If you watch the segment of Bob from Bob and Brad carefully he is actually doing a quick heel strike even while advocating against it. Physical Therapists need better training or maybe training period on how to walk. I spent 5 years trying to relearn how to walk after my knee replacements and it took finding this channel to start on the path to recovery. With muscles that had atrophied. No Physical Therapists were able to help me. Thank you for doing this.
My pleasure. I’m pretty sure the therapists at my organization don’t even address walking. It’s all stretching and strengthening. But for sure they are not trained to tell people to do what Bob and Brad are saying. If you have seen the new Grown and Healthy forefoot walking demo you will also see he is heel striking. Therapists are trained more to address medical gait issues like strokes, Parkinson’s, drop foot etc. Not so much the harmful normal variations of gait in otherwise healthy people.
Hi doctor, I have found your channel few months ago by chance and I have returned just to say a Big Thank You. From my adolescence I have had problems with my posture. When I was walking, people laughed at me and that was a very bad experience. I have tried for many years different exercises, including Yoga, to fix my back, but nothing helped. What actually finally was a solution, is, after watching your videos, I realized that I was stepping the wrong way. So, I started to control my every step, to place the feet properly on the ground while walking. I saw a great improvement after few weeks. In fact, the body, the cortex and the vertebral column are automatically taking the right position and heal by themselves if you move properly. Thanks again for your channel and for helping people. God bless you.
I recently looked through all my old house slipper socks I wear around at home, and every pair has the same distressed areas!! They're all worn down and have holes at the front of the foot and the big toe. I must really have an issue with putting my weight on the balls of my feet when I stand because I'm leaning forward. The heels of the socks are completely fine and undamaged, so my posture must be causing me to put most of my weight on the balls of my feet!! I find that when I try to force myself to adjust and lean back and re-center my weight into my mid-foot, I have such a hard time keeping the balance. Thank you for your videos! I'll continue to work at correcting my movements and unlearning poor posture habits!! ✌️💓
I am a 34 year old, former college athlete. I havent been able to even jog for 3 years. I feel like a prisoner in my own body. Ive gone to so many doctors, pt's ( Ct scan tested me for meningitis), nerve conduction test, and have scowered the internet to look for answers. It has caused severe depression and isolation for me. Lost my mom a little over a year ago to cancer. I took this year off of work (PE Teacher) to try to heal physically and mentally and all ive accomplished in becoming was broke and lost hope to be able to run again. My legs feel so heavy, i have horrible balance and my body feels completely locked up. Ive lost hope. I dont think i would be around if it wasnt for my faith and my family. This video actually makes sense and I feel hopeful."The root" makes sense. I just feel like ive forgotten how to even activate my core. Thank you so much for giving this information freely. 🙏
Me gustan mucho sus videos. Le agradecería mucho me pudiera ayudar a corregir la marcha de una persona afectada por hemiplejia derecha tiene muchos problemas y compensaciones. Eleva cadera para el balanceo de la pierna afectada pie supinado sin dorsiflexion tampoco dobla correctamente la rodilla afectada a veces se eleva con el antepie izquierdo. Por favor necesito ayuda. Gracias felicitaciones por su gran labor. Saludos
All my videos are about walking without exaggerated shoulder sway except the How to Walk with Swagger Video. There is no exaggerate shoulder sway in this video or the others.
I never say you should not heel strike. I say you should not have a heavy heel strike with bad posture. Virtually everyone in the world has a heel strike because that is the normal way to walk.
@@ToddMartinMD ah ok sorry i saw a video where you said something about striking with the ball of the foot then i tried it and felt uncomfortable, i have anterior pelvic tilt and i'm trying to fix it, i must have misunderstood the video, my english is not good, can you explain that to me, please? And thank you for replying.
I have done a video describing the difference between placing with the forefoot or the heel, but I always say you should place with the heel. There is another TH-camr, Grown and Healthy, that tries to tell people to walk forefoot first. You can find my video debating him.
