I couldn't agree more. I watched 10 videos and they had contrasting opinions that just confused me. Now I watched her explain my problem and I'm convinced that this is the only opinion I need to listen to. Best video about the topic.
Oh wow! I'm hyper mobile and I've never had anyone address walking properly! I'm actually a "Banana Duck" to be honest. I have fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, arthritis, lupus, yeah! So you can imagine how much my joints hurt! I feel like an old lady! I'm going to start using your tip immediately. Thank you! I really can't thank you enough for making this video! 😊☮️
This is the best vdo i have seen... people make fun of my way of walking, i knew that I don't walk properly but i was unable to find mistake in my walk...now i understand what's wrong with my walk!
May i ask how? Anyway hope its going better and people stop beeing silly. In my case ive been crouching and also people made fun of me.. its all on the feets and i focus on the arch to straight my legs.
Lots of different opinions out there on how to walk "correctly." I have found that striking the forefoot or midfoot first has helped my knee pain. Heel striking can hurt the knees.
@@OutrageIsNow I found this video to be very helpful! Good luck :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bGST6h3yhJE.html&ab_channel=GrownandHealthyGrownandHealthy
completely agree, I think it really depends on the shoe. Unfortunately people wear the padded almost "heel" like trainer and it really shifts the positioning of the feet. Taking the hips into anterior pelvic tilt and hyperextending the knees. I've personally found a soft impact landing on the heel whilst almost simultaneously hitting the mid foot at the same time to be helpful. This said there are many schools for thought on this and others prefer forefoot walking. I say, go in the direction towards pain-free movement and you've cracked the code so it's great that you found something that works for you.
With a neutral alignment of hips, knees, feet etc. a forefoot strike is unnatural. Usually you’re expending more energy and activating more muscles to get that forefoot strike. Walking with either a heel strike or mid foot strike is easily attainable with more relaxed muscles if everything is aligned correctly. And shoes play a BIG part in influencing your foot strike.
@@OutrageIsNow try a softer soled shoe.. I find it difficult and somewhat awkward to walk toe heel when wearing a stiffer or thicker soled shoes, I feel like I'm forcing an unnatural gait, but as soon as I put on a soft soled shoe or take my shoes off all together my stride softens and often the toe heel stride takes over on it's own (especially when running..) and feels much more natural.
Where was this lady 40 yrs ago when I needed her? Thank you for the lesson. Always knew something was wrong with my walk. Wear out inside heels of my soles. I'm banana legged. Now I can work on improvement.
Thank you. I am 68 years old and realized that I have banana knees. The past few weeks I've been trying to improve my walk but I wasn't sure how to improve it until I watched your video. Very helpful thank you so much
Thanks a lot for explaining with after effects of walking in wrong way I followed the wrong method of keeping knees straight and longer stride plus sway back posture causing knee shock and sacrilo ilieac joint inflammation and recently aggravated pain in SI joint since 4 or 5 weeks My body managed to adjust my mistakes till I was 51 but now it couldn't So, I thought there is something quite wrong I could be doing and I doubted my stride and Ankle touching first as reasons. After some research I found that there is an opinion to walk by pushing with back foot toes to move forward plus shoulder sway. All these basic errors happened as I had to walk a mile daily to school by supporting a 5 kg bag belt on head resulting in arrest of shoulder sway, longer stride and sway back. All my doubts had been proved correct and gave correct suggestions, but now training myself to consciously change bad habits means retraining on every step and walking at reduced pace but correctly Thanks to you and also others who posted on this topic and helping out
As a fitness professional I do not understand why the government is not doing something about encouraging children to learn how to walk properly in their early years. The incidence of obesity is directly related to that of valgus knee. The cost to our health services for treatment of obesity-related conditions would be slashed if people entered adulthood with proper orthopaedics & musculature
Is it a case of them not walking properly or their knees touching? Isn't that a bone issue? I don't think they can just change that. 75% of children have knock knees before the age of 5 and it fixes on its own. Are you saying they become obese after the knees align properly? It's a bold statement. What exactly should doctors be doing differently in your opinion? My son has knock knees. How exactly do I teach him to just straighten his legs?
