Full Lotus Hip Rom

Summary

Full lotus (padmasana) is a **hip** position, not a knee one: the range comes entirely from hip external rotation and flexion, and the comfortable seat is a legible read of open hips — but forcing the legs into it when the hips lack the range transfers the torque to the knee, a hinge joint with almost no rotational tolerance, which is exactly how people injure the meniscus and medial ligaments. **Ease is the marker; pain means not yet; never force it.** ---