Improving Your Gait & Why It's Important

PTs will often analyze your gait by watching you get up and walk across the room, but most of the time we are analyzing your gait as soon as you walk into the clinic. If you have been diagnosed with gait abnormalities, these stretches and exercises might help.
There are also tests that can be performed like the 6-minute walk test to see how far you can walk in that time. But there are also more high-tech ways of analyzing your gait like walking on a treadmill with sensors on your body while a camera records you.
The way we walk can predict many things. Some of these things include gross motor delays in children, fall risks in older adults, and even the risk of dementia.
It also might indicate other health issues like premature mortality, cardiovascular disease, or cancer, according to a July 2018 meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8.... The meta-analysis covered 44 studies with a combined 101,945 participants.
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Improving Your Gait & Why It's Important
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00:00 - Improve Gait
00:30 - Why Gait Speed is Important
03:06 - Calf Stretch with Strap
04:38 - Seated Heel/Toe Raises
05:55 - Standing Heel/Toe Raises
07:13 - Heel to Toe Walk
08:40 - Walking with Head Turns
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[@karenreeves3958]

Great tips and stretches.

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[@NappyZoeRebel]

Great video!!! Thank you!!!

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[@root256]

Thanks Dr Jo

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[@josephb2894]

This newest video is right on time Dr. Jo, I just bought an OPTP Stretch out strap!

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I hope it helps!

[@phoebecara4361]

Just in time! My knee pain started to come back and i needed to learn how to walk gain !

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I hope it helps.

[@shahnawazmir2610]

Hi doctor jo what are the best exercise for foot drop pt and how much time it takes to complete treat a patient

[@jakeblaze7663]

Hi doctor jo, do these improve my runs too? Or do u have any advance of these for running?

[@jettmanas]

I've had partial numbness in the feet for a month after a back injury (pinched nerve a month before that). Foot numbness got worse a few weeks ago after a bad side plank. Guess my gait isn't that great now in the house in slippers. Walking in shoes outside's easier. Wish I had a doctor I could see. Tried chiro. Good vid.

[@AskDoctorJo]

Thanks. I hope it helps. I also have several videos for sciatica type pain. You can find all my videos on my channel: kzbin.info, and you can use the search tool (the magnifying glass) under the banner on the right side to find specific videos/topics.

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You're welcome. Not pain, but possible neurogenic bladder, stiffness in left hand, & knees (due to feet). Wish I had a doctor. But maybe there's another vid I can find.@@AskDoctorJo

[@msjetta5818]

How to modify the rolling onto toes for these exercises? I have arthritic big toe and medial joint area?? I’ve been unable to raise up on tip toes for a long time.

[@ZFMusicTheEmperor]

For some reason my left knee 'pops' backwards when I put weight on it while I'm walking. I can't control it. It's like the muscle fires late or something. Or almost like my knee is slightly bent and not straight when going forward so when it lands it pops back.

[@shad6519]

My spine is painful and doctors say I have fibromyalgia but I don’t believe them. What I should do? Thanks 🙏

[@muzix1575]

You should Believe then😅

[@shad6519]

@@muzix1575 they should do some test to tell me that I have fibromyalgia. Somehow I am not convinced. But I guess I have to believe. Thanks 🙏

[@marykoch1666]

Hi Dr Jo, i had lumbar surgery 4 weeks ago today. A Laminectomy. How soon after I heal 8 wks I'm told can I do these exercises? My balance is terrible. Thank you

[@AskDoctorJo]

Unfortunately, I don't know that answer since I can't evaluate you. Everyone is different. If there is any way you can see a physical therapist in person, they should be able to help you figure out a specific program for you and help answer your questions.

[@marykoch1666]

@@AskDoctorJo thank you! 😊

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You're welcome. Good luck!

[@angelahock169]

Thank you for these. What if legs are of unequal length?

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You're welcome. It would depend on if they are not equal due to an alignment issue, or if it's a true leg length difference.

[@angelahock169]

@@AskDoctorJo I appreciated your suggestion about finding a gait specialist. Thank you! Hope there’s someone in my city!

[@abidevdc]

what is gait?

[@AskDoctorJo]

It's the way someone walks, and poor gait usually refers to balance issues.

[@abidevdc]

@@AskDoctorJo thanks

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@@abidevdc You're welcome.

[@yliutang]

Dr. Jo. Can you create a pelvic exercise set for anal spasm? Thanks