3 Bad Habits that Make Walking Painful!

[@tammydarr1961]

Love these tips, especially the third one. I never realized that I was walking with my bum out (tail up, so to speak) my entire life! Lower back pain has plagued me for years. I've had two discectomy surgeries. I will definitely be paying attention to my walk every day now. Thank you!

[@HT-Physio]

Always happy to help!

[@artstamper316]

Yeah, I walk lik bent-over penguin with my arms out behind me. I don’t want any surgeries even though my lower back is killing me. 😢

[@sharonadams701]

I was in bad car accident. Fractured my back and C 1 neck fracture. I am in my 70’s and this has really changed my Way of life. My biggest joy in life was to hike with my dogs. On weekends. Weekdays I walked them minimum 6-19 miles a day after work. Now I can no longer even walk them It feels like I’m not able to hold my body up. I want to bend forward from My waist and it is painful to stand straight. Im Goi g to try the image of tucking my tail. Thank you for your help

[@helenamcginty4920]

I hope your problems improve. I am really pleased to have found this channel and have taken on board his information. Im sure that in just a few weeks my problems are more manageable. I have had back problems on and off since my teens but am a very active person. Following being knocked flying off my bicycle age 42 I found standing and sitting problematic and had recurring lower back problems. But over the years I used standard stretch exercises and took care when lifting and managed gardening, care work, walking etc. But age 62 ran about 100m with my dogs. 3 days later I couldn't walk without extreme pain. Various physios suspected torn ligament connecting pelvis, spine and long muscle to L knee (sartorius) from symptoms. One of my neighbours used to laugh at my Quasimodo impression. I am now 75 and although my left pelvis is tilted causing arthritic changes in that joint and my right knee ?? I walk daily. I find several shorter bursts, like 30 to 45 minutes, of housework, gardening, walking are better than longer sessions. But have saved every relevant video from this channel for reference. I am a firm believer in gentle movement being beneficial and this man is such an excellent guide. Good luck. ❤❤❤❤

[@sharonadams701]

@@helenamcginty4920 Thank you Helen. Stay well 👍🏻

[@HT-Physio]

I'm so sorry to hear about your accident, I am wishing you all the best!

[@maryspangler4557]

What great demonstrations and explanations. Thank you!

[@HT-Physio]

You're very welcome

[@es4315]

Taken ages for someone to put all the pieces together for me. Absolutely makes so much sense. Started doing a great deal of walking 5 years ago when I was gifted a black labrador puppy on retirement. I am now sixty five and have been plagued by SI joint problems and knee problems . I have an anterior tilt and I don't heel lead.Going to try to incorporate your super advice .

[@HT-Physio]

Keep up the great work!

[@marciahenry3893]

Will this walk position explains simply the posture needed . I find people could avoid injury with this alignment you explain. Thank you very much- glutes and core needed.

[@HT-Physio]

You're welcome!

[@kathylong8533]

Great instructions. So helpful

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you!

[@poppy55]

@@HT-Physio Try to explain more slowly and with more examples, please

[@janetlutz7655]

Thank you for sharing such important ideas

[@HT-Physio]

You're welcome

[@LMNevada]

You are the only PT online that addresses “what is “ as well as positive ideas for positive progress. I am 81 and really appreciate your very useful ideas.

[@HT-Physio]

I really appreciate your feedback - thank you!

[@mcgaugh57]

making sure your glutes and core involved helps the most with posture while walking and keep head up

[@abbykoop5363]

I would agree with all but the heel strike part. Most people who walk barefoot in a natural environment would not naturally heel strike. Lots of studies have been done (don't ask me to show where at the moment though) have been done showing the harder concussive forces during heel strike. There is a lot of information about it if you look up barefoot or minimalist shoe walking/running.

[@josephsf2452]

Will is the BEST PT on social-media. He should have over a million subscribers. Soon to be, he's now got 604,000 !!! Send this video and all his videos to friends who could benefit from the important info, and tell them to subscribe ‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼

[@rutheglin-pugh2320]

Your videos are so helpful....clear, simple, and inspiring to get out of bad habits set up over a lifetime or more recently. Thank you.

[@HT-Physio]

You're more than welcome

[@fransak2723]

I appreciate these tips and I will try them. Thanks

[@HT-Physio]

You're welcome

[@Rls1020]

Thanks for the tips. These are very good. However, I know that KZbinr Chiropractors Bob and Brad have been preaching to walk flat-footed or toe first. I like a lot of their videos, but this frankly made little sense to me at all and I almost fell over when I tried to do it because it felt so unnatural. Yours makes far more sense. I had never really thought about my feet being too close together, but I will try to correct this.

[@beagle249]

At a walking pace a heel to toe strike feels natural. At a jogging or running pace midfoot to forefoot strike is the correct form.

