Went to my phisio today and was told that my hips are are twisted and uneven (so Jen, a little help here as to how you dealt with this), and that my knees are also out of alignment.
It is interesting, because I was just about to put up a post about my general observation of what works best for significant hip imbalances (or any imbalances, really). Imbalances in major joints is bound to happen to every one of us at some point, whether it be from something we were born with, to overuse injuries, to being right/left handed, to car or occupational accidents -
imbalances will happen. Furthermore, these imbalances affect every other joint in your body, pulling them out of alignment as well.
This is what I have learned about my imbalances (which are significant) -
do not try to balance the imbalances. You have to accommodate them!
The two sides of your hips are not working together, so don't force them to, that will only aggravate them more. Anytime you are running on a flat, hard surface, you are forcing them to work
together. Anytime you are on a stair machine, bicycle or elliptical machine, you are forcing them to work together. Any time you are doing bilateral exercises, you are forcing them to work together. They don't like that.
The key to running with significantly twisted hips is to find the most twisted, uneven, irregular, dirt trail, possible - meaning, lots of dips and curves and things to step up on and to step over (lots of roots to crack your toes on) -things of that sort. The trail must be highly variable so that your hips can engage of their own accord, and in their own way, and not be forced into a position that -despite the millions of target exercises you may attempt to do - they will never really stay in, anyway.
Likewise, no bilateral strength exercises! No two-legged squats, only one-legged. This applies to all the other parts of your body you have to exercise, as well, cuz guess what? They are all attached to your hips by fascia! So, now barbell exercises, only dumbbells. Only one limb should be moving at a time when it comes to strength exercises.
There are other tips, but these tips are key!