Dr. Martin I wanted to thank you for being a part of my journey to freedom from pain. Your emphasis on core function when walking has been an eye opener, and a great addition to my toolkit for improving my gait. One key thing about core function in gait is I believe it has to be felt and is a rather challenging thing to teach in motion. My ab exercises have centered around just a few which have allowed me to create a better connection to my core and here they are: 1. Traditional plank 2. Side planks 3. Dead bug (alternating arm and leg drop while maintaining braced core) 4. Bird dog I’m improving everyday little by little and very grateful for the progress. A healthy life is a happy life, period.
Your videos help me alot . I have been using customised insole since last 2 years , walking without them pain free was dream for me,but after knowing the technique today i am walking without using insole and that is also pain free . Thanks alot sir.... Love from india.
Your concept of pulling instead of pushing has been very helpful for me to improve my gait-cycle. This video has given me some more great tips. Thank you.
While learning, conscious movement is good. When it becomes automatic, you don’t need to do it consciously. Tightening the muscle is not activating it. That is just creating tension. The goal is the movement. Turn the upper waist to bring the heel down, tuck the pelvis to shift the weight, and then list from the hip to lift forward in the swing through.
As a reformed duck, I notice that even when rooting properly, my belly button tends to rotate to the other side habitually, so it's a useful cue to rotate it to the planted leg. Feels much better too without straining the lower back. If I attempt to walk with the duck footed gait, it seems that rotating the belly button away from the rooted leg was necessary for forward propulsion.
I´m improving with the walking code but due to my problems with my right leg and the scoliosis I find difficult to rotate to the right, it is like I must move in a different way with the right leg but Ido not realize how. Any way I walk more than a half hour with no cane, and that is improvement for me. I hope I'll discover the trick. Thankyou Dr. Martin. for your videos and this complete and deep analysis of the function of the lower abs, may be there is the clue.
Thanks for your comment. I am glad you have seen some improvement , even though you still have challenges. Sometimes the presence of structural issues like scoliosis can make it difficult to implement all the techniques, but some progress is still a good sign.
I mentioned the yoga cow and cat pose exercise in the video. That is very important. Planks are also helpful to strengthen the lower and improve the alignment. Finally, practice the pattern of core activation I discuss in this video because using the correct pattern when walking is necessary for any long term fix of the issue.
It makes no sense for walking. If you are running with a midfoot strike, it makes perfect sense, but it sounds like he is just trying to market the same quick fix for walking as a sales gimmick. When we walk, the weight should be directly between the two feet when the heel comes down, otherwise you are falling forward.
Oh my God, I totally misunderstand you in all your previous videos. We need first to tuck our pelvis and then to use upper abdominal muscles to keep body facing forward. I'm doing opposite all this time and I feel so much tension and restriction in my ribs.
I didn’t focus too much on the upper waist rotation in this video. If you are walking straight, that does come before the tuck to keep facing forward. If you do the tuck first and turn the upper waist after already placing full weight, when you step through, you will turn in the direction of the standing leg.
@@LillianSteele-u9v At the 14:36 he showed opposite (tuck first and then use upper abs to go straight). To be honest I don't understand anything anymore. I'm struggling for 2 years now to walk correctly and sometimes I feel so much pressure on my pelvic floor.
I didn’t say tuck first. I was only describing the movement after the foot is already on the ground. The upper waist begins turning to place the heel. Once the heel is down, then you tuck.
So doctor correct me if I am wrong the walking mantra as told by you can be modified as Tuck (upper core to bring the heel down) ,Turntuck( lower abs) and Lift.
A confident man should walk at the exact speed needed for the occasion and be comfortable at any speed, whether hurrying to catch a train or walking side by side with his elderly mother at a slow motion pace.
@@ToddMartinMDYour channel has helped me a lot. I always practice my walking by watching your videos. I also practice walking barefoot, but I find it strange to step barefoot. I feel like my walk is stiff, or is a man's walk stiffer than a woman's?
If you have improved your walking technique with my videos, please share your experience here, and send me an email to let me know your story.
Dr. Martin I wanted to thank you for being a part of my journey to freedom from pain. Your emphasis on core function when walking has been an eye opener, and a great addition to my toolkit for improving my gait. One key thing about core function in gait is I believe it has to be felt and is a rather challenging thing to teach in motion.
My ab exercises have centered around just a few which have allowed me to create a better connection to my core and here they are:
1. Traditional plank
2. Side planks
3. Dead bug (alternating arm and leg drop while maintaining braced core)
4. Bird dog
I’m improving everyday little by little and very grateful for the progress. A healthy life is a happy life, period.
That is great. Those exercises are excellent, and help with strength as well as awareness.
Your videos help me alot . I have been using customised insole since last 2 years , walking without them pain free was dream for me,but after knowing the technique today i am walking without using insole and that is also pain free . Thanks alot sir....
