Hip muscles, movements and walking

Out for walk to think and talk about how your hips move when you walk. We make a lot of movements with every step to move forward efficiently. When you think about these movements and why they occur, the muscles involved make a lot more sense, and when muscles or nerves don't function normally you can better understand the changes to gait.

[@zack_120]

2:53 - when one foot is off the ground swinging, the other side contracts to keep the pelvis level - an excellent point relevant to every step.

[@debsh6346]

This information is helpful for stroke patients trying to learn how to walk normally again. Thanks.

[@vkw2304]

Best explanation ever! Now I finally have a better grasp of Thomas Michaud's determinants of gait. Thank you so much for making amazing videos to help me learn so I can better help my patients as a clinician in the future.

[@sarahhann8223]

I’ve recently found your videos, they’re fantastically demonstrated, thank you, Sarah

[@fatimaahmedhashemhassan8574]

Amazing video, I was walking outside the home when I saw this video 😁 I love your videos, thanks to you ✨🌹

[@user-yj6nb2xl3g]

I love him too ❤️

[@whatrtheodds]

Wow so much going on no wonder it takes time for babies to learn it.

[@leath8229]

Another good demonstration

[@coffeebupper834]

Woo hoo I'm in looooove 😍🥰💗💖💕💓❤😘

[@davehill5539]

My gait seems to vary daily. 65, Rt dominant. Sports, driving over a million miles. Sitting. Any pointers on - hips level but one moves very little, feels restricted (forward and back), the other moves quite easily; and the combo makes gait uneven.

[@oliviaoriyasenatsky4863]

Brilliant

[@momothesurgeon1436]

How can the camera be so stable while walking?

[@tofu9798]

Tripod

[@yungbeeee]

Have you caught the pikachu?

[@treborhi]

My hips twist excessively when I walk. Been teased about it all my years. Even my mother once said "wish I had that swing in my backyard", ha-ha. I have tight hip flexors and an anterior pelvic tilt. Is this twist hard on the lumbar spine? Any other comments? Thanks...

[@somcana]

Can you speak to the variation in how we walk?

[@olgastanojevic9716]

Nice little poem in the description! I have a few questions: I didn’t quite get why is it that when we walk the coxa has to move in the first place (it seems to me as if you took it as a starting point for describing the external rotators). And does that movement happen in the sacroiliac joint or? Also why is it that we can only internaly rotate our lower leg when our leg is flexed in the knee (am I even right on this one)?

[@707SonomaComa]

Is it possible to have a leg actually lengthen after a totall knee replacement? Looking in the mirror the waistband looks higher on the same side as the knee replacement. A full body x-ray shows the hip opposite side of the knee replacement is 3/4" to 1" lower. How can a leg lengthen that much with tendons, fascia and other things holding it in place?

[@lynseyfalconer7875]

707SonomaComa Did you measure leg length pre-op? Lots of people have leg length discrepancies, maybe you always had it but never noticed? Just a thought... I have no idea if things can lengthen post op. Maybe someone else might.

[@jens7309]

Hello Sam, great videos, thanks a lot. Short question concernng walking. You described in several videos that during walking the pelvis stays leveled while twisting. In my opinion while twisting during walking we generate also a natural pelvic obliquity means pelvis doesn't stay 100% leveled while walking. What is your opinion about? greetings from Germany and again I love your videos! Thanks!

[@valeaves]

Jens Ich würde mal sagen, dass nichts zu 100% irgendwie ist. Es greifen ja verschiedene Dynamiken/Mechanismen/Bewegungen und erzeugen eine komplexe Gesamtbewegung, die natürlich nicht so steif ist, zu 100% exakt gerade zu sein. Es geht ja um die Tendenz bzw. den Unterschied zu dem Status, wenn das Becken eben nicht gerade bleibt (Trendelenburg-Zeichen usw.). Grüße aus Deutschland nach Deutschland :P

[@jens7309]

@@valeaves Danke, dass Du Dir Zeit zum Antworten genommen hast. LG

[@valeaves]

Jens Gerne :)

[@rudramavadiya9401]

Woooohoooo nice.....😼😼😼😼😼

[@duocphamtruongtho4462]

..♥♥..

[@agriskaminskis9352]

When I try walking barefoot then the "heel first" clearly does not work. Then again, humans evolved while heel-walking with shoes on, right? Also, the way we plant our foot should impact the whole kinetic chain upwards. So I thinkg we should be careful about what is "the proper gate".

[@itsmewayne428]

Hi Sam...can you please reply and let me know your thoughts on ultrasound treatment for pain? Any advice would be helpful...regards wayne

[@SamWebster]

I have no experience of ultrasound treatment for pain, but the Cochrane Library is a reputable source of reviewed research: www.cochrane.org/CD009169/BACK_therapeutic-ultrasound-for-chronic-low-back-pain