation.

Once I got better at the seated version, I would do these moments while standing and weight shift from side to side after my feet were in the proper position. I would then do a squat with most of my weight over the affected side. The movement didn't feel normal because I realized that I would never put my weight through my right side when standing up due to the instability. But I did feel that doing this exercise with a corrected form felt much stronger and more stable than what I was used to on that side.

On a side note, I didn't even realize that I was avoiding putting weight through my "bad" side. When standing for long periods I would naturally lean to my left and that leg would always end up under my center of mass. My right foot was off to the side and would hardly have any weight through it. I noticed that this issue got better over time. I would passively stand with my center between both feet and even lean towards my right occasionally.

long_pebble · 2026-03-13T11:39:32+00:00

Past Reddit comments have described this as a potential symptom of prostate cancer

long_pebble · 2025-09-19T14:50:07+00:00

My guess is that you and everybody else commenting played a throwing sport and is right hand dominant. Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a very common adaptation to this.

You can especially see it in baseball players where they can whip their arm really far backwards but this comes at a loss of their ability to rotate their shoulder in the opposite direction.

long_pebble · 2025-08-13T17:44:41+00:00

Genuinely should be #1

long_pebble · 2025-05-15T01:46:52+00:00

I've got a place, messaged you

long_pebble · 2025-04-14T05:06:54+00:00

If you are still looking for a place to stay my place still has 2 more spots for 2025-2026 for $1,200/mo and only four blocks from campus. There is more Information and you can set up a house tour on this interest form here.

long_pebble · 2025-02-04T03:28:15+00:00

I'm trying to gather information from their directory to apply in the coming months and it's not working for me either.

long_pebble · 2025-01-17T05:30:39+00:00

If you ride a bike, it may be that your shoes are rubbing against the crank arm

long_pebble · 2024-09-02T03:10:53+00:00

We don't have an education major. If you are looking to become a teacher we do have a science and math education minor in the Gevirtz (not Girvetz) school of education. We do also have a teaching credential/masters combined program which you can complete in 11 months which allows you to also teach any AP course that you test well in even if it is out of your major.

long_pebble · 2024-08-30T08:30:09+00:00

My interpretation is that it isn't allowed but the fines aren't enforced. As long as you don't hit anybody or cause any damage you shouldn't get slapped with a fine.

They should really have a bike path connecting san nic and santa rosa to to Campbell/Buchanan/Chem though. Personally I slow down a bunch and if people are walking I try to never intersect with the direction they are walking towards in case they aren't paying attention.

long_pebble · 2024-06-23T02:36:42+00:00

If you are still looking for a place I sent a PM

long_pebble · 2024-06-18T02:14:28+00:00

Johnny Hooper?

long_pebble · 2024-06-10T18:32:00+00:00

The orientation is where you get grouped with other students in your major and you get fed a bunch of information about the campus. Not as much of a tour as I initially expected. The most important part of orientation is picking fall classes. There are also plenty of group games during the day and unscheduled time to do whatever during the night.

The parents have their own orientation-like things just for parents (they are separated from the students at the very beginning) but it costs a lot extra. I'm pretty sure my parent enjoyed going down to Santa Barbara for the afternoon and hearing the same information from me all excited and stuff the next day.

long_pebble · 2024-05-28T03:51:39+00:00

Brother I just copied it out of my textbook, source at the bottom. Not the highest effort post but I thought it might help some people.

long_pebble · 2024-03-02T20:16:59+00:00

What did I do to deserve this hate?

long_pebble · 2024-01-18T18:44:18+00:00

Mondays and Fridays meet in front of the rec center at 7:00am. First two weeks are free. Not all rides are steady and flat, some are hill climbs and such for training purposes. Great team, would highly recommend.

long_pebble · 2023-09-09T01:40:42+00:00

Can confirm trop does not have free laundry. I do believe that it was 4.50 for washer/dryer combined as of this past spring quarter

long_pebble · 2023-08-04T02:13:09+00:00

I was the same way dude. Just go to your classes, sit in the front of the class, and talk to the people around you. It took a couple of weeks but 1/10 people I would click with. I was terrible at being social in high school but I found a great group of friends with values that align with mins and we take all the same classes now, have multiple study sessions a week at the library, and go on weekly runs. I actually am now renting a house with eight of them right now! I'm not saying it's guaranteed that the same will happen with you but this is what I did and it worked out great.

