Toe Walking - What Every Parent Should Know 

I'm 43 years old and have been walking on my toes since I could. I'm 6ft tall 250lbs now, but was a state champion wrestler, 800m and 400m state qualifier in track and played offensive guard (165lbs, lol) and defensive end for my High School football team. I was incredibly fast, and had an explosiveness unmatched by few. Rode jet skis in the Colorado River for over 2 decades almost every day of every summer. NEVER had a sprained or broken ankle, NEVER any achilles issues. I do remember the doctors who told my Mom that I would be deformed for life and the $$$ they took. All the wedges, braces, stretches, physical therapy school visits I went through was for nothing. Also.. I did receive a lot of torment in school, ballerina boy, tippy toes, to stay PG.. All that social stigma did was force me into playing sports, because I WAS FAST AND POWERFUL and the toe teasing actually gave me motivation to rise above. Remember parents what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I am 18 and I still use to walk on my toes. And it don't hurts and it's more comfortable.

I’m 14 and I do this. My parents as well as my relatives often scold me for toe walking but they don’t get how hard it is to quit. As someone who plays sports and has a high foot arch, toe walking has helped me a lot in maintaining balance. I just wish my parents could understand me

Very helpful. Thanks

The best video so far! 👌

Thank you sir.

I did toe walking all the way into adulthood. It was a very difficult habit to get out of. I also had a very bad day dreaming habit as well that might have been related.

i've walked this way my whole life. it's more comfortable, quieter, gentler on the body, and feels more effortless. i feel more steady too (i actually loose my balance more often when i'm wearing shoes/flat footing). i don't think we're supposed to walk flat on our feet, i think our shoes teach us to walk that way and people think it's "normal".

Honestly I'm a father of 3 who grew up toe walking and though I rarely do it now my kids have taken it up. When i was young i took so much pain adapting to what the doctors wanted me to try. I'll be dam if i put my kids through that , the best thing I've seen is help your kids or yourself how to relearn walking. Take 4 hours out of your day and dedicate it to them or yourself , it may be hard or even frustrating but it will help. Retraining the mind is a timely task but when dont right it will adapt.

I stopped doing this before I went to elementary, but I started to do it again at the age of 16 since I it found easier for balancing than walking normally

I'm also a toe-walker. I have been walking like this for as long as I can remember. I keep getting asked question about why I walk like this, it is pretty annoying, but unfortunately it is something I will have to deal with for a long time. I have been trying to improve by doing exercises, but it takes a long time to improve my toe-walking. Some people just don't understand how painful it can be sometimes.

Thank you this was amazing information

I am 34 and have/do toe walk. I used to do it as a kid mostly pretend to be a Dinosaur, I do not recall it being common. Later in life my Achilles tendon would hurt and toe walking alleviated it but I only did it at home and so was not walking or doing much while toe walking. This however was still an issue as I was walking with friends apologised for my slow pace, two of which were Ballet dancers and since they spend so much time with feet, they noted how I walk with a front foot first then feel rather than heel first, so I took their observation to heart and took a conscious effort to walk properly. I am alot better now and my tendons do not tend to seize up as they once did. I do find myself after a long hard days work (I stand all day) after a bit of a rest my tendons are seized and I toe walk a little before stretching them out to stand fully flat. It is annoying, it is not perfect, but hopefully functional?

I'm autism and that was hurting more and more, but I resolve it with stretching so quickly! that was amazing ! At 34years a kinesiology finally explained to me how to exercises on a stair all by miself, it's easy : I put my feet on the edge of a stair, then let my body go up on my toe, and down with my heel really down to stretch behind my leg, and I do that just 8second each and repeat a few time slowly, with my body straight, fix a point in front, while holding the banister by security, that's so easy and efficient!

We're in this exact situation with our 5 year old right now!

My bro and I, who grew up on a wooded slope, toe walked through middle school. We enjoyed it and it prevented injury to our feet from stones, thorns, etc, while barefoot. Imho, intervention only needs to be made if the kids are fully unable to stand with heels flat to the ground or have pain. We had no pain or deformity and grew out of it as we became adults.