[@j.b.abraham4175]

I think (ok, I know) I'm guilty of the second two of these, mainly the last one. I have been more aware recently of how I walk, and watching your videos have made a great improvement. Thank you for sharing.

[@HT-Physio]

Always happy to help!

[@sabinekoch3448]

I’ve just realised why my personal trainer is making sure I engage my glutes! Thank you.

[@dolphinm3639]

Great. Thank you.

[@HT-Physio]

You're welcome

[@tomclemans]

In U.S. Navy boot camp, the drill instructor ordered us to slap the sole of our left foot down instead of landing heel first. That is because the sound impressed him somehow. After a couple days of doing that, it injured the base joint of my left big toe and it hurt too much to continue slapping the sole down. The pain never diminished. I sought medical help, but the doctor couldn’t find anything wrong and told me I would simply have to live with it. Fortunately, walking didn’t increase the pain as long as I always planted my heel first. The joint continued to hurt, especially at night in bed, and never improved. About 8 years ago, 49 years after boot camp, I dropped a large sheet of plywood, edge first, onto my left foot. The plywood weighed about 70 pounds (31kg) and landed exactly on the tender big toe joint after falling about 24 inches (61 cm). Of course, the shock and pain were intense, although only briefly. Although bruised, there was no joint pain in bed that night, and the pain has never returned. I still don’t slap the sole of my foot down while walking. :D

[@amidstheroses]

It was dislocated all those years?!!

[@tomclemans]

@@amidstheroses Perhaps so, although there was no observable displacement, only pain before the "reinjury." Another possibility is that a piece of cartilage had broken loose and entered the joint, dislodged by the trauma 49 years later. There has been no pain or discomfort since. :D

[@ahealinglady]

Thanks for the common sense so often lacking in advice from professionals. I love ❤️ your videos!

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you for your kind feedback!

[@dothigham9016]

I limp very badly now after many years landing on my left forefoot. If I try heel first, my foot plantarflexes making my forefoot land first. Very unpleasant!! I enjoy your videos, I’m always looking for remedies for my gait. Thank you.

[@SN-sz7kw]

Thank you!

[@HT-Physio]

You're welcome

[@ajazzymixerpowell7581]

Thank you!

[@HT-Physio]

You're welcome!

[@avril8599]

I realise i am leaning forward a lot of the time and has affected my balance. I keep reminding myself to walk upright. I am practicing glute engaging. Ill now try the tail tucking aswell.

[@charlesnorman4676]

hmm, i was of the mind that by engaging the glutes it did the tilt. yet, you are saying it is an addition to the glutes being engaged. so i am back to not understanding what this dude means by tucking your tail.

[@HT-Physio]

Keep up the great work!

[@MyPDDaily]

I liked the reminder on your #3 tip. Very helpful! Thanks!

[@HT-Physio]

Happy to help!

[@marthy33]

I am so grateful for what I just learned from this video. yay! I needed this info

[@HT-Physio]

That's great to hear!

[@unacresswell6799]

Great advice ❤

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you!

[@plunder1956]

I've got sensitive heels. Heelstrike causes me main on one side or the other. At the same time I have aches & pain in my hips developing.

[@RamaKrishnan-ml3mt]

Good idea.🙏

[@HT-Physio]

:)

[@RamaKrishnan-ml3mt]

@@HT-Physio 👍🙏

[@claudiajarvis3694]

Yes, I focus on heel toe heel toe. Helps well. Now I need to check the knee part👍🏻

[@HT-Physio]

Keep up the great work!

[@ramrajsam]

Please make your book available in kindle

[@bevcaduff9810]

Walking with a minor back muscle injury recently taught me the wisdom of investing in high quality walking shoes. I suspect some of us could reduce our walking discomfort simply in buying good quality, for purpose footwear. I love Will's vids btw and I'm learning heaps so not dissing his advice in any way.

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you for your comment - I completely agree the right footwear is very important!

[@cynthiahonorio9758]

00:37 walking w knees too close 02:13 lack of heel strike 04:17 not engaging the glutes/core

[@bonniesherwood3251]

Is it ever helpful to walk toe first if having a lot of knee pain? Thanks

[@taniawatrelot6754]

Thank you. The problem i have, when I try to walk heel first, is it makes my sciatica worst for the left leg... So I walk less...

[@deepakvalechha]

Will, your videos have been super useful as I am going through a rehab for disc stenosis. Unfortunately, my doctor has not told me about things which I have learnt from you. I am glad, I came across your videos. I have a qq - Are zero/low drop shoes recommended for walking/running (like the vibram shoes) or high/medium drop shoes are better? I am into running and would like to get back to running once my rehab is done. I have recently come across zero/low drop shoes and its benefits and would like to experiment with those but not at the risk of aggravating my injury. Thoughts ?