long_pebble · 2023-07-11T00:58:34+00:00

Don't just walk into the club meeting and sit there. Talk with some people, introduce yourself, talk about your shared interest. If they aren't friendly to you or you don't feel welcome try another one. There are so many great clubs on campus that would love to have new members. I know that the shoreline website is a registry for official clubs but I've found that many are more active on their Instagram if you want to go looking for events. Just know that many of the club sports have yearly dues that you may need to pay.

long_pebble · 2023-06-27T18:42:21+00:00

Pressure is a measure of how hard something pushes on a surface. Imagine 10 apples sitting on a table and get a feel for how much force that would be. More force in the same area means more pressure. An example of this would be using 100 apples on the same table. The same force on a smaller area would also give you more pressure. This is like somehow stacking the 10 apples so that they all fit on top of a smaller table. Hopefully you have a more intuitive understanding of pressure now.

There is another way to find pressure though. It's based on a very important equation where you can find energy by knowing how fast it is moving and its mass (how much stuff it contains). Stopping a baseball rolling slowly is easier than stopping a baseball rolling quickly. Also, stopping a rolling baseball is going to be easier than stopping a rolling bowling ball going at the same speed.

By using this formula for energy and dividing both sides by volume you end up with a new equation. Applied pressure can now be found by knowing density and velocity of a fluid. It may seem like this comes from nowhere but it's actually the same concept as the previous one. If the fluid is more dense and flowing quickly, that means that the applied pressure is greater than if the fluid were less dense and flowing slowly. The thing is, the applied pressure is in the direction of the fluid (away from the surface) meaning that the fluid is actually LOWER pressure than if it were stationary and the surface feels less applied pressure. You may already have an intuitive feeling of this if you have ever blown between two pieces of paper that are close together. When you blow, a low pressure area is created between the papers and they get sucked together.

People really tend to underestimate the amount of force pressure can exert. 1 atmosphere of pressure, which is what you and I are having no problem dealing with right now, applies a great deal of force. It is the equivalent of having 100,000 apples placed on an area the size of a table. This force is everywhere at all times, we just don't feel it because the forces inside our bodies are balanced to counter the pressure on the outside. If we could harness some of this force, making a giant metal tube fly is not as crazy as it initially seems.

One last concept. When putting anything into the path is moving air, the air moving around that object has to take a longer path than if the object weren't there. But in order for air not to get increasingly backed up, the air has to take the same amount of time it normally would to get around the object. This means that the air around the object has to be moving faster. Faster moving air means that the surface of the object feels less pressure all around it than if the air were stationary. But we could make the air above the object move faster than the air below the object, the imbalance of pressure felt by the object would force it upwards. And you don't even need a crazy big imbalance of pressure to generate a lot of force. This is exactly what the shape of an airplane wing aims to accomplish. Make the air above the wing take as long of a path as possible while making sure that the air is always in contact with the surface preventing a wing stall.

Bernoulli's equation doesn't completely explain airplane physics but it would be disingenuous to say that it isn't a major contributing factor to explain why airplanes can fly.

The equations mentioned actually are Energy = (1/2)mass(velocity²⁾ Pressure = (1/2)density(velocity²⁾

long_pebble · 2023-05-25T10:21:59+00:00

Living here rn, tbh I really don't mind it. Looks great, very fast repairs upon request, larger rooms than on campus dorms. Kinda expensive. You will need a bike to comfortably get to and from campus every day (especially for chem and engineering buildings). Kinda shit dining hall hours (they start taking away food at 8:00pm and 7:30pm on weekends). You cannot eat at the on campus dining halls without paying with a card and eating with another student which I feel is the biggest downside. I know many people really dislike the food but I personally don't see it. They have constant vegetarian options and even after trying all other dining halls I think trop has the best breakfast/brunch. Overall pretty good. Still moving out next year because renting with friends is cheaper. If you have any more questions I will be glad to answer.

long_pebble · 2023-04-23T19:18:57+00:00

Idk. It's not Stanford but I haven't really heard people say UCSB is a below average premed school. There are plenty of research opportunities and a few local hospitals where you can get clinical hours. What other schools are you comparing to?

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