I'm 75 and have heart disease and liver cancer and vertigo and strabismus.... I'm just happy to be above ground and able to walk. My wife had two bad falls where she broke her ankles, arm and a bilateral tear of the right knee. She wants to walk to lose weight and I think she needs to lose weight, before she starts walking.
We have access to a pool and sauna at the YMCA, but she doesn't want to go. Over the years I have seen people recovering from hip and knee surgeries in the pool.
I wish you the best with your medical issues. Trying to lose weight first before walking would be a big challenge because you have to deal with your resting metabolic rate, which will be lower if sedentary. As you mentioned in your other comment, pool exercises can be very helpful for those with significant pain with walking or for people who are very heavy. Walking in deep water is very beneficial. I am not aware how sitting in a sauna is going to give similar benefits to walking.
@@ToddMartinMD Rhonda Patrick Ph.D. A sauna mimics exercise. The heart rate goes up and supposedly the body doesn't know the difference. Plus it's other benefits. I have told her of all the people recovering from hip and knee surgery that walk in the pool. Our YMCA even has a chair to put you in the pool. To top it off she's hypoglycemic with thyroid issues. However, after her service dog and family member had to be put to sleep she didn't hardly eat and lost 27 pounds in a month. She likes her bread and sweets though!
I have question - when i land on heel then put weight on ball of foot, i feel discomfort in my right knee, if i adopt heel to toe( dragging feet like tire) it is fast but i dont know its looks stiff walk
Why would you be dragging your feet? There shouldn’t be any dragging if you are walking heel toe correctly, as seen in the video. If you are feeling knee pain then you may be leaning forward slightly or have an anterior pelvic tilt and impacting incorrectly.
@@ToddMartinMD Dr. Let say if i walk heel first then put weight on balls of foot then i take step from other foot and repeat the process. Is it correct way?
I would just practice the basic technique without trying to sway from the shoulders. That is more of a stylized walk, like someone would do if trying to look cool, like if you were acting in a movie. It could look arrogant even if you do it right
The torso bent backward sounds like anterior pelvic tilt, sometimes when I try to stand up straighter with my lower back in line the excess arch in my lower spine goes to my upper back leaning me backward and out of balance. Normally my APT has me slouched forward. Just a possibility, you may have something different.
I got that much from the first comment. What makes you feel you have a problem with swaying your hips? Are you male or female? Do you feel pain? Have people told you that you should not sway your hips? I want to know why you think you have a problem.
@@ToddMartinMD I am a man. I'm learning to walk correctly to have confidence in my walk but I notice in the video recording that I sway my hips a little from one side to the other.😢 I don't feel pain in my hips but I think it's ugly. I always record my workouts.
Peace. I respectfully disagree, heel striking is a muscularly disengaged walk, which relies heavilly on the skeleton and compresses joints damaging their padding e.g. meniscus, slipped spine discs etc. Forefoot walking makes far more sense, it allows us to fully use our muscles in the act of walking movements (walking is the act of falling and catching our bodyweight). We cannot have good posture without a good forefoot technique, because being stood on our heels disengages the muscles below the knee making it difficult for us to use our muscles to their full threshold. It's the same reason why we never heel strike whilst skipping rope or going down stair cases
You do realize that your disagreement is not just with me, it is with all known literature and research on human gait, every medical school, physical therapy school, and so forth. Not to mention the experience of virtually every human being on the planet throughout all history. There is no logic in forefoot walking. Normal heel strike walking requires the use of all our muscles in a coordinated fashion that also makes it energetically efficient for traveling long distances. Every muscles in the core, hips, and legs are engaged during the course of the normal gait cycle with heel strike. Forefoot strike, which puts a significant muscular load on small muscles in the calves, is not efficient and can lead to strain and injury. Forefoot strike does not reduce impact of walking, it just transfers it to different muscles and joints, putting more strain on the ankles and calves. Proper heel striking does not cause damage, which is why the majority of people can get to advanced age with no significant joint damage. There is a course a large minority of people who walk incorrectly with a heel strike or with duck feet, and you may be one of them, that cause excess strain on their knees. Your comment on posture makes no sense in light of the fact that all definitions of good posture are based on people who heel strike. And we don't stand on our heels anyway. We stand on our full foot. Do some research outside of Grown and Healthy and Bob and Brad and then come back with some evidence. Do not confuse running technique with walking technique. They are not related. I would appreciate a follow up with what your sources of information are, except for Bob and Brad and Grown and Healthy. If those are your only sources, I suggest you expand your research and perhaps also have some humility about thinking all medical people in the world are mistaken, but you are right, based on I suppose your individual experience and watching a couple TH-cam videos. If I am mistaken, and you have something other than anecdotal stories, I would very much like to hear it.