[@cindyurbanek2024]

Where can I get the foam roller you demonstrated in one of your other videos?

[@JW1234-7us]

Will, I have extreme pain from my left hip all the way down to my ankle on my left side, I can barely stand on my left leg. It went away for two weeks and came back. What treatment can you recommend for me?

[@LloydRMaes]

Very helpful Will! It's so helpful to watch you illustrate these moves yourself! 🎃👍

[@HT-Physio]

I'm glad to hear the format works for you!

[@LloydRMaes]

@@HT-Physio thanks very much, Will!

[@bethra.flowers]

Are you sure about the heel strike? I have seen many 'gait' videos showing the science of the complete opposite. 🤔

[@stephen7218]

To avoid 'goosestepping' say 'point your toes at your knees' you will then automatically and GENTLY heel strike first.

[@maryc6091]

Hi Will. Your tips are very interesting, however, there are some PT driven videos on YT who endorse the “barefoot style”trend of walking. I don’t know why this is the case but it may be something that’s being pushed by the “zero drop” running shoe industry here in North America. They claim that landing on the ball of the foot and Zero Drop runners make walking more inline with the way we walked as babies. The toe bed of these shoes is wide compared to most runners allowing the toes to spread out thus preventing bunions, hammertoes, etc. They do, like you, make it clear that we should engage the glutes whilst walking. Your thoughts? Tia.

[@HT-Physio]

Hi there - please check out the following video for my detailed thoughts on barefoot walking kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWilaqNudtyGe9k

[@rosa-shoshanamintz-urquhar6712]

I am almost 71 and suffer from Scoliosus and spinal spinosus. I now have shrunk to 58.5 inches in stocking feet from being 5ft 3.5 in. Please help me walk with a straighter back.

[@hovicky1381]

Hi i hv flat foot, planta facilitis was told for me cannot walk heel toe but half of the front foot down first. Right?

[@Raziaar]

Freudian slip at the end, trying to make my walking more painful!

[@augurcybernaut4785]

Wait I’ve always been told that heel striking in what inflamed Achilles and plantar….!?

[@scottcranston5031]

What if you’re walking barefoot, heel striking would be quite painful!

[@MrYarabandi]

I managed to injure my knee after walking two times a day for 8 km each. Pay attention whay he says.

[@bebesim5865]

I get painful heels after a walk. What is causing this. I wear orthotics.

[@charlesnorman4676]

hey bud, sorry for being the one idiot in the crowd. but i do not don't understand your tucking the tail thing. is that like trying to tilt so you lose that rounded portion in the lower back?

[@jimwing.2178]

The rounded portion in the lower back is called 'lumbar lordosis'. Lordosis is healthy, but excessive lordosis, or 'lumbar hyperlordosis' is unhealthy. Excessive anterior pelvic tilt causes lumbar hyperlordosis. What he is suggesting is to control the pelvic tilt to prevent lumbar hyperlordosis. However, if you overdo it, then you enter posterior pelvic tilt and lose lordosis and that makes walking difficult. There are thousands of videos and other information sites that discuss this in more detail if that's what you want. OTOH, experimenting on your own body will probably tell you all you need to know.

[@charlesnorman4676]

@@jimwing.2178 thx for the reply :) many yrs ago i got a herniated disc at l5 s1 pushing on the right nerve root while in the military. now, after many years of sitting around, i find i am not able to walk much anymore. yet, with this dude's info, i examined my stride and found he is correct in that my glutes and core are relaxed. so, maybe if i focus on this structure rebuilding, then my right leg will stop seizing up on me.

[@Cymraesarall]

These videos are keeping me on track post THR as I try and rectify the damage years of walking strangely have caused, especially to my knee. It makes me feel more in control of my recovery.

[@pam164]

I used to like walking, but it kills bottom of my back now, so i avoid it.

[@augurcybernaut4785]

You have to work through that….. Slow your pace or take rest during walks

[@pam164]

@augurcybernaut4785 I do that, but it's still very painful, walking and standing, which I have to do for my job. It really hurts me to the point I can hardly walk when I leave work. It's old age, I think, lol

[@JillKrause-fj7ku]

I have spinal stenosis, standing and walking is very painful.

[@pam164]

@JillKrause-fj7ku I had an exray and said minor age related changes in my spine. My sister has what you have, but she is in no pain.

[@augurcybernaut4785]

@@pam164 in my case I think because I sit all day and getting older my psoas muscle is tightening and then pulling on my lower back TIGHT

[@ayaxkhan2313]

❤

[@Cheiskxn]

😍

[@poppy55]

This video still confuses me

[@niteenpetkar5133]

हिंदी मे बताओ

[@joeburinskas8672]

Your videos are great!

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you!