I really enjoyed your presentation. I am a bit self conscious about walking and your explanation clarified an aspect of walking I definitely had wrong. The slight tilt forward makes so much more sense now. I was always told through my school days to have my back straight up and erect. It might look good but it is definitely not functional. Thank you so much from Canada!! Looks lovely wherever you filmed this!!!!!
HI James Bond! Loving the name. Im glad you enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm always a little self conscious too but because i tend to round my shoulders and stick out my head a little. I've found just bringing awareness to it reminds me. Also seeing other people walking the same way is a cue for me to get my shoulders back and pull my head in. I agree with you about the upright posture. I have anterior pelvic tilt and I realised in my 20s that I was actually exaggerating my posture more and making it worse. "Back straight and erect" usually leads to overarching the lower back and creating more tightness and issues through the lower back. Not sure if its the same for you. I live in Southern Spain, greetings from here to Canada, have a good day
Awww love you for making this video i walked wrong all my life and my family was making fun of my walk but now i know what was wrong with my walk i definitely improve it ❤
At last a sensible comment. The lady walks in such a stiff and self conscious way. There is no fluidity, no natural pelvic and shoulder movement. More Like a marching soldier. Why would anyone want to emulate it? I don't teach how to walk, but in my opinion, initiating movement in the hip and leading with the knee, not the foot , would imitate more natural pattern of barefoot walking.
Amazing. I’ve recently run into a knee issue. While recovering & getting strength back …. I can’t believe how much I was actually doing wrong with just walking! This helps a lot! Now I see a lot of other people walking incorrectly as well. Maybe there should be a walking 101 class in elementary school 😂
Excellent. What would seems as the simplest of movement is such a big problem for many of us. Thank you very much. BTW I suffer from flat right foot. I am working hard at training my body to move appropriately. In my late 40’s so it’s a bit harder I think due to years of incorrect movement and posture.
Thank you. This is so good. I've found so many videos that say how you should do it and then rather than showing it they give you a 20 minute explanation about the evolutionary development of humans.
Duck feet also pinches the lower spine, predisposing to sciatica. Very helpful information! It took me decades to overcome duck feet, and I just figured out my flat feet causing foot pain every night.
Its worth mentioning some people land on their toes or mid foot. Also be sure to lift your sternum up and drop your shoulders 😉 remember you don’t lead with your upper body, you lead with your “middle” which is why you must lift it up! I still think dance is the best way to learn posture 🤍
I have all of the mistakes but only on my right side. It's gotten better since I started strengthening and mobilizing my hips and tibialis. Have to release my gastroc and soleus daily. It's not perfect but it is getting better. Buying a pair of Altra Lone Peaks helped me so much. Although any barefoot shoe will help, I love my Altras.
Yeah! Altras zero drops rock. They really helped me get through doing the 4000 footers in New Hampshire. They do feel like clown shoes for the first 15 minutes or so.
@@glorgau definitely. The person I bought them from told me they would feel weird at first but only because “regular shoes” have stifled and muted the muscles involved in walking. Astral makes a minimalist shoe that I’m looking forward to trying out too
I am glad you liked it! I have also released a new video on how to do a proper pullup and will be creating more content on other fitness and health topics :)
I have some lordosis and an extremely high arch, so I used to stick my bum out and tilt my ankles in for stability, which brought in my knees too. Pilates has helped A LOT. The feet position they consider correct is very slightly outward (think of a pizza slice wedged between your front feet), so that the thighs and glut are engaged. Also, keep your tummy softly pushed in while you lower your shoulders and open your chest. That takes care of the upper body.
Thank you for your comment. Its so great that pilates helped you. Yes, im with you, I know when you're squatting and deadlifting that the toes should ever so slightly be pointing outwards. Thanks for your tips about the stomach and upper body.
Thank you, yes I've always felt like my root chakra is my best chakra. Very grounded. And I'm very proud of it. However, some work needs to be done on the crown area and I was told my third eye needs opening.
I cured my knee pain with barefoot shoes or minimalist shoes.I walk 2 hours a day and had to stop several times during my walks from severe pain.I was shure I had tendinitis.The doctor said I had arthritis accoording to the exrays .I am no 98% pain free.Its like a miracle.
i love barefoot shoe walking. I had some five finger toe shoes. Got some strange looks in my town but moved to a city a few years ago and now of course its normal to be different So glad you cured your knee pain with barefoot shoes.