Love from india.
So glad to hear that. Thank you.
Your concept of pulling instead of pushing has been very helpful for me to improve my gait-cycle. This video has given me some more great tips. Thank you.
Great to hear!
23:29 This is so comprehensive! Thank you! Why haven’t my physios ever explained these concepts?
This is the system of understanding I developed myself after decades of study of dance and Tai Chi
Thank you so much
You’re welcome.
This vídeo hit directly on target, many thanks to you Keep Up the good works.
Thanks very much. I will do that.
Is the activation something you consciously implement? I have tried to tense these muscle or pull them and I just can’t seem to this function.
While learning, conscious movement is good. When it becomes automatic, you don’t need to do it consciously. Tightening the muscle is not activating it. That is just creating tension. The goal is the movement. Turn the upper waist to bring the heel down, tuck the pelvis to shift the weight, and then list from the hip to lift forward in the swing through.
As a reformed duck, I notice that even when rooting properly, my belly button tends to rotate to the other side habitually, so it's a useful cue to rotate it to the planted leg. Feels much better too without straining the lower back.
If I attempt to walk with the duck footed gait, it seems that rotating the belly button away from the rooted leg was necessary for forward propulsion.
Congratulations on reforming the duck feet.
I´m improving with the walking code but due to my problems with my right leg and the scoliosis I find difficult to rotate to the right, it is like I must move in a different way with the right leg but Ido not realize
how. Any way I walk more than a half hour with no cane, and that is improvement for me. I hope I'll discover the trick. Thankyou Dr. Martin. for your videos and this complete and deep analysis of the function of the lower abs, may be there is the clue.
Thanks for your comment. I am glad you have seen some improvement , even though you still have challenges. Sometimes the presence of structural issues like scoliosis can make it difficult to implement all the techniques, but some progress is still a good sign.
Dr. Todd what are some exercises/habits you recommend to fix anterior pelvict tilt?
I mentioned the yoga cow and cat pose exercise in the video. That is very important. Planks are also helpful to strengthen the lower and improve the alignment. Finally, practice the pattern of core activation I discuss in this video because using the correct pattern when walking is necessary for any long term fix of the issue.
Any thoughts on david weck and his head over foot walking que?
It makes no sense for walking. If you are running with a midfoot strike, it makes perfect sense, but it sounds like he is just trying to market the same quick fix for walking as a sales gimmick. When we walk, the weight should be directly between the two feet when the heel comes down, otherwise you are falling forward.
where are you based?
San Diego
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Oh my God, I totally misunderstand you in all your previous videos. We need first to tuck our pelvis and then to use upper abdominal muscles to keep body facing forward. I'm doing opposite all this time and I feel so much tension and restriction in my ribs.
I didn’t focus too much on the upper waist rotation in this video. If you are walking straight, that does come before the tuck to keep facing forward. If you do the tuck first and turn the upper waist after already placing full weight, when you step through, you will turn in the direction of the standing leg.
And I also did the same thing. You are the best. Doctors of color rock!
@@LillianSteele-u9v At the 14:36 he showed opposite (tuck first and then use upper abs to go straight). To be honest I don't understand anything anymore. I'm struggling for 2 years now to walk correctly and sometimes I feel so much pressure on my pelvic floor.
I didn’t say tuck first. I was only describing the movement after the foot is already on the ground. The upper waist begins turning to place the heel. Once the heel is down, then you tuck.
@@ToddMartinMDYes, you are right. Sorry. I tried it yesterday and it was my first walk without pain. Thank you.
Hi doctor ia it the tucking first and then turning later or both happen simultaneously is my question
Like it is a slight grinding out of the lower abs of the standing leg
The happenings at the same time.
@vishwasjoshi7548 The combination of the lower ab action and glute medius action does create a twisting compression action on the ground.
Thanks doctor
So doctor correct me if I am wrong the walking mantra as told by you can be modified as Tuck (upper core to bring the heel down) ,Turntuck( lower abs) and Lift.
I am walking better to you and also am losing weight. Thanks so much.
That is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing.
Should a confident man's walk be fast or slow?
A confident man should walk at the exact speed needed for the occasion and be comfortable at any speed, whether hurrying to catch a train or walking side by side with his elderly mother at a slow motion pace.
@@ToddMartinMDYour channel has helped me a lot. I always practice my walking by watching your videos. I also practice walking barefoot, but I find it strange to step barefoot. I feel like my walk is stiff, or is a man's walk stiffer than a woman's?
@@jailsoninline4530 Suddenly, I miss vaudville.
@normanleach5427 why is that?
@jailsoninline4530 It should feel very fluid when you have it right, for men or women.
it turns out that we rotate in order to take the leg from behind, and not in order to push forward
Exactly. When running or jumping or walking uphill we do need a push in addition to rotation.