Gait Analysis - For Healthy Joints

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Gait Analysis - For Healthy Joints
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• The evaluation and examination of walking style
  at a normal speed is known as gait analysis.
  Though it may look simple to you, but it is
  important to understand that walking, pace, step
  etc. have a great level of effect on different
  type of ligament and joint problems. While
  walking, you put weight on one leg and foot and
  then on the other one each time you take a step.
  Nobody gives a thought about this everyday
  activity, but it gives a whole new meaning to
  walking when you recognise the work of every
  single joint in your body.

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• Gait analysis is quite important to understand if
  your work requires continuous walking all day
  long. This should be done to avoid any harm to
  your body and complications in joints. Style of
  walking has a significant role in affecting your
  health because distribution of the stress is
  established by it on every joint from your waist
  to feet. Those who suffer from various issues
  with their legs think that some old health
  problem or working factor is responsible for the
  pain in the joints. They generally fail to
  understand that their walking or running gait is
  affecting them by putting strain on the legs.
• You would find that there is no specific pattern
  or way of walking because proper gait appear in a
  wide range of types depending on the different
  physical attributes and body types. By general
  assessment of gait, it can be described as

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• Ensure that while taking each step, your heel is
  making a good contact with the ground and the
  base of your feet follows in rolling motion. This
  is followed by foots ball and toes helping you
  take the next step.
• Your foot should not be slanted outward or inward
  when it touches the ground completely.
• There should be no jerking motion instead a
  rhythmic motion should be produced by legs and
  hips stepping together.
• With each stride, make a habit of moving your
  legs symmetrically.
• Neither outward nor inward direction should be
  pointed by knees.
• To improve balance of the body, your arms should
  swing uniformly and rhythmically in forward or
  backward position.
• Do not slouch, but rather a relaxed and a good
  posture should be sustained by your body.

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• If you are suffering from joint pains and other
  problems in your feet and hips, then it is
  advisable to visit a physio and by searching
  online you can find a good one in Willoughby.
  Before starting the treatment, a physio would
  first analyse your gait by following ways
• Would check the pattern of wearing on your
  footwear.
• Your standing posture would be observed.
• The physio would make you walk in different
  styles to observe your walking gait.
• By running on treadmill, your running gait would
  be analysed.
• The range of motion would be checked and analysed
  available at your joints from the hips to the
  feet. This is generally done to carry out a
  functional assessment.
• The areas of your feet with high pressure would
  be checked.

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Physio Artarmon Physio Crows Nest Physio
Willoughby Oxygen Fitness and Pilates 67 Lithgow
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