This was very clear. I am flat footed, and over the years arthritis in knees led to a bilateral total knee replacements and had to relearn how to walk, but because the the flat feet find old habits slip in, and came across this video and will continue to think about the heal toe and soft knees etc.
You explain really well the "soft heel touch" and starting the midfoot nearly at the same time. min 6:23 Not a real sharp angle and hit of the heel as I've seen other places..OR...just coming into the midfoot at the outer edge of the foot.
flat feet is a physical deformity which causes the particular gait. It is not a “mistake” that the person is committing. It requires careful attention to shoes as shoes with arches are painful and do not address the problem, orthotics may help if money allows for that option as most insurance plans do not cover them and surgery may even be necessary. My husband inherited flat feet from his mother complicated by golf ball size tumors that form on the soles of both feet. He walks with pain and at age 70 he has had surgery on the tumors but walking is challenging, certainly not a mistake he is making.
It's so good to see this. I'm older and dealing with some foot and other structural problems, but am supposed to walk, so you have helped this old girl greatly.
Good video! I watched 2 popular physical therapists talking about walking & landing on ball of foot but they did not show how to do that. Your instructions are so much better.
I was over at REI the other day returning an online purchase of sandals that were too big. (They looked like they might be good for barefoot running Style, which I'm used to.) But while I was at the store I wandered over to the section with a selection of sandals, and since it's REI you're expected to do some pretty heavy hiking, distances and so forth. All I can say is you got to advocate for yourself when you're buying sandals or shoes for that matter. The guy actually did not want to sell me something that he said "didn't have arch support". Maybe he looked at me since I'm older and thought I couldn't handle hiking? I don't know. I ended up buying something that was cheap enough that I think they probably won't last very long, but they were so flexible that you can actually roll them up. Like my old Vibrams. Since I've been doing barefoot running for a long time, I check in every once in awhile when I see other people on the sidewalk for example. It's a reality check. Seriously. There are so many people out there with horrible habits. I'm just not one of them :-)
Im with you clinton. I just dont understand it from a foot mechanics prospective. The heel is meant to aid in absorbing the shock impact through the other joints, specifically the knee, so im not sure why there is a trend for forefoot walking.
Thank you Angie, I appreciate your message. I have many ideas for videos but if there’s any topic in particular you would like to see please let me know
It’s easy to do that transition but it’s not easy to go back to right arm and right leg in order to slow down, at least for me. I know how to accelerate but don’t know how to desaccelerate.
I accidentally came across this video and I am glad I did. I have duck feet, so will try to use your suggestions. Also could you please also do a video, on how to prepare for jogs, run if one suffers from herniated disc, neck Spondilosis and knee pain? I sadly suffer from all these and I am in late 20s.
How many steps did it take u to start cross crawl walk? U know…arms opposing the legs. I ask this because I saw u did not start cross crawling. U started with the right leg and right arm and then after a few steps u started to oppose your limbs. How many steps does it take to go from same leg same arm to start opposing your limbs?
Very helpful, though you did ‘tick tock’ when stepping off, but then slipped back in to the natural ‘opposite arm and leg’. A common mistake for soldiers learning to march when the drill sergeant is shouting at them! I am teasing - this was very helpful, thanks.
This a great video. Mohave lots of hardware in my right leg which has given me issues the several years (fused ankle, patella has pins with a screw in the tibia for the cabling enclosing my patella. Fused L2-L3-L4. Left hip has had pain in it and some weakness…several docs have looked at it and usually end up with steroid injection but I have stoped those because of my osteoporosis. As my grandson said several years ago, “NaNa your a hot mess!
Your walk looks nice 🙂. And I contribute that to the dorsiflext foot behind you 🙃. I can't tell if you drop your foot arch simultaneously or if you're steps are narrow but that that makes it all nicer. But how you ask.. 1, Better breathing 2, Less stress hormones 3, People likes you more
I still have my archs but like your video shows i tends to put all my weight on the insides. On my right side even more which make my left side more unstable. This has now made me get an knee brace and it actually helps with the balance and save energy! What kind of exercises can help by the way? Also trying to land on the middle of the foot like you said help as well :)