I’m 23 and I’m still doing this. Only when I don’t wear shoes though. As of right now no pain but I’m now getting into more exercise and squatting and I think it’s affecting that.

I walked on my toes for 13 years and how they fixed it was with a cast on both feet and took around 2-4 months to go to normal. I started walking at around age 2.

I have walked like that all my life with no pain or health problems, just a lot of bullying. But I was still the fastest, even against the boys. XD So unless it is actually hurting them in some way or will in the future, I really don’t think parents should do anything to their kid for it, especially not surgery. As many many of these comments show how it haven’t had a negative effect on them at all. I am really happy to know other people do this too. ❤❤

I used to toe walk but no one really noticed it until another mom shamed me for it. I took ballet because a good chunk of the time is spent on the toes but you have to deep bend flat footed as well. I still have to stretch my ankles and feet because I'm super tall and get sore if I don't.

I've never heard of this before but trying to walk like that is super uncomfortable.

I just want to say Thank you for this informative video. My 4 yo son has been toe walking when he first started walking at the age of 13 months. Finally his doctor agree to the possibility of surgery. His surgery is scheduled for Nov. 1, 2021. Just a few days away. Yes, I'm extremely nervous but I'm excited for my son at the same time. Your video helped me to overcome the fear of surgery for him. Thank you sooooo much for giving me hope. And everybody else who has found this video helpful. Although, I really would've like to try other methods. After the x-rays and other test were done. Surgery was our only option.

My Achilles is a little short and I don’t have 20 degrees of dorsiflexion of the foot so I can try to walk normal but the lift off isn’t very normal. I also cannot plant my heels to do a squat. If I want to squat then I have to fully be on the balls of my feet for balance and as a result my knees aren’t completely aligned with my feet through the squatting motion because my knees bow out a bit.

I toe walked all throughout my youth. I only began to adapt due to injuries and became more aware about how abnormal it was. The age i started to change my gait was around 11-13. At some point i injured the ball of my right foot and this prevented me walking in the same way. To deal with this, i began to twist my right ankle outwardsso i could use the arch as a spingboard rather than the directly over the toes. This lead to the second stage of walking. I would walk with essentially a trendeleburg gait. Using my left leg as a pole type pivot and swinging my right leg. This gait pattern was never consistent and it tended to switch in and out of different faulty gait patterns. Overall, the most common one was an antalgic gait, according to my chiropracter. My standing position generally includes most of my weight over my left leg whereas my right has 20% if its feeling very good. I also tend to put more weight on my forefoot, and tend to avoid putting weight on my heel. It recently clicked for me that throughout my entire life i have avoided putting weight on my right heel. Either its painful and im so wired to not go there to avoid the pain that i stuggle to even begin the movement necessary. The thing is, i do have severely limited dorsiflexion on both sides, mainly my right but i dont really get pain in my lower leg much anymore, probably due to the fact i put way less weight on it now. I did during the gait change period say 12-16 get really bad shin splints and the ankle joint itself felt very stiff and sore. How likely is it that this is the cause of all my issues? Im now stuck in a fake version of left stance, from what i understand, it seems like due to the naturally asymmetric nature of our brain and body composition, i developed into the standard left aic right bc postural pattern. I however was toe walking so i was never really usinng the right stance properly and certainly was never really able to shift out of the left aic pattern into left stance. This was my base posture. I then injured various elements of my right leg, needed to opperate in my stuck right stance, so my body desperately seeked a way to shift onto my left leg. I had no way to push properly into my left side, and no idea how i would even do that anyway. But i NEEDED, to be able to shift weight onto the left leg. This has lead to me, being in right stance, but heavily twisting my body to the left, and despite still being stacked over the right leg, with the ribs closer to the hips on that side, i then lean that entire structure over to the left. My default posture now is this right stance position with everything twisted and leaning to force weight distribution onto my left leg. Repetitive Rotation Superior T8 Syndrome pattern. Is the name given to the postural pattern i find myself in. The pain i tend to get comes from the lower back and hips, rather than the ankles and lower legs. What i would love to know, and really appreciate your input on, would be: How likely is it that my problems all stem from restricted ankles and short achillies, or would it be more likely to stem from elsewhere? Added info. Ive had a hip xray and structurally it is relatively normal. Theres clear signs the pelvis is both angled down to the left and also twisted. This is causing a functional leg length discrepancy, making my right side effectively shorter, and therefore making it even more difficult to, first get propperly into right stance and then to be able to truelly shift into left stance. I also have diagnosed adhd and im not diagnosed with autism, but i do exhibit very mild indication.