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If you watch the segment of Bob from Bob and Brad carefully he is actually doing a quick heel strike even while advocating against it. Physical Therapists need better training or maybe training period on how to walk. I spent 5 years trying to relearn how to walk after my knee replacements and it took finding this channel to start on the path to recovery. With muscles that had atrophied. No Physical Therapists were able to help me. Thank you for doing this.
My pleasure. I’m pretty sure the therapists at my organization don’t even address walking. It’s all stretching and strengthening. But for sure they are not trained to tell people to do what Bob and Brad are saying. If you have seen the new Grown and Healthy forefoot walking demo you will also see he is heel striking. Therapists are trained more to address medical gait issues like strokes, Parkinson’s, drop foot etc. Not so much the harmful normal variations of gait in otherwise healthy people.
Hey todd, this is your best video yet. Thank you for changing my life
You are very welcome. I am very glad to hear my videos have helped you. Thank you for sharing that.
Really good.
Thanks
Hi doctor, I have found your channel few months ago by chance and I have returned just to say a Big Thank You.
From my adolescence I have had problems with my posture. When I was walking, people laughed at me and that was a very bad experience. I have tried for many years different exercises, including Yoga, to fix my back, but nothing helped. What actually finally was a solution, is, after watching your videos, I realized that I was stepping the wrong way. So, I started to control my every step, to place the feet properly on the ground while walking. I saw a great improvement after few weeks. In fact, the body, the cortex and the vertebral column are automatically taking the right position and heal by themselves if you move properly. Thanks again for your channel and for helping people. God bless you.
I am so so grateful to have found this video. God bless you 🙏
God bless and enjoy the videos. I hope they help.
Excellent content
Much appreciated
Amazing video thank you
My pleasure.
I recently looked through all my old house slipper socks I wear around at home, and every pair has the same distressed areas!! They're all worn down and have holes at the front of the foot and the big toe. I must really have an issue with putting my weight on the balls of my feet when I stand because I'm leaning forward. The heels of the socks are completely fine and undamaged, so my posture must be causing me to put most of my weight on the balls of my feet!! I find that when I try to force myself to adjust and lean back and re-center my weight into my mid-foot, I have such a hard time keeping the balance. Thank you for your videos! I'll continue to work at correcting my movements and unlearning poor posture habits!! ✌️💓
Best of luck. I'm sure you'll get it.
I am a 34 year old, former college athlete. I havent been able to even jog for 3 years. I feel like a prisoner in my own body. Ive gone to so many doctors, pt's ( Ct scan tested me for meningitis), nerve conduction test, and have scowered the internet to look for answers. It has caused severe depression and isolation for me. Lost my mom a little over a year ago to cancer. I took this year off of work (PE Teacher) to try to heal physically and mentally and all ive accomplished in becoming was broke and lost hope to be able to run again. My legs feel so heavy, i have horrible balance and my body feels completely locked up. Ive lost hope. I dont think i would be around if it wasnt for my faith and my family. This video actually makes sense and I feel hopeful."The root" makes sense. I just feel like ive forgotten how to even activate my core. Thank you so much for giving this information freely. 🙏
I wish you the best in recovering and finding the hope.