When my parents noticed I toe walked which is not always but I do it very often in cases of areas where my feet feel like they need to balance themselves like that, something the doctors did is that they added me those things you can’t walk with on your feet, like what they do to you when you break a bone on your arm or something, they said that the Achilles’ tendon had to be stretched longer, I have been months with those and I still walk on my toes, also another thing I have is penguin walk which is my feet are wrong positioned on the sides

I started walking like this because I didn’t like wearing shoes, the floor is cold and i saw a video about how hook worms could attached to your feet. That was when I was younger. Now I know how to walk flat but I still do toe walking just just not to make any sound.

i usually do a weird thing where i switch between toe walking and normal walking depending on the situation but i usually toe walk in a casual situations and my calfs are like extra beefy now

it doesn't hurt tho- im comfortable with it.

I grew up walking normal until about first grade. Then I started racing kids and was beating kids 4 grades higher then I. My gym teacher was watching me and told me I should run on the balls of my feet. So I took it one step further I started walking on the balls of my feet everywhere. Kids would call me chicken hawk from the old looney tunes cartoons. By the time high school came around I had huge over sized calves thighs. People would be amazed how defined and large. I was always overweight as a teen but not obese or anything just kid chubby. But I was the fastest "fat kid" on the football, lacrosse and hockey team. I could chase down RBs and WRs, I played mid field in lacrosse I did both offense and defense so I ran alot and hit alot, hockey I was 2nd fasted on my team and strongest hitter usually top goal scorer. I always said getting in the habit of constantly walking on my feet like that contributed to my leg endurance.

I am 26 and I'm still a toe walker (i didn't know there was a name for it, ive always called it tippy toe) I had no idea it was an issue until I stumbled across a mother talking about her child having it, I just thought it was the way I walked. It probably has something to do with my ankle and knee problems. My son is almost 2 and he's a toe walker as well, but I think he's just copying me bc he seems to have no issues walking on his whole foot. He's also flat-footed, idk if that has anything to do with being a toe walker, but I have an extreme arch in my feet so I always thought it odd that he tippy toed with flat feet.

When I was as 7 I started toe walking I don’t know why. After OT and PT at age 11 I had to get surgery on both my legs. Parents please pay attention to toe walking so you don’t have to go through what I did.

I'm 45 and I did this until I was around 5 or 6 years old and I have no idea why. I don't even remember when or how I switched to walking normally but I know I never saw a doctor for it. I have ADHD but otherwise I don't have any conditions I'm aware of, and my ADHD is fairly mild now (though it was rather severe in elementary and middle school). My memories of this are very strange. I didn't give it any thought until I was with my biological dad one day (who I didn't see very often) and he told me to stop walking like a girl. From then on I became very self conscious about it and I think this may be the main reason I stopped doing it. Before that I had no idea that what I was doing was usual.

My daughter is going to be 3 years old in 3 months (33 months old). She began walking at 10.5 months. As she walked and walked, we began moving objects out of her reach. At about 13 months, we saw her get on her toes a lot reaching for things. That seemed like a normal reaction to me until it advanced to her just walking around like that in the middle of the room. I had her evaluated after she turned two because she was also speech delayed, but not non-verbal. The evaluators detected no autism red flags 🚩 based on her interactions, joint attention (eye contact and pointing) and how she played with toys. Her speech has fortunately advanced a lot in her third year and she’s just got to master more pronouns, articles, and complete sentence structures. She also loves to interact with people, give hugs, and share food. She’s also had physical therapy and thick sole/high top shoes 👟, but the toe walking isn’t completely gone. There was a 2-week period when it almost entirely stopped, but it came back. Fortunately, my daughter has no range of motion problems (able to walk flat), her ankle can be completely rotated and stretched, she’s very physically capable (lives to climb bars and even walk up slides), and she toe walks less than 1/2 the time. She was found to have flat feet 🦶 and pronation though, which the physical therapist said MAY be contributing or causing the toe walking. The PT said a podiatrist is not necessary unless she is in pain, which she doesn’t seem to be in. The PT also said a child may need to be walking for a total of 3 years before all walking issues are resolved, which means she has until she is 3 years and 10.5 months old (about 13.5 more months). The exercises that were recommended were great and she is interested in some of them. My observation has been that, as long as the surface is flat, my daughter’s toe walking is not increased or decreased based on textures (i.e. wooden floor, cement, marble, or carpet). What I have noticed is that when she is wandering around the room without any goal in mind, the toe walking emerges. When she has a goal or task in mind, she doesn’t toe walk and stays focused on her plan/goal. She doesn’t toe walk when she wakes up or gets out of bed either. The toe walking varying based on her mental state is why I’m beginning to consider if there is any sensory component to her toe walking and, if there is, if nothing can be done for it and we may as well just make sure she has the right shoes that make toe walking less and less a hazard and give her opportunities to engage in activities that require a heel-toe pattern.

I pick my skin and I sometimes do it on my feet so for me (being a teenager) it’s more comfortable

I'm in my mid 20's, I still walk on my toes. I've never had any pain from it. I do kickboxing now and staying on my toes keeps me light on my feet. I also have insane calf muscles because of it. I just need to be careful to stretch out regularly so the muscles don't get too tight and stress out my ankles or knees. My mom always told me I was going to tear up my feet, but I've not had any real problems with it.

My daughter has been a toe walker since she started walking. She's now 6 and it's non stop. She almost can't walk without doing it. It's the first thing most people notice about her besides her extreme height. She's been to a P.T. at the age of 3 and he told me she would grow out of it and her range of motion was beautiful. We just went to Shriners in Erie this year (age 6) and they recommended more P.T. but said her range of motion and flexibility is exactly where it should be. I'm at a loss. We tried heel squeakers, "rocker" shoes, P.T., and are about to buy platform crocs. They think she's doing it for stimulation. No autism or the such. But she does have behavioral diagnoses. She has no pain flat or toe walking. And her Achilles is just as it should be too. Any recommendations or help? I'm so frustrated and at a loss.

I didnt know this was bad ive been doing this for so long

I used to tiptoe a lot as a kid, but it was mostly on cold floors, because we have hard wood and tile flooring in the kitchen and other areas of the house. Probably undressed, but about the last week or so, my Achilles tendon has been really sore on my right foot and idk if I did something or what happened. I haven’t even been as active (which I guess may be a cause too), I can’t think of anything that might have caused it like stress or some kind of injury, or if it’s just a new ache/pain I have to add to the list (including my knees and back from flat feet and strained back muscles).

i really hope i could get those leg brace things

I'm 10 years old and I still toe walk but I haven't got to a docter yet but I will soon and yes it does hurt when I try to stand flat I agree

I have autism and I toe walk even at 20 years old. Helps me to think and though it hurts after a long time, I keep better balance when I’m flat on my feet when I do it repeatedly

Bowen Therapy may help. It does for the soft tissue what chiropractic does for the spine. Chiropractic in conjunction with Bowen Therapy may be better still.

I can walk normal comfortably but I see myself walking on tippy toes pretty often especially when I’m using stairs alote I walk up or down with my tippy toes then I continue to walk on my tippy toes out of habit, but I often walk on tippy toes anyways I hope there’s no bad side effects from walking on tippy toes cause if they are I’d focus more on walking normally but if there isn’t no bad side effects I’ll just keep doing what’s comfortable

I walked on my tippy toes from my first steps to 11. I was not able to walk flat and would be in pain if I tried. Surgery was always recommended for me by every doctor. My mom thought it was also a habit so it would not be fully corrected. I wore leg braces that were molded to the shape of my legs and feet (orthotics). I wore them most days at school. I tried to wear them while I slept. my mom would encourage me to wear them as much as possible but understood I needed breaks. I also did physiotherapy. After a year I walked flat foot. I tippy toed in bare feet still so wore slippers in the house until it was no longer a full habit. Super grateful 🙏. I would have major back issues for sure if not corrected.