@@ToddMartinMD Do you have a recommendation for activating the "root" muscles?
Watch my most recent video on the core. You can also watch my videos on the lower abs
Me gustan mucho sus videos. Le agradecería mucho me pudiera ayudar a corregir la marcha de una persona afectada por hemiplejia derecha tiene muchos problemas y compensaciones. Eleva cadera para el balanceo de la pierna afectada pie supinado sin dorsiflexion tampoco dobla correctamente la rodilla afectada a veces se eleva con el antepie izquierdo. Por favor necesito ayuda. Gracias felicitaciones por su gran labor. Saludos
Mi placer.
Can you make a video about how to walk without the exaggerated sway shoulder and the posterior pelvic tilt
All my videos are about walking without exaggerated shoulder sway except the How to Walk with Swagger Video. There is no exaggerate shoulder sway in this video or the others.
You just uploaded a new video, Sunday, March 5, but it's set to "private."
I just reuploaded it How to Walk Master Your Core. I was watching it and the border was off on two of the shots so I had to reposition it.
Why are you stiking with the heel even though you say we shouldn't do that?
I never say you should not heel strike. I say you should not have a heavy heel strike with bad posture. Virtually everyone in the world has a heel strike because that is the normal way to walk.
@@ToddMartinMD ah ok sorry i saw a video where you said something about striking with the ball of the foot then i tried it and felt uncomfortable, i have anterior pelvic tilt and i'm trying to fix it, i must have misunderstood the video, my english is not good, can you explain that to me, please? And thank you for replying.
I have done a video describing the difference between placing with the forefoot or the heel, but I always say you should place with the heel. There is another TH-camr, Grown and Healthy, that tries to tell people to walk forefoot first. You can find my video debating him.
@@ToddMartinMD thank you i will watch it
I'm 75 and have heart disease and liver cancer and vertigo and strabismus.... I'm just happy to be above ground and able to walk.
My wife had two bad falls where she broke her ankles, arm and a bilateral tear of the right knee. She wants to walk to lose weight and I think she needs to lose weight, before she starts walking.
We have access to a pool and sauna at the YMCA, but she doesn't want to go. Over the years I have seen people recovering from hip and knee surgeries in the pool.
I have told her about how a sauna can mimick exercise without stressing the joints to no avail.
I wish you the best with your medical issues. Trying to lose weight first before walking would be a big challenge because you have to deal with your resting metabolic rate, which will be lower if sedentary. As you mentioned in your other comment, pool exercises can be very helpful for those with significant pain with walking or for people who are very heavy. Walking in deep water is very beneficial. I am not aware how sitting in a sauna is going to give similar benefits to walking.
@@ToddMartinMD Rhonda Patrick Ph.D. A sauna mimics exercise. The heart rate goes up and supposedly the body doesn't know the difference. Plus it's other benefits.
I have told her of all the people recovering from hip and knee surgery that walk in the pool. Our YMCA even has a chair to put you in the pool.
To top it off she's hypoglycemic with thyroid issues. However, after her service dog and family member had to be put to sleep she didn't hardly eat and lost 27 pounds in a month. She likes her bread and sweets though!
beautifull! double rooting is one of my biggest problem. i hope to be more balanced but it’s true the opposite. thx for the explanations!
My pleasure. Tai Chi practice can be good for that.
I can easily understand why, but unfortunately my balance issues are too big for tai chi regular practice
@@lucagian9801 Sorry to hear that.
Look into PRI
I have question - when i land on heel then put weight on ball of foot, i feel discomfort in my right knee, if i adopt heel to toe( dragging feet like tire) it is fast but i dont know its looks stiff walk
Why would you be dragging your feet? There shouldn’t be any dragging if you are walking heel toe correctly, as seen in the video. If you are feeling knee pain then you may be leaning forward slightly or have an anterior pelvic tilt and impacting incorrectly.