Hi, my child is 6 years and she is toe walking. It’s been like that for the past 2 years although the first 4 years since birth she walked normally as a child. This condition started at the age of 4. For the past year we been to different paediatricians and they have advised that she may be suffering from short achilles tendon called tendonitis. We are not based in America, & we are considering to fly in for evaluation and proper diagnosis before we decide whether to surgically operate on our child. When is the best time to call your office and schedule an appointment?

I have been a toe Walker my whole life and have had no problems and have lived a normal life. Children do not need to go through any surgery's or do anything else we are unique people!.

hey mate, I am having a problem with my toe when I start walking in heels my posture get worse but if I walk in toes it gets alright? can u recommend me something to cure this?

I wanna know when you strike the floor with heel should you follow through to the ends of the toes to help.increase ankle mobility

The reason i am watching this video is because my daughter who is 1 year and 3 months old is a toe walker. We went to many hospitals and most of them said to go with POP casting. We finally got both legs casted yesterday but from then my daughter is crying badly throughout the day because of discomfort in sleeping. If its for a Surguery i think i need to wait for 2 more years.

I'm 14 but started getting called out for it the previous year.I was called a penguin but didn't really care back then.Now I've done a lot of research and I figured it was just a habit, but will also do excersise because I feel a little pain on my ankles sometimes. Now I started walking heel to toe and at first it felt unatural and weird, but now I do it naturally.

Im 18 and dont do this very often or am probably unaware im doing it but, until i was about ten i did ,and still do sometimes my mom never noticed so she never brought it up to a doctor but i was diagnosed clinically with severe adhd but i can comfortably walk flat on my feet all day

My brother when he very young started to walk and then ran on his toes. My mother got him a bike and within a few weeks he no longer walked or ran on his toes.

I have it

Hello. My son is 12 yrs old and has been toe walking since about 3yrs old. We tried some physical therapy when he was 4, but it was not consistent. We were told also that he would outgrow it but he still toe walks. He says it is painful to put his heels down when standing. He also has his feet/toes pointing straight out when lying down. It is even difficult for him to do stretching exercises to stretch his Achilles’ tendon. I would like to know if the night splints may still work for him or if surgery is the only option now that he’s older and has been toe walking for awhile. We’d like to try other measures first before surgery but also don’t want to waste time if they likely won’t work. Thank you! Appreciate any advice.

My son will be 3 end of September. We saw physical therapist who agreed we needed to see a neurosurgeon. Neurosurgeon did mris and observed. We also saw a urologist and urodynamics testing done. Both doctors released us saying they do not believe the issue is tethered cord syndrome. My son has awful leg, Back, hip, foot , and toe pain. Sometimes it wakes him up at night and he can't bear to sit in his carseat on long rides. He does toe walk but not constantly when he does toe walk it's on the tops of his toe nails/toes it gets so bad sometimes that his toe nails Crack and break. Pediatrician is considering orthopedics or rheumatologist for our next step. Do you have any suggestions/opinions on if we should skip these and see a podiatrist? Please and thank you!

I’m 23, I’m not on my FULL toes but my heel doesn’t touch the floor, even when I walk up stairs I’m in my tip toes like I got on heels! I have to actually realize I’m doing it to correct it, but I’ve never had any pains… Also, my calves are amazing.

i just do it because its fun, sometimes i do it without realizing. however i can still walk on my feet flat.

I walk on my tip toes and am 12 becomeing 13 in a couple weeks. I have gone to a doctor and they told me I have a short achieles tenden. I am takeing therapy for it next week. I'm nervous because if that doesn't work I might need surgery. It has always been more comfortable walking on my tip toes. But more harder to walk flat footed.

My son is 3 years 6 months old and since he started to walk at 14 months shortly after he began to walk on his toes. To this day he still does it. I'm so worried I've taken him to an orthopedic specialist who has given him 2 separate braces and they still didn't help.. I really need your help.