@@ToddMartinMD Dr. Let say if i walk heel first then put weight on balls of foot then i take step from other foot and repeat the process. Is it correct way?
@@ToddMartinMD So whats the deal with "push off with big toe"?
The whole process is more complex than that. I would go through my videos and the full process is described in great detail.
This video gives my thoughts. th-cam.com/video/GeDBuuFmxTY/w-d-xo.html
I tried to walk confidently,I sway my shoulder but why does my torso bend backward and the way I walk doesn't look confident,It looks arrogant.
I would just practice the basic technique without trying to sway from the shoulders. That is more of a stylized walk, like someone would do if trying to look cool, like if you were acting in a movie. It could look arrogant even if you do it right
@@ToddMartinMD It looks like I've stumbled into another problem,I can't stop the swaying of the shoulder anymore.Its a habit now
The torso bent backward sounds like anterior pelvic tilt, sometimes when I try to stand up straighter with my lower back in line the excess arch in my lower spine goes to my upper back leaning me backward and out of balance. Normally my APT has me slouched forward. Just a possibility, you may have something different.
@@iwill8607 Focus on moving from your center, not your upper back or shoulders.
How to walk without swaying your hips?
That is my next video.
Can you tell me more about why you want to stop swaying your hips. That will help for context because I get this same question from different people.
@@ToddMartinMD How to walk without swaying your hips from one side to the other?
I got that much from the first comment. What makes you feel you have a problem with swaying your hips? Are you male or female? Do you feel pain? Have people told you that you should not sway your hips? I want to know why you think you have a problem.
@@ToddMartinMD I am a man. I'm learning to walk correctly to have confidence in my walk but I notice in the video recording that I sway my hips a little from one side to the other.😢 I don't feel pain in my hips but I think it's ugly. I always record my workouts.
Peace. I respectfully disagree, heel striking is a muscularly disengaged walk, which relies heavilly on the skeleton and compresses joints damaging their padding e.g. meniscus, slipped spine discs etc. Forefoot walking makes far more sense, it allows us to fully use our muscles in the act of walking movements (walking is the act of falling and catching our bodyweight). We cannot have good posture without a good forefoot technique, because being stood on our heels disengages the muscles below the knee making it difficult for us to use our muscles to their full threshold. It's the same reason why we never heel strike whilst skipping rope or going down stair cases
You do realize that your disagreement is not just with me, it is with all known literature and research on human gait, every medical school, physical therapy school, and so forth. Not to mention the experience of virtually every human being on the planet throughout all history. There is no logic in forefoot walking. Normal heel strike walking requires the use of all our muscles in a coordinated fashion that also makes it energetically efficient for traveling long distances. Every muscles in the core, hips, and legs are engaged during the course of the normal gait cycle with heel strike. Forefoot strike, which puts a significant muscular load on small muscles in the calves, is not efficient and can lead to strain and injury. Forefoot strike does not reduce impact of walking, it just transfers it to different muscles and joints, putting more strain on the ankles and calves. Proper heel striking does not cause damage, which is why the majority of people can get to advanced age with no significant joint damage. There is a course a large minority of people who walk incorrectly with a heel strike or with duck feet, and you may be one of them, that cause excess strain on their knees. Your comment on posture makes no sense in light of the fact that all definitions of good posture are based on people who heel strike. And we don't stand on our heels anyway. We stand on our full foot. Do some research outside of Grown and Healthy and Bob and Brad and then come back with some evidence. Do not confuse running technique with walking technique. They are not related. I would appreciate a follow up with what your sources of information are, except for Bob and Brad and Grown and Healthy. If those are your only sources, I suggest you expand your research and perhaps also have some humility about thinking all medical people in the world are mistaken, but you are right, based on I suppose your individual experience and watching a couple TH-cam videos. If I am mistaken, and you have something other than anecdotal stories, I would very much like to hear it.