I'm 30 years old, Aspie (Autistic), been toe-walking all my life

I walk like this. I have done it for years (im 15). I just had ACL reconstruction 3 months ago. I learned to walk again. But now I have the tip toe walking and the weird limp with my knee. I dont know how to fix it. its one of my biggest insecurities and I constantly get made fun of for it. I am a football player and I feel whenever I used to practice, deep in my heels I would feel lots of pain. trainers always just diagnosed me with grade one ankle sprains and out me on treatment but it never went away. I also feel pain in my feet while walking sometimes. My sister had this problem corrected when she was younger but my parents never saw it for me. Is it just a calf issue?

I'm 16 and i still walk on my toes, i walk on my flat feet when I'm out and about to not get bullied or anything, but its comfortable when I'm at home

I've toe-walked my whole life and never even knew it was 'a thing.' I can walk just fine on flat feet. Fast run is on the pad, stable run is on flat feet. Strength is on flat feet, nimble on the pad. I work out and stretch every day, never had ankle. heel or sole issues. It feels light and bouncy to toe-walk. Pleasant. I'll get checked just to be sure it's all good, but I like my toe-walking on occasion as an adult.

I do this all the time I’m 13

I'm not autistic but being assessed for adhd and have been doing it since was a child, only barefoot, and walking normally is no problem either for me

My 4 year old has sensory processing order, and still toe walks, he's almost 5.. He can flat foot walk when reminded, but that lasts 1 second or 2 seconds. Not sure who to contact. He was diagnosed with autism, while that was 2 years ago, he is very neurotypical except for the SPD to textures and sound sometimes.

It's so weird seeing this. I did this throughout my childhood and well into adulthood. I'm in my mid 30s and still occasionally do it, but only when barefoot. No one ever said anything to me.

Does surgery interfere with sports? My son loves baseball, but I’m afraid it can get in the middle of what he loves to do.

Im 14 and been toe walking most of my life and recently it has been really hard to walk flat and the back of my foot hurts alot, trying to figure out what to do

I’m 15 and I’ve been toe walking my whole life my parents haven’t done anything about it’s starting to be uncomfortable and hurt idk what to do..

My 3 years old boy doing same since one year not under 2 , Suddenly it happened pls share anything regarding this issues n also speech is also very less

I'm an autistic adult and have toe walked my entire life, my feet are pretty much flat so it's hard to even notice except for wear and tear on shoes. Honestly main drawback I've ever suffered is my footsteps tend to be rather quiet and it can scare people because I'm a pretty large guy and pretty silent on my feet.

My 9 yr old grandson toe walks, with his right ankle tighter then left. He recently had a mri showing nerve cluster at the end of spine. Pediatrician referred him for surgery. We want to know if braces, PT would help we would like to avoid surgery

Im 22 I walk on my toes even with shoes on . Im just worried that if I ever get pregnant it will effect my balance. But as of right now I wake up and walk standing on my toes. I feel more contral in my feet then when i try walking flat.

Hi there! I am a toe Walker and have had casting and splints. Would you recommend surgery or Botox?

Dr. Jarmin, I have looked at your website, and the links in the description and haven’t found an email address to reach you or your partners in your practice. I would love to communicate with you about a second opinion for 2 of my children. Or at least get your opinion of the Hospital, Surgeon, and Neurology team we have been seeing this far for my son’s clubfoot, and my daughter’s tippy toeing. Thank you

Im a child with this tho i dont have many of these symtoms i just walk on my tippt toes cause its more comfortable and makes me taller.

Sir my son is toe walking. He is having muscle tone high with stiffness on left ankle. Doc has suggested for MRI scan brian. Does it really required? Or only physiotherapy is enough? Please reply sir.

My son is about to be 5 and is being evaluated in Phx Childrens hospital. They are suggesting Botox and serial casting. I’m not fully convinced. My son is very sensory sensitive and is already traumatized by anyone in scrubs including the school nurse. Out of curiosity I searched up your office and realized it’s in Gilbert. I would love to get your opinion and also wondered if you worked with Phx children’s?

I always thought we were training to wear heels

My son started walking when he was 12 months. Now at 16 months he's still toe walking. He occasionally walks flat, and when he's running his feet is flat!

So do I and my mom is a little concerned, But I still don’t see why it’s bad. But I kinda see because I just started and It wont stop😮😢

Heh...I did it all the way until I was a teen. It was because I loved ballerinas and how they walked though. The Achilles tendon hurting because of this makes sense though. It would hurt during gym classes to run.

I walk both ways, only on my toes sometimes for like 17 seconds at home maybe once every like three months, maybe 3 or more, nothing to do with pain or anything, I’m just tall and heavy so my calves are fucking ripped and it’s easy to just flex to myself that I can do it with ease.

I was bed ridden in the hospital and had to re learn to walk. I did that on my toes at 6. Any suggestions on how to fix it now

My 2 year old started tip toe walking,exactlu when he turn 2 yeara old. Is this normal,he was not doing it before

I am 11 and I walk on my toes, I get really insecure about it, but I dont know how to stop walking that way.

I've been toe walking since I could walk. When I was 3-4 I was taken to a foot doctor because I was flat foot and didn't have an arch in my foot. The doctor also pointed out that I was toe walking and had that examined as well. It turned out that I was just really flexible and it was just more comfortable for me to walk that way because of it. I got orthotics because I was flat foot but they were also supposed to help me stop toe walking but I did it anyways. Tried getting me shoes to make it a lot harder for me to toe walk but I managed to do it anyways 😅 Every time I've gone to the doctor I always have my feet checked because normally people who toe walk tend to have tight muscles in their ankles. But still every time I'm told that I'm just flexible. (I have no problems with pain or anything either)

My child is 8 & has problems walking, he can’t stand up straight & walking causes pain. Idk what to do, 3 doctors haven’t told me exactly what it is, been told it’s his tendent, been ignored by one doc, given the runaround! I need help so bad, I cry not knowing what to do to help him!

What if your child walks on the tops of his toes? Is that considered toe walking too? Like curls the toes under his foot and walks on the opposite side of the ball of the foot (imagine the toenails are facing the floor). My four year old walks this way a lot, but not all the time. I have no idea how he even does it because it looks painful, but he seems unbothered by it.

My kids is 3 years old and when we ask him to keep heels down, he kept for few second then forgot. We tried ortho special shoes from amazon and everything, nothing helps him to remember his heels down. Can you please share some tips how we can encourage him. We visited hospital last year, the doctor asked to do feet exercise only

My son is almost 8 and has been a toe walker since he started walking .. he has a well visit coming up and bringing this up to address. My going to assume serial casting..I have read great things. My question is.... Would you suggest going,or cancelling a summer camping trip if he's in 2 casts? It's a very wooden area with big rocks and things.

I'm 30 and still walk on my toes when I'm not wearing shoes. It's 100 percent a sensory issue for me. If I wear socks I tend to not do it as much but my gait isn't great.

i didn't know this was a thing. I do it when i'm barefoot, but I don't go all the way up. I just barely hover above the ground but walk on the front part of my feet. I wonder if that's a bad thing since it doesn't seem to be as severe as other people's and I can make myself flat but hovering just a bit above the ground and letting the front part of my foot keep contact with the ground has been more comfortable for me and I don't really feel pain. I used to do ice skating and I'm trying to get back into it.

Wow I didn't know this was a thing

Ive been doing this since i was a kid and when i do excercises the back of my foot hurts

Why is it when humans perceive something different then it must be wrong? If there's no underlying medical issue, then it's just that individual's make-up. See the beauty in different instead of trying to "correct it" to suit the majority. Everything doesn't need to be "fixed."

I walk mostly on my foot, but occasionally switch to toe walking. Just for boxing or fun

I can’t stand straight at 33 i was casted and they said they didn’t see anything wrong with my feet but now it’s worrying me not being able to stand straight i literally can’t put my feet flat on the floor

My mom always told my doctor that I walk on my toes and they kept telling her that I would grow out of it but I never did and they never listened to her when she said she was concerned about it bc apparently I would grow out of it. When I was 14 my calves started getting super super tight and it was very painful to walk. I had Achilles tendon lengthening surgery on my left foot when I was 16 and it helped a lot but now I need to have tendon shortening surgery on Wednesday because they lengthened it too long and now I can’t push off on my foot. And then next year I’m gonna need surgery to lengthen my right leg but this new doctor said he would lengthen my calf muscle instead of my Achilles tendon